Ethical Leadership in the Community College

The avalanche of day-to-day responsibilities facing those in community colleges threatens to bury ethical intent. This book addresses the importance of ethical leadership and explores real-world applications so that community college leaders can develop the institutional savvy to be extraordinary ethical leaders. Written for community college faculty, staff, presidents, and trustees who are committed to being ethical leaders, this book is divided into two sections: The first provides brief theoretical foundations for ethical leadership and relates those foundations to daily practice; the second explores in-depth daily practice for ethical leaders. Contents include: Virtue theory and leadership theoryPlato's Republic and the ethical leaderConsiderations of power, influence, and cultural normsThe role of the presidentWhy presidents and trustees should care about ethicsProfessional ethical identity developmentEthical leadership: A faculty obligationThe interface of ethics and courage in the life of a chief academic officerThreats to ethical leadershipLeading from the head and the heartTransformational leadership and ethical dilemmasPresidential support for civic engagement and leadership educationA guide to ethical decision-making by presidents and boardsThe consequences of compromised ethical identity development