11. Leadership and Ethics

The Toxic Triangle:

•Destructive leaders

•Susceptible followers

•Conducive environments

The Five Factors of Destructive Leadership:

1. Destructive leadership is seldom absolutely destructive.

2. The process involves dominance, coercion and manipulation rather than influence, influence persuasion and commitment

3. The process of destructive leadership has a selfish orientation; it is focused more on the leader’s needs than those of the followers

4. The effects of destructive leadership are outcomes that compromise the quality of life for constituents and detract from the organization’s main purposes

5. Destructive organizational outcomes are not exclusively the result of destructive leaders but are also products of susceptible followers and conducive environments

Leader Characteristics：

1. Charismatic

2. Narcissism

3. Personalized need for power

4. Ideology of hate

5. Negative life themes