Colloquium on Levinas, leadership, and ethics

In 2014, Jen Jones published an article in this journal on the relevance of the French philosopher Emmanuel Levinas to leadership studies (Jones 2014). In particular, Jones argued for a consideration of responsible and ethical leadership grounded in Levinas's insistence on radical attentiveness to the Other. Jones's piece engendered considerable interest, with the result that we now offer a colloquium from four scholars: Chris Ketcham, Jones herself, Ronald C. Arnett, and Janie Harden Fritz, reflecting on Jones, Levinas, and the possibilities and challenges of responsible leadership. Encouraging dialogue is one of the chief aims of productive scholarship; we hope this colloquium contributes not only to further consideration of Levinas on leadership, but also to the idea of encouraging a view of this journal as a place of dialogue and fruitful exchange on significant topics in leadership and the humanities.