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Sto caricando le informazioni... Ethical Leadership: The Quest for Character, Civility, and Community (Prisms) (Prisms)di Walter Earl Fluker
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"We live in a leadership crisis. "In an age when incompatible worlds collide and when scandals rock formerly stable institutions," says Walter Fluker, "what counts most is ethical leadership and the qualities of personal integrity, spiritual discipline, intellectual openness, and moral anchoring." Fluker finds these characteristics exemplified in the work and thought of black-church giants Martin Luther King Jr. and Howard Thurman." "This volume, for leaders and emergent leaders in religious and other settings, sets forth the context and principles for ethical leadership, particularly for ministries and other professions whose mission directly advances the common good. Fluker's volume grounds leadership in story, the appropriation of one's roots, as a basis for personal and social transformation. He then explores the key values of character, civility, and community for ethical action on the personal, public, and spiritual realms. From these considerations he develops a model of the specific virtues that embody each realm of ethical leadership before applying them to the practical aspects of leadership and decisionmaking" Non sono state trovate descrizioni di biblioteche |
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Google Books — Sto caricando le informazioni... GeneriSistema Decimale Melvil (DDC)241.641Religions Christian Devotional Literature and Practical Theology Christian Ethics Christian ethics not otherwise covered Christian occupational ethicsClassificazione LCVotoMedia:
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Ethical leadership is the successful navigation of two worlds: lifeworlds and systemworlds.
"Lifeworlds" refers to the commonplace, everyday traffic of life where people meet and greet one another, where common values and presuppositions about order and the world are held. "Systemworlds" refers to the vast, often impersonal bureaucratic systems dominated by money and power (economics and politics and the various structures of communications and technology), which are frequently at odds with the pedestrian traffic of lifeworlds" (7).
A leader navigates the intersection of these two worlds through three ethical practices which have corresponding dimensions (viii) and are each marked by three virtues (130):
1. Character is the personal realm marked by integrity, empathy, and hope.
2. Civility is the societal realm marked by reverence, respect, and recognition.
3. Community is the spiritual realm marked by courage, justice, and compassion.
This three-times-three matrix forms "The Ethical Leadership ModelTM" which Fluker fleshes out by drawing on the work of Howard Washington Thurman and Martin Luther King Jr. along with a variety of voices from the black church.
On the positive side, Ethical Leadership is a thoughtful elucidation of many key virtues. Fluker's selection and categorization was often thought provoking. You might expect reverence to be a spiritual virtue, but he explains it with respect to civility. Conversely, he explains the spiritual value of courage where I would have assumed it to be a personal virtue.
Unfortunately, two features took away from the value of the book. First, the selection and categorization of virtues seemed arbitrary. It is uncertain why he chose some virtues and ignored others. Second, his writing style didn't suit the subject matter. He wrote about these academic issues like a preacher would preach. There were few concise sentences. If one term was sufficient, two were better, and three were preferred. This style undermined clarity and added (unnecessarily) to the length of the book.
The "The Ethical Leadership ModelTM" developed by Fluker is still a timely message, but it would be better experienced in a live conference than a book. ( )