The Dark Side of Leadership (26): Identifying and Overcoming Unethical Practice in Organizations (Advances in Educational Administration) - Hardcover

Editors Normore and Brooks present readers with a collection of professional and academic essays and research articles focused on discovering overcoming unethical practice in a wide variety of organizational contexts. The fourteen selections that make up the main body of the text are devoted to irresponsible leadership and unethical practices in schools, failed leadership paradigms, rethinking leadership in K-12 schools, and a wide variety of other related subject areas. Anthony "Tony" H. Normore is a faculty member of California State University Dominguez Hills and the International Academy of Public Safety - Los Angeles. Jeffrey S. Brooks is a faculty member of Monash University in Australia. -- Annotation (c)2017 * (protoview.com) *

This book explores the dark side of leadership-those areas of unethical, unlawful and unconscionable practice in which some organizational leaders engage. Each chapter addresses a unique aspect of such practice, and takes on difficult (and often ignored) topics such as lying, deliberate miscommunication, racism, corruption, sexism, ageism, greed, abuse of power, and recruiting and promoting unqualified personnel to leadership positions. The authors identify organizational issues and problems while also offering solutions to improve leadership practices that prevent interpersonal, organizational, and institutional toxicity. The general content is framed by, but not limited to, theoretical frameworks, such as ethics, values, chaos and complexity theory, power, free will, trust, critical race theory, systems theory, cultural (in)competency, and social justice. Importantly, the book includes scholars from around the world (e.g., Canada, Australia, Israel, USA) and learners of leadership from across sectors such as higher education, K-12 education, public safety, communication, business, and other relational-oriented fields of inquiry and practice.