MGT594 Leadership and Business Ethics (8)
This subject examines, evaluates and advocates the incorporation of ethics into leadership, and corporate policy making. The efficacy of developing critical conduct for leaders and strategic plans with ethics components is considered. A strategic approach to ethics both for within firm management activity and with respect to questions of corporate social and environmental responsibility is advocated as is a focus on the ethical dimension of leadership. The subject assumes that ethical leadership is centrally important to ensuring broader organisation wide ethical behaviour. Further, it advocates the inclusion of ethical and social responsibility issues into strategic planning and policy-making processes.