Prozesky, Martin2019-09-252019-09-252010-02-242008http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12424/173921On the basis of extensive business leadership experience in Australia, consultant Ted Scott and his colleague psychologist Phil Harker have developed an important model of ethical leadership in the workplace, involving two basic and contrasting styles of business leadership. Given their location in a wealthy, developed, western-type society, their model, which this paper describes, generates the following question: is the model captive to that kind of society, or does it also have validity for Africans in southern Africa? To answer this question, the paper gives a profile of a widely held, traditional African view of human existence and correlates it with the Scott/Harker model. This leads to the conclusion that the Scott/Harker model is well suited to the challenges facing African business leaders.engWith permission of the license/copyright holderAfrican countriesleadershiphuman dignityEconomic ethicsBusiness ethicsLabour/professional ethicsPreprint