Observations on Leadership: Moral and Otherwise, 43 J. Marshall L. Rev. 159 (2009)

The literature on leadership is vast.'There are shelves of books on leadership in business, leadership in education, leadership in the military, leadership in politics, etc.An examination of a significant sample of this literature shows a considerable disagreement on what leadership entails.It also reveals a substantial lack of any major inquiry into when leadership is moral and what factors might cause one leader to act morally when another chooses the low road.One aspect of moral leadership that this Article will focus upon is how we can improve our chances of predicting whether a prospective leader will be a moral leader.Although this paper does not resolve that issue, it addresses that problem, examines specific examples of non-leadership, moral leadership, and immoral leadership, offers some insights, and suggests directions for further research.