4 The Hubris of Principle: What Organisational Theory and Neurophysiology Reveal about the Limits of Ethical Principles as Guides to Responsible Action -- Introduction -- Assumptions Underlying the Conventional View of 'Principled' Action -- The Denial of Feeling -- The Hubris of Consciousness -- The Aporetic Character of Moral Choice -- The Illusion of Individual Moral Character -- Substance Precedes Principle -- Conclusion -- References -- 5 The Good, the Bad, and the Impossible: A Psychoanalytic Perspective on the Discourse of Ethics -- Introduction -- Ethics and Its Discontents -- A Brief Sketch of Some Relevant Lacanian Concepts -- Lacan's Theory of the Discourses -- An Interim Assessment of the Discourse of Ethics -- The Discourse of the Hysteric -- The Implication for Ethics -- Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- 6 The Matrix of Integrity: Is it Possible to Shift the Emphasis from Compliance to Responsibility in Changing Contexts? - Lessons from the United Kingdom -- Introduction -- Contemporary Misconduct in Public Office -- Learning From the UK Experience -- The Shadow Over the Farce -- Ethics for the New Millennium? -- Reforming Reform? -- Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- PART II: THE CASE STUDIES -- 7 Just Rhetoric? Exploring the Language of Leadership -- Introduction -- Speaking of Leadership -- Powers of Persuasion -- Realism about Rhetorical Leadership -- Idealism about Rhetorical Leadership -- Plato's Idealism and the Place of Leadership -- Plato's Realism about Rhetoric -- Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- 8 Bureaucracy, Power, and Ethics -- Introduction -- Empowering Members through Increasing Personal Responsibility -- Power -- The Ethics of Discourse -- Ethics in a Non-ideal World -- Conclusion: Power and an Imperfect Ethics -- Notes -- References -- 9 The Challenge of Justice and Caring for the Organisation of the School