Ethical Leadership and Management

1. WHAT IS MANAGERIAL RESPONSIBILITY FOR ETHICAL LEADERSHIP

In today's business world, the bottom line is all toom often regarded as the end-all, and whatever means it takes to reach that end is "permissible." What is missing in this rush to show a better bottom line than the previous quarter or fiscal year is that the idea of fairness in business dealings often goes out the window. We are living in an age of management-by-whatever-means necessary. We have seen examples from Enron to WorldCom, even to FEMA in the wake of Hurricane Katrina prove that deviousness is acceptable to many. What management needs to provide to its managers who are to be the company's future leaders is a sense, not merely of fairness, but of commitment to ethical standards. It is a matte of fa

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