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Lovett, S. L., & Woolard, N. A. (2016). The Toolkit and the Carpenter: Teaching the Critical Distinction between Business Ethics and Personal Morals. e-Journal of Business Education & Scholarship of Teaching, 10(2), 35–46.
The popular approach to teaching business ethics may only provide a basic context for teaching and learning business ethics. This paper explores the teaching of business ethics as a critical thinking toolkit, rooted in the theory of adaptive leadership, for corporate decision-making processes, separate and apart from moral value systems.

Metcalf, L., & Benn, S. (2013). Leadership for Sustainability: An Evolution of Leadership Ability. Journal of Business Ethics, 112(3), 369–384. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10551-012-1278-6
This article examines the existing confusion over the multiple leadership styles related to successful implementation of corporate social responsibility/sustainability in organisations. The researchers find that the problem is the complex nature of sustainability itself.

Noble, A. (2021). Fostering character development through adaptive leadership. Journal of Character Education, 17(2), 1–12.
Analyzing data from a 4-year study, this article considers one principal’s unique approach to creating a common school vision centered around character development as a means by which to generate a sense of community and improve student achievement.