Brief, Dukerich, Brown, and Brett (1996) surveyed 179 top executives and
found that 46.9% of the executives surveyed made fraudulent decisions in order to increase their chances of promotion, highlighting the increasing level of managerial neglect and irresponsibility that eroded the trust of the public in the United States marketplace (Petrick & Sherer, 2003).
Martindell (1954), in Our Lack of Leaders, stated that a lack of leadership is self-evident, associating the decline of leadership with a lack of ambition, a focus on the ideal of money, and a failure of the educational system.
It seems that a lack of ethical organizational leadership exists in 2009. In reviewing Martindell's perspective, do you think these factors apply to today's leadership crisis? If so, what paths do you think society could take to change this paradigm?
References:
Brief, A., Dukerich, J., Brown, P., & Brett, J. (1996, February). What’s wrong with the Treadway Commission report?. Journal of Business Ethics, 15(2), 183-198.
Martindell, J. (1954). Our lack of leaders. Academy of Management Proceedings, 3, 104-114.
