Journal of
Marketing Development and Competitiveness
Scholar Gateway
Abstracts prior to volume 5(1) have been archived!Issue 5(1), October 2010 -- Paper AbstractsGirard (p. 9-22)Cooper (p. 23-32)Kunz-Osborne (p. 33-41)Coulmas-Law (p.42-46)Stasio (p. 47-56)Albert-Valette-Florence (p.57-63)Zhang-Rauch (p. 64-70)Alam-Yasin (p. 71-78)Mattare-Monahan-Shah (p. 79-94)Nonis-Hudson-Hunt (p. 95-106) 
JOURNAL OF LEADERSHIP, ACCOUNTABILITY AND ETHICS
Character vs. Situational Imperatives as the Primary Driver of Unethical Conduct:
Implications for the Study of Leadership
Author(s): George E. Reed
Citation: George E. Reed, (2012) "Character vs. Situational Imperatives as the Primary Driver of Unethical Conduct: Implications for the Study of Leadership," Journal of Leadership, Accountability and Ethics, Vol. 9, Iss. 4, pp. 21 - 29
Article Type: Research paper
Publisher: North American Business Press
Abstract:
The notion of ethics is central to the study of leadership (Ciulla, 2004). This paper investigates two great and infrequently intersecting streams of thought on the drivers of ethical conduct: the character project that emerges from classical philosophy, and the situational perspective provided by modern psychology. Both are insufficient on their own to inform those who study and practice leadership. Since leadership studies uses an interdisciplinary approach and maintains a strong drive to be relevant it presents an able forum to explore bridges between two seemingly disparate perspectives.
