Analysis of Ethical Leadership and Moral Entrepreneurship: A Report

This report examines the concept of ethical leadership, focusing on the addition of a third component: the moral entrepreneur. It critiques the prevailing definition of ethical leadership, which encompasses the moral person and the moral manager, and argues for the inclusion of the moral entrepreneur who actively creates new ethical norms. The paper explores the antecedents and outcomes of this new component, suggesting that moral entrepreneurship is crucial for addressing emerging moral issues and fostering societal development and stakeholder trust. It reviews the existing literature on ethical leadership, highlighting the impact of Brown et al.'s definition and scale, while also acknowledging criticisms and alternative perspectives. The report concludes by emphasizing the significance of moral entrepreneurship in the advancement of ethical leadership and its implications for both empirical and normative research. The report is based on the paper "The Moral Entrepreneur: A New Component of Ethical Leadership" by Muel Kaptein, published in the Journal of Business Ethics.