Over the past years, ethical leadership has increasingly become a popular topic in organisational leadership and politics.  This has warranted several research and theoretical work on ethical leadership. Brown et al.,( 2005, p. 120) defined  ethical leadership as the demonstration of normatively appropriate conduct through personal actions and interpersonal relationships, and the promotion of such conduct to followers through two-way communication, reinforcement and decision-making. The primary purposes of this study are: (i) to review empirical findings from the ethical leadership literature utilizing a framework consisting of ethical leadership, antecedents and prospects, and (ii) suggest a set of interesting research opportunities, thus enabling future investigation. A total of 15 empirical studies on ethical leadership were reviewed. The result shows that ethical leadership exit and is desired. Ethical leadership has prospect but more still needs to be done to encourage ethical practices among leaders.