The Shadow Effect on Political Leadership and Leadership Ethics

Abstract

This article main theme is Leadership and seeks to define the concept in its different meanings according to different authors, in order to demonstrate the evolution of it. Leadership can be defined as well as the ability to influence, in an ethical and positive way, a group with a view to obtaining results. Thus, it is important to highlight ethics as a key factor in Leadership. Throughout this article it will be possible to verify the correlation between concepts such as Ethical Leadership, Charismatic Leadership and Political Leadership in the role of how to be trulyintrinsic as aleader. On the other hand, the Shadow Effect Theory is explained, which demonstrates that as leaders, they can sometimes corrupt the system by taking advantage of themselves.