Leadership and Virtue Ethics

Abstract

An analysis of the leadership challenges discussed in modern leadership studies suggests that a holistic Daoist model, based upon the five fundamental virtues of an ethical leader, offers a practical approach to ethical leadership in organizations. The Daoist model, potentially a complementary tool to the more positivist analytical approaches commonly taken in the Western leadership literature, provides a framework that helps to explain the dynamics of the ethical virtues required of adaptive leaders confronting change.

What Happens After the Storm? Investigating Three Conditions Under Which Local Governments Change Integrity Policy After Scandals

“…As a result, it would have become very hard to distill any meaningful patterns from the data. Future research could include a broader or different set of conditions, such as organizational culture (Johnson & Cox III, 2004) and ethical leadership (Bai & Morris, 2014;Maesschalck, 2002, p. 188), to see if this affects local governments' responses after a scandal.…”

“…For instance, there might be an organizational culture (Johnson & Cox, 2004) or (a lack of) ethical leadership (e.g., Bai & Morris, 2014), which can both influence organizational responses after a political scandal. However, in this study-being a first step to better understanding the consequences of political scandal for organizational change-only a limited set of conditions is taken into consideration.…”

The Tao-Oriented Socialism: Concept, Practices and Significance

“…The spirit and values derived from Taoism have long been regarded as the key pillars to sustain social stability and prosperity in China, and theories of Tao-oriented governance originated as early as the time of Laotzu and Confucius in 500 B. C. Taoism believes that everything in the universe is out of Tao, and thus follows the law of Yin and Yang and its associated five-element theory. As the core philosophy in the Chinese culture, it provided the guideline for Chinese politics, military, arts and agricultural practices in the Chinese ancient society [3,4].…”

Examining Leadership Articles: Which Characteristics and How Leadership Comprises?

“…Araştırmada liderliğin en fazla aldığı sıfat "etik" olarak belirlenmiş ve dolaysıyla etik liderlik üzerine yapılan çalışmaların nicelik açısından daha fazla olduğu gözlenmiştir. Etik liderlik üzerine daha fazla çalışma yapılmasının nedeni; etik liderliğin genellikle örgüt yapısına bakılmadan çalışılma imkanına sahip olması (Bai & Morris, 2014) olabilir. Alan yazında liderlik ile ilgili yapılan çalışmalarda etik liderliğin, liderin takipçilerinin davranışları ile ilişkili olduğu belirlenmiş; ancak farklı karakterdeki takipçilerin etik lidere farklı şekillerde nasıl davrandığı ortaya konmamıştır.…”