Year of publication: 2010. Ethical and unethical leadership: Exploring new avenues for future research. Abstract Our literature review focuses on the emerging construct of ethical leadership and compares this construct with related concepts that share a common concern for a moral dimension of leadership (e.g., spiritual, authentic, and transformational leadership). Ethical and Unethical Leadership: Exploring New Avenues for Future Research. On the other hand, unethical managers who put poor ethical leadership on show keep away from discussing fairness and ethics with their employees (Loi, Lam & Chan, 2012). ... Exchange mechanisms between ethical leadership and affective commitment. Please, subscribe or login to access all content. Ethical and Unethical Leadership: Exploring New Avenues for Future Research Users without a subscription are not able to see the full content. Ethical and Unethical Leadership Exploring New Avenues for Future Research. Business Ethics Quarterly, 20 (4): 583-616. ... We suggest new avenues for future research in the field of leadership ethics and responsibility. Ethical and unethical leadersh... More details; Ethical and unethical leadership : exploring new avenues for future research . The purpose of this article is to review literature that is relevant to the social scientific study of ethics and leadership, as well as outline areas for future study. Article. Michael E. Brown and Marie S. Mitchell ABSTRACT: The purpose of this article is to review literature that is relevant to the social scientific study of ethics and leadership, as well as outline areas for future study. Exploring Ethical Leadership and Promotability, Business Ethics Quarterly - 2010 Collaborators: R Rubin; E Dierdorff Ethical and Unethical Leadership: Exploring New Avenues for Future Research, Business Ethics Quarterly - 2010 Ethical and Unethical Leadership: Exploring New Avenues for Euture Research. Ethical and Unethical Leadership: Exploring New Avenues for Euture Research Michael E. Brown and Marie S. Mitchell ABSTRACT: The purpose of this article is to review literature that is relevant to the social scientific study of ethics and leadership, as well as outline areas for future study. Ethical and unethical leadership: Exploring new avenues for future research. The purpose of this article is to review literature that is relevant to the social scientific study of ethics and leadership, as well as outline areas for future study. We first discuss ethical leadership and then draw from emerging research on Research Interests. Michael E. Brown and Marie S. Mitchell. Ethical and Unethical Leadership: Exploring New Avenues for Future Research Michael E. Brown & Marie S. Mitchell Business Ethics Quarterly 20 (4):583-616 ( 2010 ) Ethical and Unethical Leadership: Exploring New Avenues for Euture Research Michael E. Brown and Marie S. Mitchell ABSTRACT: The purpose of this article is to review literature that is relevant to the social scientific study of ethics and leadership, as well as outline areas for future study.