On Ethical Leadership ..another great one on the Jobs and Cameroon Rebuttal

RE: Passionate Leadership According to James Cameron and Steve Jobs
Cameron is a great director, who has met with tremendous financial success but I wonder if he has ever cared to share some of the profits of his ventures with those who contributed to the films in question i.e. actors, technicians, etc. In other words, does "ethical leadership" rank high among his priorities or is he merely concerned with technical efficiency and money and does he assume that he is entitled to all the profits from his ventures because the salaries he pays his team members are justified?Ethics is concerned with morals, fairness, respect, caring, sharing, no false promises, no lying, cheating, stealing, or unreasonable demands on employees and others, etc.Yes, ethics can be taught in a classroom, if the school/university, professor and the students adopt a practical approach in preference to a philosophical one.In business, the bottom line is often considered to be money, rather than anything else. In other words, many leaders follow the stockholder approach, rather than the stakeholder approach (which emphasizes the needs of stockholders and others, such as employees, customers, suppliers, the government, the community, and the environment). Business decisions often concern complicated situations which are neither totally ethical nor totally unethical. Therefore, it is often difficult to do the right thing, contrary to what many case studies will have you believe! Moral values such as respect, honesty, fairness and responsibility are supposed to dictate our (ethical) behaviour, but are often ignored in times of stress and confusion, when one must stand by one?s principles.Business ethics calls for an awareness of social responsibility and this includes addressing social problems such as poverty, crime, environmental protection, equal rights, public health and improving education. Hence the stakeholder theory in preference to the stockholder theory, and the emphasis on public relations, better human resource management and other areas. I write books on leadership, ethics, teamwork, women in the workforce, sexual harassment and bullying, trade unions, etc. and am willing to provide free abridged versions of these books to anyone who sends an e-mail request to crespin79@hotmail.com ? no strings attached.Maxwell Pinto, Business Consultant and Author: leadership, ethics, teamwork, women in the workforce, sexual harassment and bullying, trade unions, etc.http://www.strategicbookpublishing.com/Management-TidbitsForTheNewMillenium.htmlhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p34hB50lv-8