Global Ethics

              The Universal Declaration of Human Rights, which was proclaimed by the General Assembly of the UN on December 10th, 1948, exhibits that people from different cultures can be in agreement on a set of "universal rules". What criteria would you use to judge the moral quality of leadership in your culture and other cultures? Why is it important to be able to judge "morality" in other cultures? References Capra, F. (1996). The web of life. New York, NY: Doubleday. Checkland, P. (1999). Systems thinking, systems practice: A 30-year retrospective. New York, NY: John Wiley & Sons, Inc. Harvard Business Review on Knowledge Management (1998). Boston, MA: Harvard Business School Press. Martin, J. (1988). To lead is to lie. The New York Times. Retrieved on May 10, 2011 from http://www.nytimes.com/1988/08/28/books/to-lead-is-to-lie.html Seijts, G. H. & Latham, G. P. (2005). Learning versus performance goals: When should each be used? Academy of Management, 19(1), 124-131. Senge, P. M. (2000). The fifth discipline: The art and practice of the learning organization. New York, NY: Currency/Double Day. Wicker-Miurin, F. (2009). Learning from leadership’s “missing manual”. TEDSalon London. Retrieved on May 10, 2011 from http://www.ted.com/talks/lang/eng/fields_wicker_miurin_learning_from_leadership_s_missing_manual.html