The mission of The International Journal of Ethical Leadership is to spread awareness of the fact that every worthwhile human endeavor requires the application and embodiment of ethical leadership to succeed, endure, and produce positive outcomes for present and future generations. The journal's aim is to expand the transdisciplinary, international conversation that is ongoing around the question of what ethical leadership requires. Our hope is that with each issue of this journal, contributors are able to highlight a range of perspectives on ethical leadership in theory and action around the globe. Our intention is not to endorse particular opinions, but to host a trusted forum for readers to explore a diversity of views. Our intention is not to endorse particular opinions, but to host a trusted forum for readers to explore a diversity of views. IJEL is broad in scope, accepting submissions from academic, professional, and lay perspectives.

Michael Scharf is the John Deaver Drinko-Baker & Hostetler Professor of Law and has served as co-dean of the Case Western Reserve University School of Law since 2013. He serves as president of the International Criminal Law Network and managing director of the Public International Law and Policy Group, a Nobel Peace Prize-nominated nongovernmental organization. He has also led USAID-funded transitional justice projects in Uganda, Cote d'Ivoire, Libya, and Turkey (for Syria), and maritime piracy projects in Kenya, Mauritius, and The Seychelles Shannon E. French is the Inamori Professor in Ethics, Director of the Inamori International Center for Ethics and Excellence, and a tenured Professor in the Philosophy Department at Case Western Reserve University (CWRU) in Cleveland, Ohio. She also has a secondary appointment as a Professor in the CWRU School of Law. Dr. French came to CWRU in 2008, after teaching for 11 years at the US Naval Academy in Annapolis. Her work is practical and applied and has been enriched by collaboration with diverse scholars, experts, and practitioners. Her primary research field is military ethics, with special focus on conduct of war issues, ethical leadership, command climate, sacrifice and responsibility, warrior transitions, ethical responses to terrorism, the future of warfare, and emerging technology.