Leadership for Environmental Sustainability (Routledge Studies in Business Ethics)

As the first book in the field of leadership studies to approach sustainability as a multi-faceted leadership challenge, Leadership for Environmental Sustainability will help to set the terms of the discussion on this topic among students, scholars, and practitioners of leadership for years to come. It explores the connection between leadership and sustainability from a variety of disciplinary perspectives, including sociology, history, psychology, business, literature, communication, and the arts. With short chapters edited for readability, the book is aimed at scholars, practitioners, students, and educated lay readers interested in cutting-edge research and thinking on this topic.Contents:Introduction: Connecting Leadership and Sustainability BENJAMIN W. REDEKOP1 An Ecological Perspective on Leadership Theory, Research, and Practice RICHARD M. WIELKIEWICZ AND STEPHEN P. STELZNER2 Eco-Leadership: Towards the Development of a New Paradigm SIMON WESTERN3 Challenges and Strategies of Leading for Sustainability BENJAMIN W. REDEKOP4 Leadership and the Dynamics of Collaboration: Averting the Tragedy of the Commons ROBERT L. WILLIAMS5 Leadership for Sustainability in Business: It's all about the Stories We Tell MARTIN MELAVER6 Green Heroes Reexamined: An Evaluation of Environmental Role Models BETH BIRMINGHAM AND STAN LEQUIRE7 Communicating Leadership for Environmental Sustainability: The Rhetorical Strategies of Rachel Carson and Al Gore DENISE STODOLA8 Artists as Transformative Leaders for Sustainability JILL B. JACOBY AND XIA JI9 The Agrarian Mind and Good Leadership: Harvesting Insights from the Literary Field of Wendell Berry PAUL KAAK10 Leadership from Below: Farmers and Sustainable Agriculture in Ethiopia EZEKIEL GEBISSA11 The League of Nations and the Problems of Health and the Environment: Leadership for the Common Good in Historical Perspective MICHAEL D. CALLAHAN12 Protest, Power, and "Political Somersaults": Leadership Lessons from the German Green Party HEATHER R. MCDOUGALL13 Religion, Leadership, and the Natural Environment: The Case of American Evangelicals CALVIN W. REDEKOP14 The Turn to Spirituality and Environmental Leadership CORN? J. BEKKER15 Deep Systems Leadership: A Model for the 21st Century RIAN SATTERWHITEConclusion: Towards a New General Theory of Leadership BENJAMIN W. REDEKOPContributorsIndex An ecological perspective on leadership theory, research, and practice / Richard M. Wielkiewicz and Stephen P. Stelzner Eco-leadership : towards the development of a new paradigm / Simon Western Challenges and strategies of leading for sustainability / Benjamin Redekop Leadership and the dynamics of collaboration : averting the tragedy of the commons / Rob Williams Leadership for sustainability in business : it's all about the stories we tell / Martin Melaver Green heroes re-examined : an evaluation of environmental role models / Beth Birmingham and Stan Lequire Communicating leadership for environmental sustainability : the rhetorical strategies of Rachel Carson and Al Gore / Denise Stodola Artists as transformative leaders for sustainability / Jill Jacoby & Xia Ji The agrarian mind and good leadership : harvesting insights from the literary field of Wendell Berry / Paul Kaak Leadership from below : farmers and sustainable agriculture in Ethiopia / Ezekiel Gebissa The league of nations and the problems of health and the environment : leadership for the common good in historical perspective / Michael Callahan Protest, power, and "political somersaults" : leadership lessons from the German Green Party / Heather McDougall Religion, leadership, and the natural environment : the case of American Evangelicals / Calvin Redekop The turn toward spirituality and environmental leadership / Corné Bekker Deep systems leadership : a model for the 21st century / Rian Satterwhite. This text explores the connection between leadership and sustainability from a variety of disciplinary perspectives, including sociology, history, psychology, business, literature, communication, and the arts