The goal of this volume is to ignite scientific interest in the role positive psychology plays in key areas such as ethics and social responsibility. As the study of positive psychology continues to emerge more fully, it may well help us to better comprehend the impact of this paradigm on predicting ethical decision making, organizational citizenship, and social responsibility toward the end of creating more positive and productive workplaces in general.

A positive organizational behavior approach to ethical performance / Carolyn M. Youssef and Fred Luthans -- Positive psychology of leading corporate citizenship / Sandra Waddock -- Toward a theory of ethical and spiritual well-being, and corporate social responsibility through spiritual leadership / Louis W. Fry -- Whistle-blowing and positive psychology / Marcia P. Miceli and Janet P. Near -- Executive influence on ethical culture: self transcendence, differentiation, and integration / Jeanne M. Logsdon and John E. Young -- Leading through positive deviance: a developmental action learning perspective on institutional change / Pacey C. Foster and William R. Torbert -- Phoenix rising: positive consequences arising from organizational crisis / Judith A. Clair and Ronald L. Dufresne -- Positive agency / Barry M. Mitnick -- "That at which all things aim": happiness, wellness and the ethics of organizational life / James O. Pawelski and Isaac Prilleltensky -- The role of emotional intelligence in ethical decision making at work / Robert S. Rubin and Ronald E. Riggio -- Self-control and business ethics: how strengthening the self benefits the corporation and the individual / Matthew T. Gailliot and Roy F. Baumeister -- The ethics of hope: a guide for social responsibility in contemporary business / Hal S. Shorey, Kevin L. Rand, and C. R. Snyder -- Forgiveness and positive psychology in business ethics and corporate social responsibility / Everett L. Worthington, Jr., Jack W. Berry, Victoria A. Shivy, Evan Browstein.