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Meeting the Ethical Challenges of Leadership
Casting Light or Shadow
Seventh Edition
- Craig E. Johnson - George Fox University, USA
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January 2020 | 536 pages | SAGE Publications, Inc
Ethics is at the heart of leadership. Leaders must make every effort to make ethical decisions and foster ethical behavior among followers. The Seventh Edition of Meeting the Ethical Challenges of Leadership: Casting Light or Shadow explores the ethical demands of leadership and the dark side of leadership. Bestselling author Craig E. Johnson takes an interdisciplinary approach, drawing from many fields of research to help readers make ethical decisions, lead with integrity, and create an ethical culture. Packed with dozens of real-world case studies, examples, self-assessments, and applications, this fully-updated new edition is designed to increase students’ ethical competence and leadership abilities.
PREFACE
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
INTRODUCTION
PART I. THE SHADOW SIDE OF LEADERSHIP
CHAPTER 1. The Leader’s Light or Shadow
CHAPTER 2. Stepping In and Out of the Shadows
PART II. LOOKING INWARD
CHAPTER 3. The Leader’s Character
CHAPTER 4. Combating Evil
PART III. ETHICAL STANDARDS AND STRATEGIES
CHAPTER 5. Ethical Perspectives
CHAPTER 6. Ethical Decision Making and Behavior
CHAPTER 7. Exercising Ethical Influence
CHAPTER 8. Normative Leadership Theories
PART IV. SHAPING ETHICAL CONTEXTS
CHAPTER 9. Building an Ethical Small Group
CHAPTER 10. Creating an Ethical, Inclusive Organizational Climate
CHAPTER 11. Meeting the Ethical Challenges of Leadership in a Global Society
CHAPTER 12. Ethical Crisis Leadership
EPILOGUE
REFERENCES
INDEX
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Supplements
Instructor Resource Site
edge.sagepub.com/johnsonmecl7e
Instructor Teaching Site (Password Protected)
SAGE Edge for Instructors, supports your teaching by making it easy to integrate quality content and create a rich learning environment for students.
Instructor Teaching Site (Password Protected)
SAGE Edge for Instructors, supports your teaching by making it easy to integrate quality content and create a rich learning environment for students.
- A Microsoft® Word® test bank is available containing multiple choice, true/false, short answer, and essay questions for each chapter. The test bank provides you with a diverse range of pre-written options as well as the opportunity for editing any question and/or inserting your own personalized questions to effectively assess students’ progress and understanding.
- Editable, chapter-specific Microsoft® PowerPoint® slides offer you complete flexibility in easily creating a multimedia presentation for your course.
- Teaching notes for cases are designed for instructors to expand questions to students, or initiate class discussion.
- An instructor manual by author Craig E. Johnson includes teaching strategies, assignments, and projects.
- Sample course syllabi provide suggested models for use when creating the syllabi for your courses.
- EXCLUSIVE! Access to certain full-text SAGE journal articles that have been carefully selected for each chapter. Each article supports and expands on the concepts presented in the chapter. This feature also provides questions to focus and guide student interpretation. Combine cutting-edge academic journal scholarship with the topics in your course for a robust classroom experience.
Student Study Site
Student Study Site (Open Access)
SAGE Edge for Students provides a personalized approach to help students accomplish their coursework goals in an easy-to-use learning environment.
SAGE Edge for Students provides a personalized approach to help students accomplish their coursework goals in an easy-to-use learning environment.
- EXCLUSIVE access to selected full-text SAGE journal articles for each chapter. Each article supports and expands on the concepts presented in the chapter. This feature also provides questions to focus and guide your interpretation.
“Meeting the Ethical Challenges of Leadership provides a multi-dimensional, evidence-based, approach to ethics leadership illuminating alternative perspectives and providing insights into various worldviews within the context of Parker Palmer’s metaphor. Each chapter applies various evidence-based frameworks for evaluating, interpreting, understanding, communicating and connecting with a diverse learners and knowers. The text aids in providing the context for cultivating ethics leadership and scholarship as a lifelong learner.”
Colorado Christian University
“A practical guide to taking ethical theory and applying that theory to personal and organizational character to make ethics foundational to decision making.”
Judson University
“This book provides a unique approach to leadership ethics by contrasting how leaders can use their power and influence for good or evil. It is easy to read and understand. It is relevant for any discussion about leadership. The tools such as case studies and self-assessments are valuable in the classroom.”
Piedmont International University
Sample Materials & Chapters
Chapter 1: The Leader's Light or Shadow
Chapter 10: Creating an Ethical, Inclusive Organizational Climate
