Ethical Management and Leadership in the Framework of Farabi’s Work “El-Medinetu’l Fazila” (The People of the Virtuous City)
Journal Title: Asian Journal Social Sciences & Humanities - Year 2014, Vol 3, Issue 3
Abstract
Ethical leader is someone whose management style is based on moral power and who has a dramatic impression on his subordinates and other followers in the realization of organizational / institutional objectives. He intends to elevate the society to the highest possible level with his honesty, reliability and fairness. In El-Medinetu’l Fazıla (The People of the Virtuous City), the work of Farabi, who is a well-known scholar in logic and philosophy, it is seen that the concepts of virtue and happiness are based on ethical management. According to him, the ultimate goal of the state should be to establish virtue and happiness. In this study, certain inferences will be made to indicate the achievability of an ethical management under the ethical leadership of the manager, who has a decisive role within the scope of Farabi’s work, El-Medinetu’l Fazıla (The People of the Virtuous City)
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Alper Ozmen
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