Moral Courage in Organizations: Doing the Right Thing at Work: Doing the Right Thing at Work

by Vega; Gina

• ISBN13: 9780765624109
• ISBN10: 0765624109
• Format: Nonspecific Binding
• Copyright: 2011-03-15
• Publisher: Routledge

Summary

This book underscores the ethical pitfalls that one can expect to encounter at work and enhances one's ability to do the right thing, despite these organizational pressures. It is a potent tool to foster more ethical organizational behavior by giving readers guidelines for moreal courage.

Table of Contents

Foreword	p. ix
Acknowledgments	p. xiii
Introduction: Why Moral Courage Matters in Organizations	p. xv
The Organizational Pressures That Make Moral Courage Necessary	p. 1
A Short Primer on Moral Courage	p. 3
ôBut Everybody's Doing Itö: Implications of the Cheating Culture for Moral Courage in Organizations	p. 13
The Personal Ethical Threshold	p. 25
The Faces of Moral Courage	p. 45
How the Mighty Have Fallen	p. 47
For the Greater Good: The Moral Courage of Whistleblowers	p. 60
Faith and Moral Courage: Why a Sense of Calling Matters	p. 75
The Social Entrepreneur: Combining Head and Heart to Find Innovative Solutions to Local Problems	p. 88
NGO Leaders on the Edge: The Moral Courage to Fight for Human Rights	p. 102
The Skills and Information That Enable Moral Courage	p. 115
Giving Voice to Values: Building Moral Competence	p. 117
Developing Professional Moral Courage: Leadership Lessons from Everyday Ethical Challenges in Today's Military	p. 130
Stand Up and Be Counted: Legal Protections for Those Who Act with Moral Courage	p. 142
Changing Organizations with Moral Courage	p. 155
Speaking Truth to Power: The Courageous Organizational Dissenter	p. 157
I Defy with a Little Help from My Friends: Raising an Organization's Ethical Bar Through a Morally Courageous Coalition	p. 171
The Organizational Context of Moral Courage: Creating Environments That Account for Dual-Processing Models of Courageous Behavior	p. 188
Integration	p. 209
What Have We Learned About Moral Courage in Organizations?	p. 211
About the Editors and Contributors	p. 217
Name Index	p. 221
Subject Index	p. 225
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