Leadership and Business Ethics

LEADERSHIP AND BUSINESS ETHICS

Issues in Business Ethics
VOLUME 25

Series Editors Mollie Painter-Morland, De Paul University, U.S.A Wim Dubbink, Tilburg University, The Netherlands

Editorial Board Brenda Almond, University of Hull, Hull, U.K. Antonio Argando˜ a, IESE, Barcelona, Spain n William C. Frederick, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, U.S.A. Georges Enderle, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN, U.S.A. Norman E. Bowie, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, U.S.A. Brian Harvey, Manchester Business School, Manchester, U.K. Horst Steinmann, University of Erlangen-Nurnberg, Nurnberg, Germany ¨ ¨

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Leadership and Business Ethics
edited by

GABRIEL FLYNN
Dublin City University, Mater Dei Institute, Dublin, Ireland

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Editor Gabriel Flynn Mater Dei Institute Dublin City University Clonliffe Road Dublin 3 Ireland gabriel.flynn@materdei.dcu.ie

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For John Bishop “Blessed are the gentle, for they shall inherit the earth.” (Matthew 5:5)

Acknowledgements

I wish to thank all the contributors to this book for their patience, especially Professor Patricia H. Werhane for her advice and unfailing co-operation in this venture. I thank Professor Johan Wempe for his invaluable contribution. I am grateful to Professor Robert Audi for his... [continues]

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