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Brown, C., & Nwagbara, U. (2021).Leading Change with the Heart: Exploring the Relationship between Emotional Intelligence and
Transformational Leadership in the Era of Covid-19
Pandemic Challenges. Economic Insights - Trends & Challenges, 3, 1–12.
This interesting article looks at the role of leaders during a crisis and considers the factors that contribute to sustainability following the crisis. The authors discuss the importance of emotional intelligence and interpersonal skills for effective leaders.

Baloyi, G. T. (2020). Toxicity of Leadership and its Impact on Employees: Exploring the Dynamics of Leadership in an Academic Setting. Hervormde Teologiese Studies, 76(2), 1–8.
This provocative article explores toxic environments and the destructive role of negative leadership. The authors argue for ethical leaders to create environments of trust and positive employee performance.

Crews, J. (2015). What is an Ethical Leader?: The Characteristics of Ethical Leadership from the Perceptions Held by Australian Senior Executives. Journal of Business & Management, 21(1), 29–58.
This is a great qualitative article that looks at the characteristics of ethical leadership. Executive leaders were asked to describe the behavior and characteristics of someone they identified as an ethical leader. The findings are helpful in considering how to ensure we behave as ethical leaders.

Painter-Morland, M. (2008). Systemic Leadership and the Emergence of Ethical Responsiveness. Journal of Business Ethics, 82(2), 509–524
This is an interesting article to include in a course on leadership, because it argues for the importance of all members of an organizational system to be responsible for their ethical attitudes. In other words, that the value of ethical leadership does not lie exclusively with the leaders of an organization.