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The Circle of Leadership Integrity Within Business Organizations

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Integrity in Organizations

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In recent times, the economic crisis and associated meltdowns of companies have contributed to an increasingly negative perception of business and industry. Numerous corporate scandals and failures have motivated people to ask questions about the leaders at the forefront of these organizations, and about their integrity. The public is losing trust in leaders who are not putting their words into practice. In short, the integrity of leadership has been called into question, and integrity is considered one of the values most important to the practice of leadership (O’Toole, 1995; George, 2007; Carroll, 2007; Fairholm, 2001).

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  2. Silesian University of Technology, Poland

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Cohen, A., Fiorini, K., Culham, T., Bai, H. (2013). The Circle of Leadership Integrity Within Business Organizations. In: Amann, W., Stachowicz-Stanusch, A. (eds) Integrity in Organizations. Humanism in Business Series. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137280350_3

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