Document Type
Article
Keywords
character, leadership, character-based leadership, ethical issues, character and values, character and personality, character and well-being
Disciplines
Business Law, Public Responsibility, and Ethics
Abstract
Conclusion:
In presenting our overview of character, we set out to challenge the increasingly prevalent (and narrow) self-interest perspectives of character considered as merely freefloating values and cults of personality. One can almost hear Theodore Roosevelt’s eloquent call for a renewal of more traditional views of character. Our take-away point is simple. As with the impending financial debacle, we find ourselves in a similar moral dilemma. The time is now to carefully consider the many benefits of character and character-based leadership
Article Number
1001
Publication Date
Winter 1-2013
Recommended Citation
Wright, Thomas A. and Lauer, Tyler L., "What is character and why it really does matter" (2013). Business Faculty Publications. 2.
https://research.library.fordham.edu/gsb_facultypubs/2
Comments
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.orgdyn.2012.12.004; Organizational Dynamics (2013) 42, 25—34; "Provided for non-commercial research and education use. Not for reproduction, distribution, or commercial use"