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The Competitive Edge of Moral Leadership

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Jack Welch, the outspoken former chairman of General Electric Co., once summed up his leadership philosophy as follows: “The Welch Theory is those who do, get, and those who don’t, go.” In other words, leadership is all about authority and power and the will to move on, to change and to transform. It is some kind of process that gets people to do something in accordance with the leader’s vision and objectives. And what business leaders want most is prestige, success, and profit. After all, business is no charity.

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  1. Graduate School of Religion and Philosophy, Assumption University of Thailand, Bangkok, Thailand

    Gerhold K. Becker

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  1. Center for International Business Ethics, Huixin Xijie 18, Roman Garden B 306, Beijing, China, People's Republic

    Stephan Rothlin

  2. Sophia University, 7-1 Kioi-cho, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, 102-8554, Japan

    Parissa Haghirian

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Becker, G.K. (2013). The Competitive Edge of Moral Leadership. In: Rothlin, S., Haghirian, P. (eds) Dimensions of Teaching Business Ethics in Asia. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-36022-0_2

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