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Focus on shareholders’ interests at the cost of other stakeholders’ interests and the ecosystem has brought into prominence the need for responsible leadership. This study builds a five-level framework for responsible leadership drawing on leadership styles from case studies presented at a National Convention on Responsible Leadership. For each of the five levels (vision, managing environment, goals, values culture, and systems), the study further identifies the necessary condition and the sufficient conditions of the leader to develop responsible organization. This comprehensive framework combines levels identified by two earlier studies. Implications for developing responsible leadership are suggested.
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References of cases presented at the National Convention “Responsible Leadership: Sharing of Case Studies”, XLRI Jamshedpur, India Nov 11–13, 2011
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Pingali, V. Responsible leadership: learning from Indian case studies. Asian J Bus Ethics 5, 139–147 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13520-016-0060-8
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