Adam Smith Business School

Aidan McQuade

"Ethical leadership: luxury or necessity."
Friday, 21 April. 2:00 pm
Seminar Room 305. Main Building

Abstract

The seminar will be based on Aidan McQuade’s book “Ethical Leadership: moral decision-making under pressure” (2022).

Ethical leadership does not simply emerge from a code of conduct, a good school, or a host of good intentions. It is an individual choice or, rather, a series of choices that emerges from the complex interaction of personal values with social imperatives. This book explores how and why some people become ethical leaders in morally challenging and complex social environments.

Bio

Aidan McQuade is a writer and independent human rights consultant. He was director of Anti-Slavery International from 2006 to 2017. Prior to that he worked extensively in development and humanitarian operations, including from 1996 to 2001 leading Oxfam GB’s emergency responses to the civil war in Angola.

He holds a PhD from the University of Strathclyde, and is a recognised expert on forced labour and trafficking on which he regularly advises businesses, international and non-governmental organisations. He is the author of two books: a novel, The Undiscovered Country; and Ethical Leadership: moral decision-making under pressure. His third book, a novel entitled, Some Service to the State will be published in 2023.

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First published: 21 February 2023