Purpose The purpose of this paper is to understand the growing construct of ethical leadership and its related concepts that focus on the importance of the moral aspect of leadership. It focuses on the idea of ethical leadership, personality attributes of ethical leaders and develops a conceptual framework including various propositions related to the antecedents and outcomes of ethical leadership. Design/methodology/approach This is a review paper based on a synthesis of leadership literature from existing research journals and articles on ethical leadership. Authors analyzed selected papers on ethical leadership to propose a conceptual framework that shows the antecedents and outcomes of ethical leadership. Findings An ethical leader is one who strongly believes in following the right set of values and ideals in their decisions, actions and behavior. One has to be honest with high integrity, with people orientation and communicates assertively. Among the other attributes of an ethical leader, one needs to be responsible for taking unbiased decisions in benefit and overall interest of people and organization. This ethical leadership plays a vital role in developing positive outcomes such as followers’ organizational commitment and organizational identification. Trust in leadership can moderate this relationship. Practical implications This paper offers opportunities for researchers to explore discoveries in leadership style and also helps to understand the ways the organizations can develop ethical leaders at the workplace. An effective and efficient leader integrates ethics with leadership and thus makes its presence felt and emerges as a role model to play a more positive and valuable role in an organization. Originality/value This paper helps the strategist and educators to conceptualize ethical leadership and its framework including leaders’ ideal traits, similarities and differences of ethical leadership with other leadership styles and its role in developing positive outcomes in an organization. It presents a framework of ten testable propositions about ethical leadership that are relevant for both the practitioners and the scholars.

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Composition of modern workforce has been changing on account of newer developments and emerging trends in the global economy that transformed and reshaped the relationship between employee and employer. The article aims to study the association among workforce diversity and intention to quit with mediating effect of workplace inclusion. The attempt is made to identify the variance in perception among employees’ towards the workforce diversity with respect to their gender, age, and experience in the present institution. Data collection was made during March 2019 to September 2019 from 347 employees working in higher education institutions (HEIs) in the eastern part of Uttar Pradesh, India. Hierarchical multiple regression was administered to examine the relationship between the dependent, independent, and mediating variables. ANOVA and Z-test are used to examine the difference in perception of various dimensions of diversity. Data analysis reveals partial mediation effect of workplace inclusion on the association among workforce diversity and intention to quit. The practical implication of the present research work emphasizes the reorientation of management practices to nurture employee inclusion in the HEI through active support system that embraces the engrossment of top management in the all-inclusive process. The present study examined the cause and effect relationship of workplace diversity on intention to quit where workplace inclusion is used as mediating variable. The empirical evidence of the study reveals that employees’ perception towards their institution highly impact their intention to stay. Thus, the study recommends the HEIs to develop such human resource practices that enhance the contribution to every employee irrespective of their diverse characteristics.

Purpose This research aims to discuss the key civil rights problems in mental well-being and the solutions to those challenges in standard-setting and institutional practice, as well as proposes an integrated approach to adapting the emerging principles of practice to divisive mental health concerns. Design/methodology/approach This study is based on review of literature focused on mental health and human rights with special reference to international standards and clinical practices. Recent articles related to mental health and human rights and mechanisms suggested by United nations were included to draw conclusion. Findings Review of literature suggested to switch from reactive to a constructive and pragmatic approach, which is community-based, emphasizing alliance, rather than action, when the client is still too damaged to agree. Treatment should go hand in hand with mental health and civil rights education in the neighbourhood, as well as opportunities for engagement in shared interests in the group and interaction of other individuals with living experience. Originality/value While consent to care is a vital issue for human rights, the view of individuals with psychiatric illnesses as dangerous and “out of reach” is perpetuated by a disproportionate emphasis on it. Treatment should go hand in hand with mental health and civil rights education in the neighbourhood, as well as opportunities for engagement in shared interests in the group and interaction of other individuals with living experience.

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