Findings

 Leaders, exhibiting both a moral capacity and a combination of cognitive

and behavioral traits that enable the organizations under their leadership to
consistently out-perform their competitors.
 Researchers indicate POS as the multi-perspective approach. Positive
organizational scholarship is the organizational application of positive
psychology.
 Authentic Leaders are posited to experience an flourish state in their
leadership activities are congruent with who they are and what they most
strongly believe in. 

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  Researchers define a Living Code of Ethics as “the cognitive, affective, and
behavioral manifestation of an ethical organizational identity within a
positive ethical organization.
 Some gleaned moral capacity as, "A view of one's work role as ethical
responsibility to stakeholders, heightened awareness of the moral dimension
of issues and a learned capability for recognizing, reflecting upon, and
evaluating moral dilemmas.
 Organizational identity is a central, enduring and distinctive characteristic of
an organization, although Some suggests possible elasticity in organizational
identity enhancing or constricting organizational identities. 
 Leaders can use five key organizational processes to build a Living Code.

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