Responsible Leadership - Softcover

Maak, Thomas; Pless, Nicola M.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0415355818 ISBN 13: 9780415355810

Publisher: Routledge, 2005

Synopsis

While there is a high demand for knowledge on responsible leadership, there has been, till now, no source able to meet that demand. Enron, Worldcom and other high-profile cases of management and leadership misconduct have highlighted the need for such a book to provide crucial insights on key issues including responsible leadership, leadership competencies and the development of responsible leaders.

Meeting this need, experts in the field of business and leadership ethics have now been brought together to write this vital text - the first of its kind. It answers the challenge of defining responsible leadership in an era of globalization, and as such is highly topical and relevant to all those on the path to becoming responsible leaders.

Topical and timely, this first-rate edited collection provides the reader with insights, orienting knowledge and best practice cases in the field and is essential reading for all business students, academics and professionals concerned with leadership in twenty-first century business.

About this title

From the Back Cover:

These chapters on ‘Responsible Leadership’ represent the latest thinking on a topic of increasing relevance in a connected world. There are many challenges that still remain when it comes to establishing responsible leadership both in theory and practice. Whilst offering conceptualisations for the improvement of leadership is a first and perhaps easier response, what is more difficult is to facilitate the actual change to happen. These chapters will not only generate interest in the emerging domain of studies on responsible leadership, but also will pave the way for future research in this area in the years to come.

Previously Published in the Journal of Business Ethics, Volume 98 Supplement 2, 2011  

About the Author:

Thomas Maak is Director of Research at the Institute for Business Ethics at the University of St. Gallen and an Ex committee member of EEN the European Business Ethics Network, the leading business ethics organization in Europe. He holds a summa cum laude-PhD from the University of St. Gallen where he teaches philosophy, business ethics and management and conducts research and advisory services in areas such as business and leadership ethics, corporate citizenship and integrity management.

Nicola Pless is Senior Research Fellow and Lecturer at the University of St. Gallen. She studied at the University of Blielefeld, Cornell University and New York University. Her research interests include leadership development and management epistemology. She has over five years of international experience working with global Financial Services institutions in different learning and development functions. In her last function, she set up and led the department of International Leadership Programs.

About this edition

• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication date: 2005
• ISBN 10: 0415355818
• ISBN 13: 9780415355810
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 252