The Practice of Ethical Leadership : Insights from Psychology and Business in Building an Ethical Bottom Line Hardback

This book considers ethics as a practical discipline at the heart of decisions, reasoning, shaping, and ordering organizations.

Both engaging and accessible, it offers effective suggestions for selecting and developing ethical leaders and invites readers to self-reflect and understand how to build ethical cultures within their organizations and beyond. Examining the many characteristics of ethical leadership, including love and authenticity, the book uses factual evidence to explore both its positive and negative characteristics.

It offers readers an in-depth insight into how ethical decision making can help determine the right thing to do, supported by directly applicable ethical lessons that help leaders become more conscious going forward.

The authors provide concrete suggestions for action, as well as ways to develop and understand what is needed to become an ethical leader.

Each chapter encourages readers to reflect on their own experiences, as well as engage in discussion with others, and challenge basic assumptions.

The book concludes by offering a long-term oriented outlook at future challenges for ethical leaders. Rooted in extensive psychological, philosophical, entrepreneurial, and business experience, The Practice of Ethical Leadership will appeal to leaders, human resource professionals, and Board members across a wide variety of organizations.

This book will also benefit academics as well as anyone who is invested in the fields of leadership, management, business, and industrial-organizational Psychology. Please visit the authors personal website www.ethicalbottomline.com for more information.