The Anatomy of Ethical Leadership To Lead Our Organizations in a Conscientious and Authentic Manner

Performance at all costs, productivity without regard to consequences, and a competitive work environment: these are the ethical factors discussed in The Anatomy of Ethical Leadership, which highlights issues in workplace culture while looking into a brighter future for labour ethics. Langlois maintains that an enhanced awareness of the process of ethical decision making in difficult situations will lead to the establishment of practices that encourage productive relationships between co-workers. Will the twenty-first century be marked as an era leading to a healthier work environment? The Anatomy of Ethical Leadership aims to serve those in human resource management and those concerned with practical work ethic.

About the Author

Lyse Langlois is an associate professor in the Department of Industrial Relations at Université Laval, with a focus on leadership and workplace ethics. She is a member of the Inter-University Research Centre on Globalization and Work and the Institut d’éthique appliquée at Université Laval. She also sits on the Board of Trustees for the Center for the Study of Leadership and Ethics at Pennsylvania State University.

Table of Contents

1. Foreword by Robert J. Starratt
2. Preface and Acknowledgements
3. Introduction
4. Chapter 1. Modernity
   1. An Instrumental Rationality
   2. Paradigm Shift: Towards Postmodernity
   3. In Search of an Authentic Rationality
   4. Ethical Demands
5. Chapter 2. Ehical Leadership: The Anglo-Saxon Understanding
   1. The Concept of Ethics
   2. Ethical Leadership
   3. Nurturing New Social Relationships
   4. The Concept of Human Nature
   5. Decision Making in the Exercise of Leadership
   6. Models of Ethical Decision Making
6. Chapter 3. The TERA Model: Towards an Ethical, Authentic, and Responsible Trajectory
   1. Three Fundamental Ethics: Critique, Justice, and Care
   2. The TERA Process: Knowledge-Volition-Action
   3. A Challenging but Necessary Interdependence
   4. A Rising Level of Confidence
   5. Towards Responsible Leadership
   6. An Ethical Culture
7. Conclusion
8. Appendix: A Guide to Developing a Multidimensional Ethical Conscience
9. List of References

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