Moral Leadership

abstract

Trust in leaders has reached its low point in recent years as employees, peers, and the public-at-large voice their disapproval of decisions made by those who head corporations, government, churches, and public institutions in virtually every country throughout the world. In a society that Princeton scholar David Callahan has labeled “the cheating culture,” people of every class, culture, and country yearn for leaders whom they can believe, respect, and follow.

Although the search for effective leadership may often be disappointing for many, the problems of leadership are not new and more has been written about leadership than any other management concept. Over 70 years ago Chester Barnard, President of New Jersey Bell and one of the ...