The second edition of Responsible Leadership offers orienting knowledge on how to lead in a world of contested values—a world where leadership work extends beyond leaders and direct reports to a whole range of stakeholders inside and outside an organization.
The new edition comes at a time where leaders face growing expectations to do better, and more, and where leadership challenges such as the ethical tragedy of climate change and global pandemics highlight the urgency of collective action. Updated and significantly extended, the second edition of this much acclaimed volume assembles leading scholars and practitioners in the field. It includes new chapters on inclusive leadership, the study of responsible leadership, the purpose of organizations, authenticity and values, virtuous leadership, irresponsible leadership, the paradoxical nature of responsible leadership, responsible leadership in context and in Asia, artistic expression to enable responsible leadership, responsible leadership measurement, and new directions for responsible leadership.
This volume offers rich and functional insights into the concept and practice of responsible leadership. It will appeal to academics and practitioners alike with a wide array of perspectives grounded in pioneering scholarship and best practice.
1. Introduction: The ongoing quest for responsible leadership in business
Thomas Maak and Nicola M. Pless
Part I: What is responsible leadership?
2. Why ethics is at the heart of leadership
Joanne B. Ciulla
3. Responsible leadership—A relational approach
Thomas Maak and Nicola M. Pless
4. Inclusive leadership for our global era
Peter Wuffli
5. Reflections on the study of responsible leadership
Anne Tsui
6. Responsible leadership and societal purpose: Reframing the purpose of business as pursuing good dividends
Steve Kempster
7. Values, authenticity, and responsible leadership
R. Edward Freeman and Ellen R. Auster
8. Responsible leadership as virtuous leadership
Kim Cameron
9. A compass for decision making
Lynn Sharp Paine
10. Responsible leadership: A shift from individual leaders to leader relations
Anne Keränen
11. (Ir)responsible followership
Barbara Kellerman
Part II: What makes a responsible leader?
12. Different approaches toward doing the right thing: Mapping the responsibility orientations of leaders
Nicola M. Pless, Thomas Maak, and David A. Waldman
13. Exploring the paradoxical nature of responsible leadership
Arménio Rego, Miguel Pina e Cunha, and Stewart Clegg
14. Servant leadership and virtues from an Aristotelian viewpoint
Alejo José G. Sison and Garrett W. Potts
15. Moral intelligence: Leadership in a world of contested values
Daniel Diermeier
16. Developing responsible leadership: The case of Fabio Barbosa
Erik van de Loo and Toya Lorch
Part III: Responsible leadership in and across cultures
17. Leading responsibly across cultures
Sonja A. Sackmann
18. Towards responsible leadership through reconciling dilemmas
Tong Schraa-Liu and Fons Trompenaars
19. Leading responsibly in the Asian-led digital age: Towards a theory of virtuous responsible leadership
Mario Fernando and Ruwan Bandara
20. Responsible leadership in context: Four frames and two nations
Philip Mirvis, Yolande Steenkamp, and Derick de Jongh
Part IV: How to develop responsible leadership
21. Principle-based leadership: Lessons from the Caux Round Table
Stephen B. Young
22. Responsible leadership and transformative cross-sector partnering
James E. Austin, María Helena Jaén, Ezequiel Reficco, and Alfred Vernis
23. The development of responsible leaders: A case study of a responsible leader in Colombia
Margarita M. Castillo M., Iván D. Sánchez, and Sebastián Dueñas Ocampo
24. The Ulysses Program and the development of globally responsible leaders in a VUCA world
Nicola M. Pless and Ralf Schneider
25. Dialogarchitecture: An artistic co-creation process to enable responsible leadership learning and implementation
Hans-Juergen Frank, Nicola M. Pless, and Thomas Maak
Part V: Conclusion
26. Responsible leadership: New directions in the 2020s and beyond
David A. Waldman
27. Responsible leadership and the micro-foundations of CSR: Introducing a measure of CSR quality
Nicola M. Pless and Thomas Maak
Biography
Nicola M. Pless is Professor of Positive Business at the University of South Australia, and the recipient of the Aspen Institute’s Faculty Pioneer Award. Dr Pless is a former senior executive whose work focuses on the ideation and development of integrative responsible leadership.
Thomas Maak is Professor of Leadership and Director of the Centre for Workplace Leadership at the University of Melbourne, Australia. He has worked extensively with companies and governments at the interface of ethics, governance, and leadership.
'Business leadership must have at its core an extraordinary obligation to do the right thing. Here, for the first time, we have a comprehensive study of what doing the right thing really is - of how Responsible Leadership can and should become a central feature of how we do business.'
Samuel A. DiPiazza, Jr., retired global CEO, PricewaterhouseCoopers and Chairman of the Board of Trustees of Mayo Clinic.
'Seldom has a single book united so many different voices so well. A global list of premier thinkers and successful practitioners tackle the definition of "responsible leadership." The result is provocative and multi-layered.'
Thomas Donaldson, Mark O. Winkelman Professor of Legal Studies, The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania
'At last! A book that takes ethics and responsibility as serious and central components of leadership. This is one of the rare books on leadership that is worth reading and re-reading. The chapters give us a deep and practical understanding of how "responsible leadership" can work. It should change the way that we think about leadership and organizations.'
R. Edward Freeman, Olsson Professor of Business Administration & Academic Director, The Business Roundtable Institute for Corporate Ethics, The Darden School, University of Virginia
'A unique exploration of the multiple facets of responsible leadership, this fascinating book certainly challenges and inspires leaders to reconcile moral dilemmas, to lead from within with authenticity and integrity, to develop responsible leaders, and to pave the way towards a society where ethics and economics meet together. A great(ly awaited) second edition that should become the compass of a growing number of leaders for the years to come.'
Luc Janin, Senior Partner, Korn Ferry
'Are most leaders irresponsible, or do they just not know how to be(come) responsible leaders? Surely, it takes character and competence to fill a leadership role, but to be successful over time, any leader needs to consider the interests of their constituents and serve the common good, rather than their own and their organisation’s self-interest. If you are one such leader, congratulations – you won’t need this book. If you have any doubt, you will! Learn from the authors’ insights, put into practice, and lead the change. That way, a third edition will be a celebration of what we learned by listening.
Susanne Stormer, Partner and Head of Sustainability, PwC Denmark, Visiting (Associate) Professor at UC Berkeley Haas
