Moral Courage in Organizations: Doing the Right Thing at Work / Edition 1

by Debra R. Comer, Gina Vega

Overview

The topic of moral courage is typically missing from business ethics instruction and management training. But moral courage is what we need when workplace pressures threaten to compromise our values and principles. Moral Courage in Organizations: Doing the Right Thing at Work, edited by Debra Comer and Gina Vega, underscores for readers the ethical pitfalls they can expect to encounter at work and enhances their ability do what they know is right, despite these organizational pressures. The book highlights the effects of organizational factors on ethical behavior; illustrates exemplary moral courage and lapses of moral courage; explores the skills and information that support those who act with moral courage; and considers how to change organizations to promote moral courage, as well as how to exercise moral courage to change organizations. By giving readers who want to do the right thing guidelines for going about it, Moral Courage in Organizations: Doing the Right Thing at Work is a potent tool to foster more ethical organizational behavior.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780765624093
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	03/15/2011
Pages:	256
Product dimensions:	6.20(w) x 9.10(h) x 0.80(d)

About the Author

Debra R. Comer, Gina Vega

Table of Contents

Foreword Moses L. Pava ix

Acknowledgments xiii

Introduction: Why Moral Courage Matters in Organizations Debra R. Comer Gina Vega xv

Part I The Organizational Pressures That Make Moral Courage Necessary 1

1 A Short Primer on Moral Courage Al Gini 3

2 "But Everybody's Doing It": Implications of the Cheating Culture for Moral Courage in Organizations David Callahan Debra R. Comer 13

3 The Personal Ethical Threshold Debra R. Comer Gina Vega 25

Part II The Faces of Moral Courage 45

4 How the Mighty Have Fallen Gina Vega 47

5 For the Greater Good: The Moral Courage of Whistleblowers Stephen M. Kohn 60

6 Faith and Moral Courage: Why a Sense of Calling Matters G. Jeffrey MacDonald 75

7 The Social Entrepreneur: Combining Head and Heart to Find Innovative Solutions to Local Problems Roland E. Kidwell 88

8 NGO Leaders on the Edge: The Moral Courage to Fight for Human Rights Judith White 102

Part III The Skills and Information That Enable Moral Courage 115

9 Giving Voice to Values: Building Moral Competence Mary C. Gentile 117

10 Developing Professional Moral Courage: Leadership Lessons from Everyday Ethical Challenges in Today's Military Leslie E. Sekerka Justin D. McCarthy Richard P. Bagozzi 130

11 Stand Up and Be Counted: Legal Protections for Those Who Act with Moral Courage Judith W.Spain 142

Part IV Changing Organizations with Moral Courage 155

12 Speaking Truth to Power: The Courageous Organizational Dissenter Bernard F. Matt Nasrin Shahinpoor 157

13 I Defy with a Little Help from My Friends: Raising an Organization's Ethical Bar Through a Morally Courageous Coalition Debra R. Comer Susan D. Baker 171

14 The Organizational Context of Moral Courage: Creating Environments That Account for Dual-Processing Models of Courageous Behavior Dennis J. Moberg 188

Part V Integration 209

15 What Have We Learned About Moral Courage in Organizations? Gina Vega Debra R. Comer 211

About the Editors and Contributors 217

Name Index 221

Subject Index 225