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10 - Virtue and Leadership in the World Health Organization

from Part III - Judgment and Assessment of Ethical Narratives and Leadership

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 May 2021

By
Guilherme Vasconcelos Vilaça
Edited by
Guilherme Vasconcelos Vilaça  and
Maria Varaki
Guilherme Vasconcelos Vilaça
Affiliation:
Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México (ITAM)
Maria Varaki
Affiliation:
King's College London
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Summary

In the public sphere, it is unequivocal that the language of virtues impregnates much of our discourse and analyses about domestic and international leaders. Dominique Strauss-Kahn, Christine Lagarde, Donald Trump, Luis Moreno Ocampo or Silvio Berlusconi often trigger(ed) heated reactions about their official and private behaviours deemed to be inappropriate and found wanting from a moral standpoint. On the other side of the fence, Barack Obama, António Guterres, Nelson Mandela or Dag Hammarskjöld and Greta Thunberg are or have been praised as being virtuous and inspirational leaders capable of moving the world towards a brighter future.

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Ethical Leadership in International Organizations
Concepts, Narratives, Judgment, and Assessment
 , pp. 249 - 289
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2021

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