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So far, it has been indicated in a propositional manner, that finding the answer to the main research question of this investigation, namely: ‘What are the reasons for a gap between the rhetoric and reality of ethical leadership’, in today’s corporate world, would not be possible through various modern leadership theories. The rationale behind this proposition is that our modern leadership theories are deeply anchored in our paradigm itself and cannot exist beyond the value-system which in turn is constructed by the paradigm.
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The view that morality is somehow dependent upon God, and that moral obligation consists in obedience to Godds commands (Austin, 2006) http://www.iep.utm.edu/divine-c/.
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For a more detailed discussion of the outcome of such world and its implications on leadership, please see the following section.
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See ‘PR!—A Social History of Spin by Stuart Ewen (1996).
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Batmanghlich, C. (2015). Ethics and Corporate Leadership in Context—Identifying the Paradigm. In: Why Leaders Fail Ethically. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-12733-0_3
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