By Sandra J. Peart, Dean and E. Claiborne Robins Distinguished Professor in Leadership Studies and President of the Jepson Scholars Foundation
As readers know, we have recently undertaken an extensive renovation in Jepson Hall, transforming an auditorium into our new ethics suite, comprising a state-of-the-art classroom, small conference room, and offices. I was excited to watch the progress of the renovations
Read moreNot long ago, I wrote a post with thoughts about avoiding leadership scandals. In this post, I turn to the thorny question of how to deal with scandal. Stipulate that the scandal is not directly caused by the leader. Instead,
Read moreGrowing up in southern Ontario in a time and place where we tried to avoid disagreement, I was encouraged to avoid speaking about religion or politics. (The weather was a safe conversational bet. No one’s moral worth is wrapped up
Read moreLeadership scandals seem to be a staple of news in recent years. In the corporate world, one might point to Volkswagen’s Dieselgate. In city governance, the Flint water crisis was a catastrophic failure of leadership. At the state and national
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