Ethical Leadership and Contemporary Challenges

This book is a collection of essays presented at the conference on
"Sustaining Ethical Leadership: An Interdisciplinary Conversation",
Ottawa, Canada, 2009. The driving idea behind the conference was to
encourage an interdisciplinary enquiry regarding the nature of ethical
leadership in contemporary times and to work out its implications in
various domains of human life and action. Contributors examine the
concept of ethical leadership from different intellectual and
philosophical standpoints, and provide with an insightful analysis. They
touch upon social, political, economic, cultural, and environmental
aspects of ethical decision making, emphasizing the importance of
intellectual clarity and moral integrity in the process. The book is
divided into three parts, each focusing on a specific aspect of ethical
leadership. In the first section the theoretical and philosophical
issues pertaining to the foundations of ethical leadership are explored,
whereas the second and third sections bring out the practical and
contemporary challenges regarding the manifestation of ethical
leadership.