Introduction
The leadership, ethics, and decision-making nexus is complex; yet many scholars posit a direct relationship between ethical behaviors influenced by leaders and enhanced organizational performance (Brown and Treviño 2006; Detert et al. 2007; Ehrhart 2004; LePine et al. 2008). Furthermore, given the aggregate number of issues encompassed within the term “ethics,” there are few management decisions free of any ethical component. Decision-making is embedded in the concept of leadership, as those who have the authority and the ability to make informed, well-reasoned, and timely decisions are often viewed as leaders. Early research in the field of organizational behavior established an understanding of decision-making processes as essential to an understanding of the behavior of organizations (Cyert and March 1963; March and Simon 1958). Despite such a clear overlap,...
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Scholl, J.A., Mederer, H.J., Scholl, R.W. (2016). Leadership, Ethics, and Decision-Making. In: Farazmand, A. (eds) Global Encyclopedia of Public Administration, Public Policy, and Governance. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-31816-5_2407-1
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