Meeting the Ethical Challenges of Leadership : Casting Light or Shadow

by Johnson, Craig

• ISBN13: 9780761923343
• ISBN10: 0761923349
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2001-04-01
• Publisher: Sage Publications, Inc

Summary

Meeting the Ethical Challenges of Leadership identifies the unique ethical demands of leadership and equips students to meet those challenges. Written in an informal, accessible style, this book takes an interdisciplinary approach to leadership ethics that will appeal to students from a variety of academic backgrounds. Designed as a core textbook for undergraduate and graduate courses in leadership and ethics, this student-friendly book looks at the leader's inner life, including character development and values. Respected author and professor, Craig E. Johnson, blends research and theory with practical strategies, skill development, contemporary case studies, and application exercises. The first of its kind, this text provides students with a variety of ethical perspectives and strategies to apply to moral dilemmas and describes tools and techniques for creating positive ethical climates in small group, organizational, and culturally diverse settings.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	xii
Part I: The Shadow Side of Leadership
Introduction	3	(6)
Of Heroes and Villains	3	(3)
Defining Terms	6	(3)
The Leader's Light or Shadow	9	(18)
What's Ahead	9	(1)
A Dramatic Difference	9	(1)
The Leader's Shadows	10	(12)
The Shadow of Power	10	(2)
Case Study: The Executive Order: An Abuse of Power?	12	(2)
The Shadow of Privilege	14	(1)
The Shadow of Deceit	15	(3)
The Shadow of Inconsistency	18	(1)
The Shadow of Misplaced and Broken Loyalties	19	(2)
The Shadow of Irresponsibility	21	(1)
Implications and Applications	22	(1)
For Further Exploration, Challenge, and Self-Assessment	23	(1)
Chapter End Case: Making a Case for Loyalty	24	(1)
Notes	24	(3)
Shadow Casters	27	(22)
What's Ahead	27	(1)
Shadow Casters	28	(9)
The Monsters Within	28	(2)
Faulty Decision Making	30	(3)
Contextual Pressures	33	(2)
Ethical Deficiencies	35	(1)
Case Study: Multiply Abused Children	36	(1)
Stepping Out of the Shadows: Expanding Our Ethical Capacity	37	(6)
Implications and Applications	43	(1)
For Further Exploration, Challenge, and Self-Assessment	43	(3)
Chapter End Case: Casting Shadows at Salomon Inc.	44	(2)
Notes	46	(3)
Part II: Looking Inward
The Leader's Character	49	(26)
What's Ahead	49	(1)
Elements of Character	49	(3)
Character Building	52	(16)
Components of Moral Action	52	(1)
Finding Role Models	53	(1)
Case Study: The Hero as Optimist: Explorer Ernest Shackleton	54	(4)
Hardship	58	(2)
Habits	60	(2)
Mission Statements	62	(2)
Values	64	(4)
Implications and Applications	68	(1)
For Further Exploration, Challenge, and Self-Assessment	69	(3)
Chapter End Case: ``Chainsaw'' Al Dunlap	70	(2)
Notes	72	(3)
Combating Evil	75	(24)
What's Ahead	75	(1)
The Faces of Evil	75	(5)
Evil as Dreadful Pleasure	76	(1)
Evil as Deception	76	(1)
Evil as Bureaucracy	77	(1)
Evil as Sanctioned Destruction	77	(1)
Evil as a Choice	78	(1)
Facing Evil	79	(1)
Making a Case for Forgiveness	80	(4)
Breaking the Cycle of Evil	80	(1)
Case Study: To Forgive or Not to Forgive?	81	(1)
The Forgiveness Process	82	(2)
Spiritual Resources	84	(8)
Spirituality and Leadership	84	(2)
Spiritual Development	86	(2)
Spiritual Disciplines	88	(4)
Implications and Applications	92	(1)
For Further Exploration, Challenge, and Self-Assessment	92	(3)
Chapter End Case: Collective Evil at My Lai	93	(2)
Notes	95	(4)
Part III: Ethical Standards and Strategies
General Ethical Perspectives	99	(22)
What's Ahead	99	(1)
Utilitarianism: Do the Greatest Good for the Greatest Number of People	100	(3)
Case Study: The Reference Letter	101	(2)
Kant's Categorical Imperative: Do What's Right No Matter What the Cost	103	(1)
Communitarianism: Shoulder Your Responsibilities/Seek the Common Good	104	(6)
Altruism: Love Your Neighbor	110	(3)
Ethical Pluralism	113	(1)
Implications and Applications	114	(1)
For Further Exploration, Challenge, and Self-Assessment	114	(4)
Chapter End Case: The Parable of the Sadhu	115	(3)
Notes	118	(3)
Normative Leadership Theories	121	(22)
What's Ahead	121	(1)
Transformational Leadership: Raising the Ethical Bar	122	(6)
Postindustrial Leadership: Ethics in Relational Process	128	(3)
Taoism: Leading Nature's Way	131	(4)
Servant Leadership: Put the Needs of Followers First	135	(3)
Case Study: Servant Leadership Behind Bars	138	(1)
Implications and Applications	138	(1)
For Further Exploration, Challenge, and Self-Assessment	139	(2)
Chapter End Case: Transforming Clear Lake College	140	(1)
Notes	141	(2)
Ethical Decision-Making Formats	143	(24)
What's Ahead	143	(1)
Pick a Format, Any Format	143	(1)
Kidder's Ethical Checkpoints	144	(5)
Case Study: The Board Chairman's Question	146	(3)
Nash's 12 Questions	149	(3)
Potter's Box	152	(3)
Cooper's Active Process Model	155	(4)
Implications and Applications	159	(1)
For Further Exploration, Challenge, and Self-Assessment	159	(4)
Chapter End Case: Ethical Scenarios for Analysis	160	(3)
Notes	163	(4)
Part IV: Shaping Ethical Contexts
Building an Effective, Ethical Small Group	167	(22)
What's Ahead	167	(1)
The Leader and the Small Group	168	(1)
Resisting Groupthink	169	(3)
Enlightening Communication	172	(9)
Comprehensive, Critical Listening	172	(3)
Defensive Versus Supportive Communication	175	(2)
Productive Conflict	177	(1)
Engaging in Effective Argument	178	(2)
Case Study: Religious Revival at Pearl River Central	180	(1)
Implications and Applications	181	(2)
For Further Exploration, Challenge, and Self-Assessment	183	(3)
Chapter End Case: A Transplant for Brandy	185	(1)
Notes	186	(3)
Creating and Ethical Organizational Climate	189	(26)
What's Ahead	189	(1)
Organizational Light or Shadow	189	(2)
Creating a Climate of Integrity	191	(2)
Discovering Core Values	193	(4)
Core Ideology	193	(3)
Values Adoption Process	196	(1)
Codes of Ethics	197	(5)
Case Study: Cutting Corners at the University	198	(4)
Continuous Ethical Improvement	202	(7)
The Need for Continuing Ethical Learning	202	(2)
Enhancing Organizational Ethical Learning	204	(5)
Implications and Applications	209	(1)
For Further Exploration, Challenge, and Self-Assessment	209	(3)
Chapter End Case: Battling Blindness: Merck Does the Right Thing	210	(2)
Notes	212	(3)
Meeting the Ethical Challenges of Cultural Diversity	215	(26)
What's Ahead	215	(1)
Leadership and Ethical Diversity	215	(3)
Overcoming Ethnocentrism and Prejudice	218	(2)
Cultural Differences and Ethical Values	220	(10)
Defining Culture	220	(1)
Case Study: Sexual Intimidation at Mitsubishi	221	(2)
Cultural Values Orientations	223	(7)
Cultural-Ethical Synergy	230	(2)
Standing on Moral Common Ground	232	(5)
A Global Ethic	233	(1)
The Platinum Rule	233	(1)
Eight Global Values	234	(1)
The Peace Ethic	235	(1)
International Rights	236	(1)
Implications and Applications	237	(1)
For Further Exploration, Challenge, and Self-Assessment	238	(2)
Chapter End Case: Industrial Disaster and International Justice	238	(2)
Notes	240	(1)
Epilogue	241	(4)
Index	245	(15)
About the Author	260