The Ethics of Leadership

Acknowledgments ix Introduction: Ethics and the Study of Leadership xi Case: The Parable of the Saddhu xvi Bowen McCoy The Moral Challenges of Power and Self-Interest 1(52) Sources of Power and Influence 3(10) Gary Yukl Justice and the Leader 13(15) Plato Case: ``The Ring of Gyges,'' 28(3) Plato Self Interest and Human Nature 31(7) Thomas Hobbes The Qualities of Princes 38(6) Niccolo Machiavelli Why Self Interest Is Best 44(9) Ayn Rand Virtue and Public and Private Morality of Leaders 53(40) Virtue Ethics, Aristotle 55(8) Case: Sleazy or Stupid? 63(1) Joanne B. Ciulla The First Sermon and the Synopsis of Truth, Buddha 64(4) Case: Does Personal Morality Matter? 68(2) Joanne B. Ciulla The Bathsheba Syndrome: The Ethical Failure of Successful Leaders 70(11) Dean Ludwig Clinton Longnecker The Conscience of Huckleberry Finn 81(12) Jonathan Bennett Duties of Leaders and Followers 93(48) Good Will, Duty, and the Categorical Imperative 94(16) Immanuel Kant Case: Innocent or Guilty? 110(1) Joanne B. Ciulla Case: On Women and Girls 111(1) Joanne B. Ciulla Moral Luck 112(6) Bernard Williams Case: Is a Lie Always a Lie? 118(1) Joanne B. Ciulla Case: The Accused and Duties of Law-Abiding Citizen 119(4) Hannah Arendt The Analects, Confucius 123(18) Leadership for the Greatest Good 141(44) What Utilitarianism Is 143(9) John Stuart Mill Case: Prejudice or Preference? 152(1) Joanne B. Ciulla Case: Corneas in the Congo 153(1) Joanne B. Ciulla Distributive Justice 154(7) John Rawls Case: The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas 161(6) Ursula Le Guin Zarathustra's Prologue 167(8) Friedrich Nietzsche The Lao Tzu (Tao Te Ching) 175(10) Lao Tzu The Moral and Emotional Relationship of Leaders and Followers 185(42) Legitimate Authority and Charisma 187(3) Case: The Only God You'll Ever See: Jim Jones and the People's Temple 190(10) Charles Lindholm The Myth of Charisma 200(10) Robert C. Solomon The Servant as Leader 210(7) Robert Greenleaf The Structure of Moral Leadership 217(10) James MacGregor Burns Moral Leadership and Culture 227(48) Anthropology arid the Abnormal 229(8) Ruth Benedict Trying Out One's New Sword 237(10) Mary Midgley Values, Beliefs, and Leadership 247(5) F. G. Bailey Case: Fuller's Dilemma: Street Children and Substance Abuse 252(2) Karen Marquis Joanne B. Ciulla Universal Declaration of Human Rights, United Nations I Commission on Human Rights 254(7) Case: The Oil Rig 261(3) Joanne B. Ciulla The Pursuit of the Ideal 264(2) Isaiah Berlin Case: The Five Virtues of Kofi Annan 266(9) Joshua Cooper Ramo Credits 275