Understanding the Organizational Climate of Unethical Leadership in the Australian Football League

Leadership theories continue to be aimed at addressing and understanding contemporary challenges in society, such as the problems created by unethical leader decisions and behaviors. In the current paper, we put forward a number of future research propositions following a case study of the Australian Football League (AFL). Specifically, we examine how the organizational climate of one such club impacted their leaders’ decision-making in relation to a drug scandal.