Sunday, December 16, 2007

What makes an ethical leader?


The Ethical Corporation, publishers of EC Magazine, have just released their annual list of "ethical leaders". It features:
1) Stuart Rose - Chief executive, iconic UK retailer Marks & Spencer.
2) Lee Scott - Chief executive, Wal-Mart, the world's largest retailer.
3) Patrick Cescau - Chief executive, Unilever, the consumer goods giant.
4) Anne Lauvergeon - Chairman of Areva, the French nuclear group.
5) Chris Harrop - Marketing director of Marshalls, the UK stone company.
6) Richard Ellis - Head of corporate social responsibility at Alliance-Boots, the UK-based wholesale and retail pharmacies group.
7) Noel Purcell - General manager of stakeholder communications at Westpac, the Australian bank.
8) Mike Clasper - Former chief executive of BAA, the UK airports operator.
9) Chris Avery - Founder of Business-humanrights.org.
10) Fiona Harvey - Environment correspondent, the Financial Times.
11) Lala Rimando - Business editor, Newsbreak Magazine in Manila, Philippines
12) Christine Loh - Founder and chief executive of Civic Exchange, an independent, non-profit public policy think-tank in Hong Kong
13) Neelie Kroes - European Union competition commissioner
14) Penny Wong - Australian senator and new climate change minister.
15) Bill Clinton - Former US president.

It's an interesting list and reflects more research than many of this kind of thing. A few questions spring to my mind;
Have you ever worked for one of these folks? What was it like and what did you learn from the experience? If you had to create a similar list, who would feature on it and what would your criteria be?

Best wishes



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