Meeting the Ethical Challenges of Leadership
Casting Light or Shadow
- Craig E. Johnson - George Fox University, USA
Leadership
Ethics is at the heart of leadership. All leaders assume ethical burdens and must make every effort to make informed ethical decisions and foster ethical behavior among followers. The Sixth Edition of Meeting the Ethical Challenges of Leadership: Casting Light or Shadow explores the ethical demands of leadership and the dark side of leadership. Author Craig E. Johnson takes a multidisciplinary approach to leadership ethics, drawing from many fields of research to help readers make moral decisions, lead in a moral manner, and create an ethical culture. Packed with real-world case studies, examples, self-assessments, and applications, this fully-updated new edition is designed to increase students’ ethical competence and leadership abilities.
| KEY FEATURES |
| WHAT’S NEW TO THIS EDITION? |
| ANCILLARIES |
| LEADERS: THE BAD NEWS AND THE GOOD NEWS |
| DEFINING TERMS |
| OVERVIEW OF THE BOOK |
| WHAT’S AHEAD |
| A DRAMATIC DIFFERENCE/THE DARK SIDE OF LEADERSHIP |
| THE LEADER’S SHADOWS |
| WHAT’S AHEAD |
| SHADOW CASTERS |
| STEPPING OUT OF THE SHADOWS |
| WHAT’S AHEAD |
| ELEMENTS OF CHARACTER |
| CHARACTER BUILDING |
| WHAT’S AHEAD |
| THE FACES OF EVIL |
| FACING EVIL |
| MAKING A CASE FOR FORGIVENESS |
| SPIRITUALITY AND LEADERSHIP |
| WHAT’S AHEAD |
| UTILITARIANISM: DO THE GREATEST GOOD FOR THE GREATEST NUMBER OF PEOPLE |
| KANT’S CATEGORICAL IMPERATIVE: DO WHAT’S RIGHT NO MATTER THE COST |
| JUSTICE AS FAIRNESS: GUARANTEEING EQUAL RIGHTS AND OPPORTUNITIES BEHIND THE VEIL OF IGNORANCE |
| PRAGMATISM: ETHICS AS INQUIRY |
| ALTRUISM: LOVE YOUR NEIGHBOR |
| WHAT’S AHEAD |
| ETHICAL DECISION MAKING: A DUAL PROCESS APPROACH |
| COMPONENTS OF MORAL ACTION |
| DECISION-MAKING FORMATS |
| WHAT’S AHEAD |
| ETHICAL ISSUES IN INFLUENCE |
| RESISTING INFLUENCE |
| WHAT’S AHEAD |
| TRANSFORMATIONAL LEADERSHIP: RAISING THE ETHICAL BAR |
| SERVANT LEADERSHIP: PUT THE NEEDS OF FOLLOWERS FIRST |
| AUTHENTIC LEADERSHIP: KNOW YOURSELF AND TO YOUR OWN SELF BE TRUE |
| AESTHETIC (BEAUTIFUL) LEADERSHIP |
| RESPONSIBLE LEADERSHIP: PROMOTING GLOBAL GOOD THROUGH ETHICAL RELATIONSHIPS |
| TAOISM: LEAD NATURE’S WAY |
| WHAT’S AHEAD |
| THE LEADER AND THE SMALL GROUP |
| FOSTERING INDIVIDUAL ETHICAL ACCOUNTABILITY |
| PROMOTING ETHICAL GROUP INTERACTION |
| AVOIDING MORAL PITFALLS |
| ESTABLISHING ETHICAL RELATIONSHIPS WITH OTHER GROUPS |
| WHAT’S AHEAD |
| THE LEADER AS ETHICS OFFICER |
| ETHICAL CLIMATES |
| SIGNS OF HEALTHY ETHICAL CLIMATES |
| CLIMATE-BUILDING TOOLS |
| WHAT’S AHEAD |
| THE DARK SIDE OF GLOBALIZATION |
| CULTURAL DIFFERENCES AND ETHICAL VALUES |
| FACING THE CHALLENGES |
| WHAT’S AHEAD |
| CRISIS: AN OVERVIEW |
| COMPONENTS OF ETHICAL CRISIS MANAGEMENT |
| THE ETHICAL DEMANDS OF EXTREME LEADERSHIP |
Supplements
Password-protected Instructor Resources include the following:
- A Microsoft® Word® test bank is available containing multiple choice, true/false, short answer, and essay questions for each chapter. The test bank provides you with a diverse range of pre-written options as well as the opportunity for editing any question and/or inserting your own personalized questions to effectively assess students’ progress and understanding.
- Editable, chapter-specific Microsoft® PowerPoint® slides offer you complete flexibility in easily creating a multimedia presentation for your course.
- Teaching notes for cases are designed for instructors to expand questions to students, or initiate class discussion.
- An instructor manual by author Craig E. Johnson includes teaching strategies, assignments, and projects.
- Sample course syllabi provide suggested models for use when creating the syllabi for your courses.
- EXCLUSIVE! Access to certain full-text SAGE journal articles that have been carefully selected for each chapter. Each article supports and expands on the concepts presented in the chapter. This feature also provides questions to focus and guide student interpretation. Combine cutting-edge academic journal scholarship with the topics in your course for a robust classroom experience.
The open-access Student Study Site features:
- EXCLUSIVE access to selected full-text SAGE journal articles for each chapter. Each article supports and expands on the concepts presented in the chapter. This feature also provides questions to focus and guide your interpretation.
“Craig Johnson's book is timely, thought provoking, user friendly, and provides information that is practical for today's professional administrator in training or for those already in the field.”
“Meeting the Ethical Challenges of Leadership challenges students to address the critical foundation of leadership…their character…and to do so in the context of their organization and a global society.”
“This text is current and cutting edge – a solid read that could spur students to voluntarily further their knowledge on the ethical challenges we face in the broad field of business.”
“This is a powerful and complete text that covers the ethical challenges of leadership, and the best ways for leaders to deal with these challenges. This is a must-have text for any course that includes ethics and leadership.”
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