This episode explores ethical leadership, contrasting a "light side" approach based on virtue and responsibility with a "dark side" exemplified by Machiavellian tactics. It examines the characteristics of poor leadership, including the "toxic triangle" of a bad leader, followers who tolerate them, and a permissive environment. The text proposes evaluating ethical leadership through both virtue ethics (e.g., prudence, courage, temperance, justice) and deontological frameworks (e.g., Kantian imperative, discourse ethics). Finally, it critiques existing measurement methods and notes the increasing complexity and uncertainty surrounding leadership in modern organisations.

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