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JOURNAL OF LEADERSHIP, ACCOUNTABILITY AND ETHICS

Dialectics of Leadership for Peace: Toward a Moral Model of Resistance

Author(s): Bernice Ledbetter

Citation: Bernice Ledbetter, (2012) "Dialectics of Leadership for Peace: Toward a Moral Model of Resistance," Journal of Leadership, Accountability and Ethics, Vol. 9, Iss.5, pp. 11 - 24

Article Type: Research paper

Publisher: North American Business Press

Abstract:

This paper presents an argument for establishing the purpose of leadership as peace. Leading for peace

assumes the possibility of moral progress. Using a dialectic approach, power and resistance are

considered not dualistic opposites, but rather complex, ambiguous and interrelated constructs. From this

dialectic, a model of resistance leadership, grounded in moral imagination, is presented. The Occupy

Wall Street Movement is discussed as an example of moral resistance leadership, operating in the service

of moral progress. By casting leadership as a certain kind of resistance, we discover a possible

framework for understanding social change within organizations and societies.