Dr. Rushworth Kidder, Institute of Global Ethics, shared his insights in a Washington Speakers Bureau presentation "Moral Courage: The Guts of a Tough Decision" prior to his death in March 2012. In this talk, he leaves us with a lot to think about regarding our future.
- A paradigm shift is occurring:
- Attention to ethics.
- Capacity for technology to be leverage our ethics in ways we have never seen before.
- Unethical impulses are not capable of producing global, immediate, and catastrophic effects.
- Leadership development for the next generation must focus on ethics and character.
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