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Nicolaides, Angelo

Faculty: Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences
Department: Philosophy & Applied Ethics
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2153-2853
Research Interest(s): Ethics, Governance, Stakeholder management, Theology, Education, History, Biblical studies, Tourism, hospitality management.
Active Research Project(s): Ongoing research in Ethical Practices towards sustainability in business, education etc.
Active Community Engagement: Department is involved in a Community Engagement Project with a School for the Disabled in KwaZulu Natal.
Biography: Professor Nicolaides serves at the University of Zululand in South Africa in the Department of Philosophy and Applied Ethics. He works at the intersection of ethics, epistemology, theology, philosophy, business ethics, stakeholder management ethics and social justice, and corporate governance. He has been cited at UNESCO meetings. Nicolaides bridges the gap between classical ethical theories and contemporary issues, showing how ancient wisdom can inform modern ethical challenges. His work in environmental ethics encourages sustainable practices and policies, highlighting the ethical responsibility to protect the planet for future generations. By focusing on virtue ethics in business, Nicolaides contributes to the development of ethical leaders who can navigate complex moral landscapes and foster ethical cultures within organizations. His advocacy for ethical education underscores the importance of developing moral virtues and ethical reasoning skills in students, preparing them to face ethical challenges in various aspects of life. Nicolaides’ work is considered to be highly significant for its comprehensive approach to ethics, addressing a wide range of issues from business to the environment. His emphasis on the practical application of ethical principles makes his contributions extremely valuable for scholars, practitioners, and educators alike. By promoting virtues and ethical behaviour, Nicolaides’ work encourages a more ethical and sustainable world. His current focus is on ethics in society and decolonising knowledge. He has authored 23 books and 163 articles some of which are co-authored, in accredited journals and serves on the editorial boards of a number of international and local accredited academic journals.
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    Virtue ethics and Ubuntu in leadership towards the promotion of ethical organisational operations
    2023
     | Athens Institute for...
    The objective of the conceptual literature study is to assess virtue ethics as a viable ethical leadership theory in African countries, more explicitly South Africa. We pinpoint some deficits in ethical leadership, which could be addressed through adopting a virtue ethics driven ethical organizational climate in order to positively enhance business practices and service to the community and society in general. This paper supports the notion of virtue ethics as being the suitable one for the purpose of motivating an ethical climate which leads to sustainable business. Leaders need to assume core responsibility for promoting ethics and should reinforce the notion of morally correct behavior at all times through their demonstrable ethical conduct. This necessitates that leaders’ must exhibit virtue and possess particular qualities and know how to apply these to workplace situations. Virtue ethics as one of numerous ethical theories, certainly, has a role to play in the contemporary discourse in which corruption is rife. In addition, it aligns in many ways with the notion of Ubuntu. We argue that ethical leadership behavior based on virtue and an Ubuntu spirit, is critical in supporting an ethical climate in any organization and it promotes sustainability. The study employed an interpretivist expository methodology of textual analysis based on extant literature. Thus, it is to an extent hermeneutic in nature and leads to insights supporting the notion of using Virtue ethics and Ubuntu to inform practice in African organizations and society.
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