Abstract
The notion of leadership emerged as soon as people gathered and focused on a single purpose or goal. As tribes evolved into communities and then into formal organizations, so did the notion of leadership. When a normative element was infused into leadership, ethical leadership found a significant place in academic literature and professional practice. Yet, despite the common desire for ethical leaders, the definition and understanding of ethical leadership remains a wide diffused notion with many competing descriptions and manifestations. Many of these variant conceptions of ethical leadership are presented here. The central role of ethical leadership in bioethics, and healthcare in general, is discussed, including the impact of ethical leadership on healthcare organizations.
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Weber, J. (2016). Leadership, Ethics of. In: ten Have, H. (eds) Encyclopedia of Global Bioethics. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-09483-0_265
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