Ethical Leadership in Conflict and Crisis
Evidence from Leaders on How to Make More Peaceful, Sustainable, and Profitable Communities

This Element provides an evidence-based path on business leaders navigating ethically and profitably through a world of polycrisis.

Jason Miklian (Author), John E. Katsos (Author)

9781009500715, Cambridge University Press

Hardback, published 20 March 2025

88 pages
22.9 x 15.2 x 0.6 cm, 0.268 kg

How can business leaders navigate through a world of polycrisis? This work delivers blends blending historical lessons, firsthand accounts, and ethical perspectives on crisis to fill a key gap in our understandings of effective, ethical leadership through settings of crisis, conflict and/or fragility situations. Pulling from historical events and contemporary research, the book looks past individual crises and explores a world of overlapping, permanent crises, or 'polycrisis.' It contrasts traditional leadership responses with values of community and authenticity, emphasizing the necessity of ethical and servant leadership attributes when conventional business strategies fail. This work offers insights for anyone interested in understanding and navigating the complex landscape of crisis. strategizes enduring leadership for constant crises. This title is also available as Open Access on Cambridge Core.

1. Welcome to a world of Polycrisis
2. Why 'Best Practice' fails during crisis
3. Partnerships and building resilience
4. Action beyond governments and taking principled stands
5. True leadership in a world of crisis
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Subject Areas: Management & management techniques [KJM]