Rushworth M. Kidder
Founder and President
Widely known as a provocative speaker and stimulating author, Rushworth Kidder brings more than 30 years of insights to his discussions of corporate and global ethics.
Dr. Kidder's latest book, Moral Courage (HarperCollins, 2005), uses real-life stories from business, education, government, sports, and other areas to explain what moral courage is, what it does, and how we can develop it.
Dr. Kidder's previous book, How Good People Make Tough Choices: Resolving the Dilemmas of Ethical Living, has been praised by Jimmy Carter as "a thought-provoking guide to enlightened and progressive personal behavior."
His prolific writings often involve him in interviews with business and government leaders around the world. For his 1994 book Shared Values for a Troubled World: Conversations with Men and Women of Conscience, he interviewed 24 opinion makers from 16 countries in an effort to identify a global code of ethics. Commenting on this book, Bill Moyers noted that "only Rush Kidder would have made this odyssey, and only Rush Kidder could have returned with such a valuable cargo of insights."
Dr. Kidder also serves as executive editor of Ethics Newsline™, the world's first weekly, Internet-based, ethics information service, for which he writes a weekly column.
Prior to founding the Institute for Global Ethics in 1990, Dr. Kidder was senior columnist for the Christian Science Monitor.
Dr. Kidder's keynotes are arranged exclusively by the .
