RT Article T1 The Perceptions of Ethical and Sustainable Leadership JF Journal of business ethics VO 121 IS 3 SP 373 OP 383 A1 McCann, Jack A1 Sweet, Matthew LA English PB Springer Science + Business Media B. V YR 2014 UL https://www.ixtheo.de/Record/1785650785 AB Sustainable and ethical leadership in the financial industry expand in importance since the financial crisis of 2007–2009. This research examined the level of sustainable and ethical leadership of leaders in mortgage loan originator (MLO) organizations, as perceived by loan originators. The Perceived Leadership Survey (PLIS) developed by Craig and Gustafson (Leadersh Q 9(2):127–145, 1998) and the Sustainable Leadership Questionnaire (SLQ) developed by McCann and Holt (Int J Sustain Strat Manage 2(2):204–210, 2011) were utilized for this research. The survey results yielded high levels of both ethical and sustainable leadership. Employees also felt their leadership was encouraging ethical and sustainable behavior. However, correlations between the PLIS and SLQ did not prove to be dependent or closely correlated. K1 Mortgage loan originators K1 Financial Crisis K1 Financial industry K1 Ethical Leadership K1 Sustainable leadership K1 Leadership DO 10.1007/s10551-013-1704-4