This article proposes that leadership, as a relationship, is necessary to reinvigorate social responsibility in organizations. Further, the call for social responsibility compels us to engage in relationships that are inspired by the common good and promote substantive change. Moreover, this article embraces the call for action to transcend the status quo through the reexamination of relationships between women and men in organizations--a pivotal point as we approach the twenty-first century. Therefore, the purpose of this article is to highlight the importance of relationships in organizations "as purposeful social systems" (Dixon, 1994, p. xiv).
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