10 Virtues of Outstanding Leaders

Al Gini is Professor of Business Ethics at Loyola University Chicago, USA, where he is also Chair of the Department of Management in the Quinlan School of Business. A co-founder and long-time associate editor of Business Ethics Quarterly, the journal of the Society for Business Ethics, Professor Gini has for 25 years been the resident philosopher on the NPR affiliate in Chicago, WBEZ-FM, and is a regular speaker on the public lecture circuit. His books include The Ethics of Business (2012), which he co-authored with Alexei Marcoux; Seeking The Truth of Things (2010); Why It’s Hard to Be Good (2006); and The Importance of Being Lazy: In Praise of Play, Leisure and Vacations (2003).Ronald M. Green is Eunice & Julian Cohen Professor for the Study of Ethics and Human Values at Dartmouth College, USA. He served as the director of Dartmouth’s Ethics Institute from 1992 until 2011. Professor Green is actively involved in numerous fields of applied ethics, particularly bioethics and business ethics, and is a consultant to a number of leading corporations including Ogilvy & Mather. A former director of the National Institutes of Health’s National Human Genome Research Institute, Professor Green has also been a member of the NIH’s Human Embryo Research Panel. He was awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship in 2005. Professor Green’s many publications include The Ethical Manager (1993) and Babies by Design (2007).

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• About the Authors xPrologue xiPart I Character Leadership 11 What Is Leadership? 3A Reflection 4Ethics, Virtue, and Character 92 Misleadership 13What Is Bad Leadership? 14Misleaders 15Bad Followers 17A Few Examples 183 Character and Leadership 22Character and Integrity 24The Dark Side of Character 28Character as Goodwill 354 Leadership and Business Excellence 38Ethics in Business 39Workplace Ethics 41Leaders as Role Models 42A Culture of Narcissism 445 The Ten Virtues 47Deep Honesty 51Moral Courage 53Moral Vision 54Compassion and Care 55Fairness 58Intellectual Excellence 60Creative Thinking 62Aesthetic Sensitivity 63Good Timing 64Deep Selfl essness 65Part II Leadership in Action 716 James Burke and the Tylenol Poisoning Episodes: Deep Honesty 73Burke’s Rise to Leadership 74Response to Crisis 75A Further Challenge 787 Abraham Lincoln/Rosa Parks: Moral Courage 81Courage: Physical and Moral 82Team of Rivals 84An Important Bus Ride 86Shared Convictions 878 Winston Churchill: Moral Judgment and Moral Vision 90Churchill versus Halifax 91The War Cabinet Meets 94Churchill’s Judgment 99The Hinge of Fate 1039 Oprah Winfrey: Compassion and Care 106Star Status and More 107Her Fan Base 109The Book Club 111Leadership Is a Relationship 11310 Dwight D. Eisenhower, the Sicilian Slapping Incidents: Fairness 117The Slapping Incidents 118The Challenges Ike Faced 120Ike’s Response 12211 FDR and the A-Bomb: Intellectual Excellence 127The Scientifi c Background 128Roosevelt’s Preparation for Leadership 129Hitler’s Ascent to Leadership 133The A-Bomb Decision: The United States 136The A-Bomb Decision: Germany 13912 Herb Kelleher and the People of Southwest Airlines:Creative Thinking 145Southwest’s Start 146Southwest’s Service Innovations 147Southwest and Its People 15013 Steve Jobs and Apple: Aesthetic Sensitivity 158Beginnings 158The Macintosh 160The Whole Widget 162Learning from Failure 164Apple Reborn 167The Centrality of Design 17014 Charles de Gaulle and Exiting Algeria: Good Timing 173Youth and the First World War 174Up to the Battle of France 175Postwar Retreat amidst Political and Military Turmoil 177Taking Command 179Aftermath 18315 Martin Luther King, Jr.: Deep Selflessness 185His Calling 187His Gift 189His Legacy 19316 Conclusion 195Index 203