Moral Courage in Organizations: Doing the Right Thing at Work

While there may have been an uptick in education and training in ethics in the workplace in recent years, it is clear that knowing the right thing to do does not necessarily lead to actually doing the right thing. Identifying lack of moral courage (as well as moral motivation) as a key factor in contributing to this gap between knowing and doing, Comer (management, Hofstra U.) and Vega (management, Salem State U.) present 15 papers with the intention of equipping "decent people" "with the knowledge and skills to act with moral courage" in the workplace. The papers are organized into sections that address the organizational pressures that make moral courage necessary, provide examples of individuals that have acted with moral courage in organizational contexts; describe skills and information that enable moral courage; and consider organizational reforms that can support moral courage and the role of moral courage in organizational reform. Annotation 穢2011 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)