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Go GlocalIntercultural Comparison of
Leadership EthicsRafael Capurro
Stuttgart Media Universitywww.capurro.de
International Center for Information Ethics (ICIE)http://icie.zkm.de
6th Leadership Forum: Growing successfully – Crossing bordersDB Akademie GmbH, Potsdam November 30 – December 2, 2006
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Content
Introduction
I. Leadership Ethics in the „Far West“
II. Leadership Ethics in the „Far East“
III. How do we speak?
IV. Lessons Learned
Conclusion: Go Glocal
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Introduction
Two dangers of intercultural dialogue: We remain satisfied with merely juxtaposing
concepts We remain at an early stage of an intercultural
dialogue, defined by what may only look like a common ground or an incompatible view...
…that in light of further dialogue, however, will dissolve into far more complex inter-relationships.
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Introduction
The task of intercultural ethics: The quest for a global morality. Universal moral principles and local moral
traditions. The task of intercultural ethics. Ethics as problematization of morality.
We live in the „era of comparison“ (F. Nietzsche)
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Introduction
Corporate Social Responsibility: Giving reasons for our actions Human Rights Sustainable Development (Ecology)
The precautionary principle/custom: Principles create obligations Precaution as an attitude
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Introduction
Intercultural Comparison of Leadership Ethics
François Jullien‘s paths of comparative thinking between the „Far West“ and the „Far East“ (China).
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I. Leadership Ethics in the „Far West“
Some leadership maxims from the „Far West“: „Thou Shalt Not…“ (morality and monotheism) (J.
Assmann) “meleta to pan“ (Periander, 600 BC) (take care of the
whole) „kairón gnothi“ (Pittakus, 600 BC) (know the right
moment/opportunity) „epimeleia heaoutou“ (Plato/Socrates) (take care of
one‘s self) Follow the „phronesis“ (Aristotle) (follow practical reason) Become master of the situation (virtù) (Macchiavelli) Universalize your maxim (Kant) Consider the consequences (Utilitarianism)
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I. Leadership Ethics in der „Far West“
Greek roots of key leadership concepts Goal (telos/eidos) Action (praxis/poiesis) Means (di‘ou, ta pros to telos, hodós,) Will (boulesis) Subject (hypokeimenon) Leader (hegémon; demiourgós = pottery god) Actualization (efficacy)
(dynamis/enérgeia/entelécheia)
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I. Leadership Ethics in the „Far West“
Leadership and action are related to a model (eidos) or goal (telos) that the leader (hegémon) is supposed to achieve through theoretical and practical reason (phronesis) on the basis of a plan/an idea(l) in order to master a situation.
Efficacy = the power or capacity to produce a desired effect
Such action is strategic (the action of a war leader or strategós), i.e., it concerns a project that anticipates a process towards a goal.
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I. Leadership Ethics in the „Far West“
Such in-formative action is direct based on
the will/the freedom, the courage (andreia) and the knowledge of a leader or (decision) maker
heroicNature (physis) itself is conceived as a
production process (téchne) as done by a ‚pottery god‘ (demiourgós)
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II. Leadership Ethics in the „Far East“
Key leadership concepts in the „Far East“: Process („dao“) (no goal) Transformation (not in-formation) Indirect (not direct) Discrete (no ‚show‘) Potentiality of the situation (not power of a
subject)
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II. Leadership Ethics in the „Far East“
Key concept in Chinese war strategy: potentiality of the situation.
The potentiality of the situation (not the will/knowledge of a leader) is efficient.
Key task of the leader: to evaluate this potentiality (through lists/registers).
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II. Leadership Ethics in the „Far East“
Process: no mean/goal relationshipTendency of the situation from the very
beginning (no model to follow)Denial of self: no hero and no theatrical
effectsMorality is more effective than violence or
(individual) powerRipening process of nature that is called
„heaven“
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II. Leadership Ethics in the „Far East“
The polarity of heaven/earth develops a sponaneous interaction of initiative and receptivity (yin and yang)
Such action is discrete and indirect or gradual (no sudden events)
No plan or dream of masteryNo blocking through modelsWhat is an agreement?What are rules for?
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II. Leadership Ethics in the „Far East“
‚No action‘ (wu wei) but in such a way that nothing remains undone.
The efficiency of the „dao“ vs. Western efficacy See also: „Efficiency is doing better what is
already being done“ (Peter F. Drucker) Immanentism vs. transcendence The opportunity is not a chance (tyche) beyond
a project but arises out of a ripening process.
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III. How do we speak?
Direct and indirect speech: A comparative view of language: Leadership ethics in the „Far West“ is based on
direct speech Leadership ethics in the „Far East“ is based on
indirect speech
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III. How do we speak?
Direct speech in the „Far West“: Freedom of speech, freedom of the press,
freedom of access (World Summit on the Information Society, WSIS)
Free speech (parrhesia) as a fundamental dimension of (Athenian) democracy (M. Foucault)
The tradition of indirect speech in the West: „Tricky reason“ (metis) Leo Strauss „Persecution and the Art of Writing“
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III. How do we speak?
The tradition of indirect speech in the „Far East“: In China the master speaks less and gives
signs. He calls the attention instead of transmitting a message.
Confucius: No speculative moral theory but a ‚logic of the path‘.
Lao-Tse: giving hints Dshuang-Tse: Fluctuating speech acompanying
the global process of the Dao.
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IV. Lessons Learned
Changing the „place of thinking“ (Jullien): Overcoming ethnocentrism Becoming aware of different paths of thinking Taking distance from ourselves Meeting the other where he/she is, instead of ‚trans-
lating‘ him/her into your own.
Westernization and Easternization have produced hybrid cultures: the „Far East“ has ambitious goals and the „Far West“ deals with the question of ecology and sustainability.
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Conclusion
„Feed your life“ (Dshuang-Tse/F. Jullien) and the life of your company, your society, our common world...
Go glocal: Open your mind to intercultural dialogue Do things responsibly – locally and globally. Follow the potentiality of the situation. „Growing successfully – Crossing borders“
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Bibliography
Assmann, Jan: Religion und kulturelles Gedächtnis. München 2000.
Capurro, Rafael: Ethik der Informationsgesellschaft. Ein interkultureller Versuch. In: Wolfgang Coy et al. (Ed.): Shapes of the Things to Come - Die Zukunft der Informationsgesellschaft (2007) (in print).
http://www.capurro.de/parrhesia.html
Capurro, Rafael: Privacy. An intercultural perspective. In: Ethics and Information Technology. Vol. 7, No. 1, 2005, 37-47.
http://www.capurro.de/privacy.html
Capurro, Rafael: Intercultural Information Ethics. In: Rafael Capurro, Johannes Frühbauer, Thomas Hausmanninger (Eds.): Localizing the Internet. Ethical Issues in Intercultural Perspective. Schriftenreihe des ICIE, Bd. 4, München (2007) (in print)
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