The University of Texas at Austin announced the creation of a Center for Sports Leadership and Innovation this year. Part of the Center’s mission, as currently envisioned, is to teach high school athletics coaches how to deal with various behavioral and other off-field matters involving their student athletes. Helping coaches “develop their students as people,” […]
Ethics Unwrapped Blog
America is Awesome… Right?!
As Senator Ted Cruz recognized this week, “Every civilized nation agrees that torture is wrong.” I take it as a given that many of the actions spelled out in the Senate Intelligence Committee’s majority report constitute torture by any reasonable definition. Americans certainly would have defined them as such had they been done to Americans […]
Siendo tu Mejor Yo, Parte 4: Acción Moral
La acción moral requiere tomar los pasos necesarios para transformar la intención de querer hacer lo correcto en realidad. Esto incluye la pertenencia moral, la eficacia moral y la valentía moral.
Siendo tu Mejor Yo, Parte 2: Toma de Decisiones Morales
El concepto de la toma de decisiones morales describe la habilidad de producir una respuesta razonable y defendible a cualquier pregunta ética.
Siendo tu Mejor Yo, Parte 1: Consciencia Moral
La conciencia moral es la habilidad de detectar y apreciar los aspectos de la ética en las decisiones que tomamos.
Helping Your Employees Be Their Best Selves
There is no single correct way to teach business ethics. A common approach combines philosophy and character development. Teachers impart philosophical concepts for resolving difficult ethical issues and encourage students to develop and hone strength of character to give them the means to actually implement the solutions that develop. Any regular reader of this blog […]