Recent global economic crises have highlighted the devastating impact of 
business leaders becoming unmoored from an ethical base. Stakeholders now demand 
that they restore integrity at the heart of the enterprise. Leading with 
Integrity: A Practical Guide to Business Ethics equips business leaders and 
managers with the understanding and tools to set the right ‘tone at the top’, 
embedding a culture of integrity and compliance with ethical and organisational 
values.
Leading with Integrity: A Practical Guide to Business 
Ethics:
  - makes the case for an ethical approach to leadership; 
  
 - explores why leaders sometimes lose their way; 
  
 - prescribes the personal characteristics for leading 
  with integrity; 
  
 - outlines a system for cultural and strategic alignment 
  in organisations at home, abroad and in the boardroom; and 
  
 - provides a ‘leading with integrity toolbox’ and a robust framework for ethical decision-making.
 
A must-read for leaders in any sector and at all levels, non-executive directors as well as governance, risk and compliance 
professionals, the book concludes with a series of masterclasses in ethical 
leadership from some of Ireland’s leading business people, including Tony 
Smurfit (Smurfit Kappa), Siobhán Talbot (Glanbia) and Feargal O’Rourke 
(PwC).
Listen to Ros discussing business ethics on Today 
with Sean O'Rourke on RTÉ Radio 1
Contents
Part I: A Leader of Integrity
  - The Case for Ethical Leadership 
  
 - Obstacles to Ethical Leadership 
  
 - The Groundwork for Leading with Integrity
  
    
Part II: Building the Ethical Organisation
  - Creating an Ethics and Compliance Framework 
  
 - Leading with Integrity, Everywhere 
  
 - Ethical Corporate Governance
 
Part III Mastering the Art of Leading with Integrity
 
  - The Leading with Integrity Toolbox 
  
 - Ethical Dilemmas and the 'ETHIC' Framework 
  
 - A Masterclass in Ethical Leadership
 
Format: Paperback, 320 pages
Published: May 2016
For further information, contact publishing@charteredaccountants.ie or telephone on (+353) 01 637 7204  
The Author
 
Ros O’Shea, BComm, MAcc, FCA, AITI, Dip Corp Gov, is a highly experienced business leader with a 
career spanning almost 20 years working with the board and executive of two of 
Ireland’s largest and most-respected companies: CRH plc, where she was Head of 
Group Compliance & Ethics, and Smurfit Kappa Group plc. An Irish Chartered 
Accountant by profession, Ros is a partner in Acorn Governance Solutions, sits 
on the boards of the Food Safety Authority of Ireland and the Royal Victoria Eye 
& Ear Hospital, is Programme Director for the Diploma in Governance & 
Compliance at the Irish Management Institute and also runs programmes for the 
Institute of Directors on these topics.