This book analyzes the leadership ethics dilemma of whether the diaspora ought to vote specifically in their homeland franchise This quagmire becomes even more complex in the case of Africa where some diasporas participate in their countries elections and others don t It implies and goes beyond the mere question of why or what are the reasons behind the fact that members of some countries vote and those of other nations do not The analysis contained in the book deals with whether it is right or wrong good or bad just or unjust virtuous or immoral desirable or undesirable for citizens living overseas to participate in their countries suffrages and for the leaders of African countries to extend the franchise rights to their diaspora Pedagogically the book proposes an applied methodology of leadership decision making based on ethical dilemmas which instructors and learners of various disciplines particularly those in leadership ethics as well as global leaders might find useful The combined DIRR Description Interpretation Rehearsal and Re discernment proposed by Enomoto Kramer 2007 and the prudent pragmatism by Bluhm Heineman 2007 correspond to the traditional African baobab tree as a physical space of social and political conflict resolutions In this book the baobab tree an ethical arena of public debates helps to weigh primarily the need for diaspora Africans to get the right to vote as well as the social political and economic benefits such a right if it were granted would entail for all the parties involved Drawing from the examples of countries that have championed some form of democratic processes including expatriate elections the book brings to the forefront the crucial role of both the leadership of Africa and that of their diaspora in spearheading the continent on the path of sustainable development

Grounding Leadership Ethics in African Diaspora and Election Rights by Bongila, Jean-Pierre K.(October 10, 2013) Hardcover PDF

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