Leadership and Change: The Case for Greater Ethical Clarity

Journal of Business Ethics

Volumn 108, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 239-252

  Burnes, Bernard ^a   By, Rune Todnem ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b STAFFORDSHIRE UNIVERSITY BUSINESS SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Consequentialism; Emergent change; Ethical change; Ethical leadership; Planned change; Utilitarianism

Indexed keywords

EID: 84861184445     PISSN: 01674544     EISSN: 15730697     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10551-011-1088-2     Document Type: Article

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