Monthly Archives: February 2011

Will YOU Be a Moral Leader in a Social Crisis?

This essay raises an important question. “If you are in a place where a social crisis occurs–an emergency where electrical power, telecommunications, food and water supplies, or gasoline availability, run out and large numbers of people panic–do you have the moral fiber to take a responsible leadership role, to ‘keep your head when others are […]

Leadership, Lying, and Moral Responsibility

In 1978, Sissela Bok wrote a book, Lying: Moral Choice in Public and Private Life (Pantheon, NY).  Since Bok’s book, the American people have had to endure regular news of scandals in business and government, all based on misconduct covered over by lies. Many Americans are so accustomed to lying leaders, they are cynical.  Lying […]