Ja. Petrick et Jf. Quinn, The challenge of leadership accountability for integrity capacity as a strategic asset, J BUS ETHIC, 34(3-4), 2001, pp. 331-343
The authors identify the challenge of holding contemporary business leaders
accountable for enhancing the intangible strategic asset of integrity capa
city in organizations. After defining integrity capacity and framing it as
part of a strategic resource model of sustainable global competitive advant
age, the stakeholder costs of integrity capacity neglect are delineated. To
address this neglect issue, the authors focus on the cultivation of judgme
nt integrity to handle behavioral, moral and hypothesized economic complexi
ties as key dimensions of integrity capacity. Finally, the authors recommen
d two leadership practices to build competence in business leaders to enhan
ce integrity capacity as an organizational strategic asset.