Ethical Leadership for the Professions: Fostering a Moral Community |
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Authors: | Linda M Sama Victoria Shoaf |
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Institution: | (1) Center for International Business Development (CIBD), Lubin School of Business, Pace University, One Pace Plaza, Room W-456, New York, NY, 10038, U.S.A.;(2) Department of Accounting and Taxation, The Peter J. Tobin College of Business, St. John’s University, 8000 Utopia Parkway, Queens, NY, 11439, U.S.A. |
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Abstract: | This paper examines the professions as examples of “moral community” and explores how professional leaders possessed of moral
intelligence can make a contribution to enhance the ethical fabric of their communities. The paper offers a model of ethical
leadership in the professional business sector that will improve our understanding of how ethical behavior in the professions
confers legitimacy and sustainability necessary to achieving the professions’ goals, and how a leadership approach to ethics
can serve as an effective tool for the dissemination of moral values in the organization.
Dr. Linda M. Sama is Director of the Center for International Business Development and Associate Professor of Management at
Pace University’s Lubin School of Business. She earned her Ph.D. in Strategic management from the City University of New York
and her MBA in International Finance from McGill University. She was awarded the 1999 Lasdon Dissertation Award for her doctoral
dissertation on corporate social response strategies and the Abraham Briloff Award of Best Paper in Business Ethics at the
City University of New York in 1998. Dr. Sama made a transition to academe after a lengthy career in industry, where she acted
as Director of Market Planning and Logistics for a major international subsidiary of Transamerica Corporation. She teaches
primarily in the areas of International Business, Strategic Managements and Business Ethics, and has taught at Baruch College
and the University of Texas at El Paso (UTEP) prior to coming to Pace in the fall of 2001. At UTEP, she was designated as
the Skno International Business Ethics Scholar from 1999–2001. She has published numerous articles and book chapters that
address issues of corporate social responsibility, business and the natural environment, integrative social contracts theory,
and business ethics dilemmas in the new economy. Her research appears in journals such as The Journal of Business Ethics,
Business Ethics Quarterly, Business and Society Review, The Journal of Cross-Cultural Management, and the International Journal
of Value-Based Management. She has also published research for the U.S. Department of Transportation related to the effects
of NAFTA on U.S. – Mexico border logistics and has consulted to business clients on Strategic Planning, Global Leadership
and Business Ethics. Dr. Victoria Shoaf is an Associate Professor and Assistant Chair of the Department of Accounting and
Taxation at St. John’s University. She received her Ph.D. in Business, with a specialization in Accounting, from Baruch College
of the City University of New York in 1997; she was awarded the 1997 Lasdon Dissertation Award. Prior to joining St. John’s
University on a full-time basis, Dr.Shoaf worked for over fifteen years in the retail industry with merchandising firms. Her
expertise is in establishing effective accounting systems and controls, including operational functions such as order entry
and fulfillment, inventory control, point-of-sale data transfers and sales audit, as well as financial accounting functions.
She has held controllership positions at Laura Ashley, Inc., Greeff Fabrics, Inc., and Tie Rack, Inc. While working in industry
and while completing her doctoral degree, Dr. Shoaf taught accounting courses as an adjunct instructor at Pace University
and at Baruch College. She received a commendation from the dean at Pace University for teaching excellence, and she was awarded
a Graduate Teaching Fellowship at Baruch College. She currently serves on several professional committees, and she has provided
consulting services in accounting education and training programs for several large employers. |
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Keywords: | ethical leadership moral community professional business |
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