The Anatomy of Ethical Leadership
128 pages, 5 1/2 x 9
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Release Date:01 Feb 2011
ISBN:9781897425749
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The Anatomy of Ethical Leadership

To Lead Our Organizations in a Conscientious and Authentic Manner

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Athabasca University Press
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. Dr. Lyse 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.

The Anatomy of Ethical Leadership aims to serve those in humanresource management and those concerned with practical work ethic.

Dr. Lyse Langlois is an associate professor in theDepartment of Industrial Relations at Université Laval, with a focus onleadership and workplace ethics. She is a member of theInter-University Research Centre on Globalization and Work and theInstitut d’éthique appliquée at Université Laval. She also sitson the Board of Trustees for the Center for the Study of Leadership andEthics at Pennsylvania State University.

Foreword by Robert J. Starrett

Preface and Acknowledgements

Introduction

Chapter 1   Modernity

An Instrumental Rationality

Paradigm Shift: Towards Postmodernity

In Search of an Authentic Rationality

Ethical Demands

Chapter 2   Ethical Leadership: The Anglo-Saxon Understanding

The Concept of Ethics

Ethical Leadership

Nurturing New Social Relationships

The Concept of Human Nature

Decision Making in the Exercise of Leadership

Models of Ethical Decision Making

Chapter 3   The TERA Model: Towards an Ethical, Authentic, and ResponsibleTrajectory

Three Fundamental Ethics: Critique, Justice, and Care

The TERA Process: Knowledge—Volition—Action

A Challenging but Necessary Interdependence

A Rising Level of Confidence

Towards Responsible Leadership

An Ethical Culture

Conclusion

Appendix: A Guide to Developing a Multidimensional EthicalConscience

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