Publications

Presents summaries for the The Moral Leader course. View Details

Keywords: Moral Sensibility; Leadership; Power and Influence

2007
Text Book

Teaching the Moral Leader: A Literature-Based Leadership Course

This book is a comprehensive, practical manual to help instructors integrate moral leadership in their own courses, drawing from the experience and resources of the Harvard Business School course "The Moral Leader," an MBA elective taken by thousands of HBS students... View Details

Keywords: Competency and Skills; Curriculum and Courses; Moral Sensibility; Body of Literature; Books; Leadership; Personal Development and Career

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2012
Case

Advanced Leadership Pathways: Shelly London and Ethics Education—'Strengthening Our Moral Compass'

By: Rosabeth Moss Kanter and Anne Arlinghaus

Shelly London and Ethics Education — 'Strengthening Our Moral Compass' 2009 AL Fellow
Following a successful career as a Senior Vice President, Vice President, and Chief Communications Officer at two large corporate companies, Shelly London set out to promote... View Details

Teaching the Moral Leader: A Literature-Based Leadership Course

This book is a comprehensive, practical manual to help instructors integrate moral leadership in their own courses, drawing from the experience and resources of the Harvard Business School course 'The Moral Leader', an MBA elective taken by... View Details

11 Jan 2008
News

HBS Course Uses Literature To Teach Moral Leadership

2006
Chapter

Three Practical Challenges of Moral Leadership

By: Joshua D. Margolis and Andrew Molinsky

Keywords: Ethics; Trust; Leadership Style; Problems and Challenges

Research Summary

Moral Muscle

Can we get better at moral decision making? How is the capacity to exercise moral leadership developed? One answer to these questions is the notion of “moral muscle,” which is a combination of moral awareness (the ability to recognize situations that can be... View Details

Keywords: Moral Sensibility; Ethics; Decision Making

11 Jan 2017
News

The most overlooked leadership skill? Having a moral compass

19 Nov 2007
Lessons from the Classroom

Teaching The Moral Leader

the course: One is a textbook, The Moral Leader: Challenges, Tools, and Insights, that provides historical and social context for the works read in the course, as well as instructional materials. The other is an instructor's guide,... View Details

Keywords: by Sarah Jane Gilbert; Education

August 2024
Background Note

Your True Moral Compass

By: Joseph L. Badaracco

This note explores the concept of a "moral compass" for making difficult decisions in leadership roles. It argues that the standard view of a moral compass as a simple, internal guide is inadequate for complex situations. Instead, it proposes that our true moral... View Details

Keywords: Moral Sensibility; Decision Choices and Conditions

Educators

09 Oct 2023
News

Your True Moral Compass: Defining Reality, Responsibility, and Practicality in Your Leadership Moments

01 Jul 2000
News

Moral Person and Moral Manager

Keywords: Linda Klebe Treviño, Laura Pincus Hartman, Michael Brown

02 Jun 2020
News

Pain, Outrage and a Call for Moral Leadership in Minneapolis

2007
Text Book

The Moral Leader: Challenges, Tools, and Insights

Successful leaders—at any level and in any arena—are inevitably presented with moral and ethical choices. This unique and innovative textbook is designed to encourage students and managers to confront those fundamental moral challenges, to develop skills in moral... View Details

Keywords: Competency and Skills; Decision Choices and Conditions; Judgments; Moral Sensibility; Leadership

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The Moral Leader: Challenges, Insights and Tools

Successful leaders – at any level and in any arena – are inevitably presented with moral and ethical choices. This unique and innovative textbook is designed to encourage students and managers to confront those fundamental moral challenges, to develop skills in... View Details

September 2004 (Revised November 2012)
Module Note

Module I: Moral Challenge Class Summaries

What is a moral challenge? Explores four main types of moral challenge: the challenge of survival, the conflict between "two rights," a moral dilemma—or situation in which it is impossible to satisfy conflicting moral obligations and commitments—and the challenge of... View Details

Keywords: Decision Choices and Conditions; Moral Sensibility; Values and Beliefs; Leadership; Problems and Challenges; Conflict of Interests

18 May 2018
News

A Cold War Hero Who Kept Up Morale

Keywords: obituary; POW; military service; veterans; leadership

29 Jul 2013
News

A Manager’s Moral Obligation to Capitalism

November 2004 (Revised April 2010)
Module Note

Module II: Moral Reasoning Class Summaries

Presents class summaries for the The Moral Leader course. View Details

Keywords: Decision Making; Moral Sensibility; Leadership; Cognition and Thinking