In case you missed it: What SA really needs right now is ethical leadership.
A panel of distinguished speakers from academia, media and business told a GIBS Ethics and Governance Think Tank forum that the country’s leadership needs a compelling vision and has to make sacrifices for the sake of social transformation.
“What does a great South Africa look like? What is the end game?” Mike Teke, CEO of Seriti Resources and former President of the Chamber of Mines asked. “We need to outline the fundamentals of what a good citizen looks like and we need leadership to talk about this vision,” he added. Thandeka Gqubule-Mbeki, Economics Editor of the SABC and one of the 'SABC 8' who were initially fired from the broadcaster for speaking out about the its editorial policy to censor protest coverage, agreed that leaders are not only those with titles or in formal positions of power.
He said leaders are those who are transparent about what they are doing and have the courage to engage their communities. It is essential that leaders act with integrity, he added. “Germany consciously constructed a notion of leadership that is based on a social compact which governs every institution, including the private sector. According to this model, labour, politicians and business all have equal seats at the table and collectively govern in the public interest” she explained.
“We have never confronted our fundamental problem of inequality,” Habib said. “Everyone must take a hair cut and feel some pain. I don’t believe we can heal our social differences and establish social trust unless CEOs, shareholders and the elite also make sacrifices.”
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