Chapter 2 Ethical Leadership

DOI: 10.4324/9781003302308-2

2.1 What Is Ethical Leadership?

Ethical leadership has been defined as “leadership demonstrating and promoting normatively appropriate conduct through personal actions and interpersonal relations” [1].

It is a type of leadership:

  1. In which the leaders possess the ability to guide individuals in various decisions involving ethical values such as fairness, morals, honesty, equality, and respect.
  2. That teaches the difference between right and wrong.

A simple difference between the selection of right and wrong behavior can be summarized as:

Performing the right behavior is one that complies with current laws, justice, and morality, whereas not performing the wrong thing does not comply ...

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