
Im Zentrum stehen Eigenschaften und Verhaltensweisen einer Führung, die Visionen vermittelt, inspirierend, integrierend und motivierend auf die Geführten einwirkt, den Wandel fördert und ein höheres Engagement der Geführten gegenüber normalen Tauschbeziehungen bewirken soll.

The outcome is useful for CEOs and other managers seeking to improve corporate social responsibility (CSR) and company ethical performance and to anticipate conflicts as well as to leverage for future research.ĭer Begriff der neocharismatischen Führungstheorien steht zusammenfassend für aktuelle Führungsansätze der charismatischen und transformationalen Führung, die sich seit Ende der 70er- bis Mitte der 80er-Jahre entwickelt haben und inzwischen einen dominanten Strang vor allem in der empirischen Führungsforschung ausmachen. This paper stresses the importance of considering the moral tone at the top in relation to company ethical behaviors and the interest of education in business ethics. We also found evidence linking the moral reasoning stages with the ethical performance of companies and introduced the concept “tone ‘into’ the top”, reflecting how CEO moral reasoning can be shaped by the company and external factors. A positive global trend was observed, with some CEOs reaching high levels, although the evolution was uneven without clear patterns and, in the light of facts, not sufficient, at least in the short term. For such a purpose, we carried out a moral reasoning categorization for the top 15 automotive companies in vehicle production in 2017 by applying Weber’s method to letters written by CEOs for the period 2013–2018. This paper examines the moral reasoning trends of CEOs (chief executive officers) in the automotive industry, gauging their relations to ethical behaviors and scandals as well as analyzing the influence of scandals and other factors on their moral reasoning.
