Lack of ethical leadership a clear and present danger
Concern for ethical consciousness comes at a time when the concept of legitimacy in leadership is questioned and public trust in governance is low
Lack of ethical leadership in most sectors of life is destroying natural ecosystems that sustain us, undermining our economic future, dismantling trust in self-government, undoing the sense of shared interest that allows us to co-exist and unravelling the threads of community that nurture us. Concern for ethical consciousness comes at a time when the concept of legitimacy in leadership is questioned and public trust in governance is low. Leaders should be a source of ethical guidance for underlings and responsible for moral development in organisations. Unethical behaviour threatens the environment by supporting mass production of material goods, often to the detriment of the populations of developing nations. Extreme consumerism is distorting values towards the possession of material goods over quality relationships and meaningful pursuits. Our current value system tells us “we are what we wear, what we drive and where we live”, and that “what we own reflects what we are worth”. As...
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