Ethical Leadership in Complex Times
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Date
2025
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Károli Gáspár University of the Reformed Church in Hungary
Éditions L'Harmattan
Éditions L'Harmattan
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Kovács Róbert - Bentley Wessel - Siba Balázs (szerk.): Ethical Leadership in Complex Times. Budapest - Paris, Éditions Károli Gáspár Református Egyetem - L'Harmattan, 2025. 240 p.
Abstract
Ethical Leadership is a field of study that approaches management science along values, beyond utilitarianism, pure rationality and efficiency. Of particular importance is the reference in the subtitle of the volume “complex times”, which refers to the world around us that is changing faster and faster, slowly at a speed incomprehensible to human reason, to the maelstrom of new systems, solutions, technology and globalization, to what almost sucks us in like a vortex, where it is easy to lose points of reference, stability and security. In this environment, values are particularly important, as they provide a handle, orientate and ultimately show a way out of chaos. The authors of the volume explore the issue of ethical leadership in very different fields, with very different cultural and personal backgrounds, from America, Germany, Hungary or Africa to local communities, focusing on church leaders or university courses. The examples and cases can be interesting scientifically, but also from the perspective of our personal lives.
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Contents
Church Models
Ghada Barsoum – Eman Shenouda: Leadership During a Lockdown: The Experience of the Coptic Orthodox Church in Maintaining Church Services during the COVID-19 Pandemic
Márk Birinyi: Ecclesiastical Offices in the Early Christian Church: Elders and Deacons as Role Models of Servanthood
Donát Sámuel Gyurkó: Empowering Leadership in Discipleship: Experiences from an Interdenominational Participatory Action Research
Rabson Hove: Situational Holistic Pastoral Ministry (SHPM) Approaches to Empowering Church Leaders in Sub-Saharan Africa
Zsolt Szabó: What did Protestants do for Democracy in Church and State?
Rosalind Florence Sigamoney: Understanding Christian Leadership Preferences through Theological and Psychological Insights
Leadership Managment
Susanne Thyroff – Volker Kessler: Silence: A Neglected Virtue for Christian Leaders
Gretchen du Plessis: Ethical Design Thinking and Leadership
József Lugosi: Legislation and Judicial (Administrative) Law in Private Legal Relations and Social Law from a Management Theory Perspective
Gyula Zoltán Pulay: “Mirror of Princes” for Middle Managers: Role Models for Subordinate Managers
Ethical Models and Education
Aaron T. Crabtree: Trustworthy Leadership: The Foundation for Thriving in Christian Higher Education
Csaba Lentner – Katalin Bella: The Interplay of Church Teachings and Public Finance in Hungary: Insights from Our Church Leadership and Management Course
János Fehér: Values Work in Leadership: a Generic Approach
Krisztina Neumayerné Streitman – Júlia Szarka – Etelka Tóth: The Lifelong Learner: Professional Identity in Leadership
Keywords
management ; leadership ; Christian leadership ; value-driven leadership ; ethics