1. Organizational Leadership: The Philosophical Landscape
By: Ronald F. White, Ph.D.
Professor of Philosophy
College of Mount St. Joseph

2. Organizational Inquiry
Descriptive Inquiry
Prescriptive Inquiry
Moral Theories
Teleological
Deontological
Virtue-Based

3. Laws and Rules Laws of Nature Laws of State Rules of Morality
Organizational Rules

4. Organizatonal Ends and Means
Ends, Goals, Purposes
efficiency
Simple, complex
Clear, vague
Easily attained, less easily attained
Unintended consequences
Ends and Means (Good, Bad)
Ethics=Which goals are good and how can they be achieved within the constraints of morality.
Business Organizations
Goal is to make money
Stakeholders: employees, consumers, contractors, local community etc.
Political Organizations
Purpose-protect its citizens from internal external threats.
Cooperation within Organizations
Voluntary- non-coercive
Involuntary-coercive
Entry and exit from organizations

5. Organizational Planning
Ends
Means
Individual Planning
Collective Planning
Cooperation
The Science of Power
Self-interest
Hierarchy
Leaders and followers
Physical Force
Manipulation of Information