Abstract
Leadership is responsibility. In the Asian context, leadership carries social responsibility. A leader needs to bear in mind the environment and setting in which (s)he operates. It is a gentle person’s code in which (s)he carries.
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Low, P.K.C. (2013). Leadership and Ethics. In: Leading Successfully in Asia. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-31287-8_3
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