Moral Leadership Reviews

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Moral Leadership: The Theory and Practice of Power, Judgment and Policy (J-B Warren Bennis Series)

Moral Leadership brings together in one comprehensive volume essays from leading scholars in law, leadership, psychology, political science, and ethics to provide practical, theoretical policy guidance.Moral Leadership review. The authors explore key questions about moral leadership such as:

• How do leaders form, sustain, and transmit moral commitments?
• Under what conditions are those processes most effective?
• What is the impact of ethics officers, codes, training programs, and similar initiatives?
• How do standards and practices vary across context and culture?
• What can we do at the individual, organizational, and societal level to foster moral leadership?

Throughout the book, the contributors identify what people know, and only think they know, about the role of ethics in key decision-making positions. The essays focus on issues such as the definition and importance of moral leadership and the factors that influence its exercise, along with practical strategies for promoting ethical behavior. Moral Leadership addresses the dynamics of moral leadership, with particular emphasis on major obstacles that stand in its way: impaired judgment, self-interest, and power. Finally, the book explores moral leadership in a variety of contexts?business and the professions, nonprofit organizations, and the international arenaRead full reviews of Hail to the CEO: The Failure of George W. Bush and the Cult of Moral Leadership.

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Review "In this short of tightly argued work, Hoopes presents a clear thesis: George W. Bush has misunderstood and misused his moral authority as presidentòÀæ.Hoopes argues that a misguided moral superiority animates decision making in the Bush White House, blinding them to the perils of abusing poweròÀæ.Highly recommended. General readers and all undergraduates."- Choice "Hoopes, a Babson professor, takes the position that the prevailing cult of moral leadership is at least partially to blame for Bush's mistakesòÀæ.Harvard's 1970s b-school curriculum would have emphasized a CEO's dut

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Categories: United States->Moral conditions, Management * Leadership, Political corruption->United States. Contributors: James Hoopes - Author. Format: Hardcover

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Categories: Leadership->Moral and ethical aspects. Contributors: Thomas J. Sergiovanni - Author. Format: Paperback

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Moral Leadership Reviews

The authors explore key questions about moral leadership such as:

• How do leaders form, sustain, and transmit moral commitments?
• Under what conditions are those processes most effective?
• What is the impact of ethics officers, codes, training programs, and similar initiatives?
• How do standards and practices vary across context and culture?
• What can we do at the individual, organizational, and societal level to foster moral leadership?

Throughout the book, the contributors identify what people know, and only think they know, about the role of ethics in key decision-making positions. The essays focus on issues such as the definition and importance of moral leadership and the factors that influence its exercise, along with practical strategies for promoting ethical behavior. Moral Leadership addresses the dynamics of moral leadership, with particular emphasis on major obstacles that stand in its way: impaired judgment, self-interest, and power. Finally, the book explores moral leadership in a variety of contexts?business and the professions, nonprofit organizations, and the international arena.