The state of leadership ethics and the work that lies before us

Ciulla, Joanne B.

doi:10.1111/j.1467-8608.2005.00414.x

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“…The facets we used as a context for our analysis were consequence ethics, virtue ethics and duty ethics (Ciulla 2005;Ciulla and Forsyth 2011). Ethical reasoning of the managers' manipulation in storytelling seemed to involve typically consequence ethics with the other facets remaining scarce.…”

Section: Summary Of the Resultsmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Many influential leaders has been said to be great storytellers (Ciulla, 2005). Peters (1990, p. 15) even argues that "[t]he best leaders -of nations as well as corporations and volunteer groups -have always been the best storytellers".…”

Section: Storytelling Leadershipmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Despite some exceptions the over-riding theme in studies on leadership and ethics is that leadership involves a moral purpose, and the common idea in the literature is that the efforts of leaders are well intended (Clements and Washbush, 1999;Ciulla, 2005).…”

Section: Manipulation In Leadershipmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…T h e f i r s t f a c e t , t h e c o n s e q u e n c e s o f a l e a d e r ' s a c t i o n s , d r a w s p a r t i c u l a r l y f r o m utilitarianism, a teleological approach in ethics (Ciulla, 2005(Ciulla, , 2011. The basic principle of utilitarianism is that "an action is morally right if it results in the greatest amount of good for the greatest number of people affected by the action" (Crane and Matten, 2004, p. 84).…”

Section: ) Why a Leader Does Things? This Refers To A Leader's Ethicmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…In this article we rely on Ciulla's (2005;Ciulla and Forsyth 2011) framework while detecting ethics in managers' manipulative storytelling. Ciulla's framework looks at leadership ethics through a variety of philosophical viewpoints, based on traditional ethical theories which stress individuality and rationality.…”

Section: Ethics and Leadershipmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Leadership Manipulation and Ethics in Storytelling

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This article focuses on exerting influence in leadership, namely manipulation in storytelling. Manipulation is usually considered an unethical approach to leadership. We will argue that manipulation is a more complex phenomenon than just an unethical way of acting in leadership. We will demonstrate through an empirical qualitative study that there are various types of manipulation through storytelling. This article makes a contribution to the literature on manipulation through leadership storytelling, offering a more s y s t e m a t i c e m p i r i c a l a n a l y s i s a n d a m o r e n u a n c e d v i e w o f t h e t o p i c t h a n previously existed by outlining how managers engage in manipulative storytelling and what kind of ethics they link to their manipulation in leadership.Four types of manipulation in storytelling are identified in the study: humorous, pseudo-participative, seductive and pseudo-empathetic. From an ethical perspective we will show that manipulation is not always self-evidently reprehensible. We will conclude that the dominant ethical justification for manipulation stems from its consequences.

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Section: Storytelling Leadershipmentioning

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Section: Manipulation In Leadershipmentioning

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Section: Ethics and Leadershipmentioning

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Leadership Ethics

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2013

The International Encyclopedia of Ethics

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Even though scholars have been writing about the ethics of leaders for thousands of years, leadership ethics is a relatively new area of applied ethics. It has a unique role to play in the context of literature on leadership and professional ethics because questions about leaders occur in all professions. Leadership ethics draws on the resources of moral philosophy and leadership studies to frame, organize, and understand the ethical problems that are distinctive to leaders and leadership.

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Film Narratives and Lessons in Leadership: Insights From the Film & Leadership Case Study (FLiCS) Club

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2017

J Ldrship Studies

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Feature films are used as case studies to highlight key leadership concepts in an undergraduate course in a business school. How each film constructs leadership in a particular way is problematized by noting the prevailing leadership discourses to which their narratives contribute, and the strengths and limitations of each. This analysis enables students to consider how a film's portrayal of leadership reflects and influences the various practices of leadership, for good and bad. Films also allude to the emergence of a critical leadership discourse that may produce a more timely understanding of leadership for modern organizations.

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The state of leadership ethics and the work that lies before us

Cited by 112 publications

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Leadership Manipulation and Ethics in Storytelling

Leadership Manipulation and Ethics in Storytelling

Leadership Ethics

Film Narratives and Lessons in Leadership: Insights From the Film & Leadership Case Study (FLiCS) Club

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