Ethics in Organizational Change in a Crisis Context
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Ethics, Organizational Change, Crisis ContextAbstract
Ethics is inseparable from leadership, either at personal or organizational levels. Without ethics in leadership, organizations may take on a role that could negatively impact the entire world. Ethics can be used to provide organizational leaders with guidelines to promote them as good role models. Since change is unavoidable, an organizational change without aiming at organizational development leads to uncertain results because not all changes produce positive results. Ethical leadership matters in the context of organizational change due to the need for followers to trust the integrity of their leaders. Using literature review method, this study explores the role of ethics in the process of organizational change and development, particularly in the contexts of multiple and extended crises where the leader needs to take into account the human consideration of each decision.
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