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Leadership and Ethics

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Leadership is responsibility. In the Asian context, leadership carries social responsibility. A leader needs to bear in mind the environment and setting in which (s)he operates. It is a gentle person’s code in which (s)he carries.

The world is a dangerous place, not because of those who do evil, but because of those who look on and do nothing. (Albert Einstein)

Here, leadership and ethics are discussed from the Asian perspective. And the sections that follow will deal with:

  • Leadership, Confucian Ethics and Social Responsibility—The Golden Rule and Responsibility to the Stakeholders

Leadership, Confucian Ethics and Social Responsibility: The Golden Rule and Responsibility to the Stakeholders

Gold is tested by fire and man by gold. (Chinese proverb)

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Low, K.C.P. (2018). Leadership and Ethics. In: Leading Successfully in Asia. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-71347-2_3

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