Proceedings of the International Association for Business and Society

Volume 7, 1996

Proceedings of the Seventh Annual Meeting

Bradley R. Agle
Pages 1-10

Ethical Leadership at the Top
A Comprehensive Model and Illustrations of the Role of the Chief Executive Officer in Organizational Ethics

Research in leadership, ethics, and organization theory suggests that CEOs are an important determinant of organizational ethics. This paper presents a model of that relationship and provides illustrations of the model from several cases of CEO - organizational ethics interaction.