Moral Courage Seminars
Our one-day Moral Courage Seminar is an interactive, small-group immersion course, based on Rushworth Kidder's latest book, Moral Courage, helps participants understand the importance of moral courage in 21st-century culture, identify it and define its elements, put it into practice for themselves, and help others recognize and embody it.
Target Audience:
- Citizens concerned about matters of conscience in public life
- Corporate managers needing to face complex issues boldly
- Ethics officers responsible for promoting organizational integrity
- Military leaders depending on both moral and physical courage
- Public professionals required to maintain standards under pressure
- Nonprofit executives making tough calls about competing needs
- Government agents willing to endure danger for principle
- Educators and parents taking stands for values-based action
Course Objectives:
At the end of the course, participants should be able to:
- Recognize circumstances requiring moral courage
- Determine their own responsibilities for action
- Analyze properly the threats they face if they act
- Expand their own capacities for courageous endurance
- Enhance their capacities for practicing moral courage
- Help others grasp and express moral courage
For more information, to register for a specific seminar, or to arrange for a custom seminar, please contact the Institute at our headquarters by phone (), email (), or standard mail (P.O. Box 563; Camden, ME 04843).
Seminar Facilitator
Rushworth M. Kidder
Founder and President
Camden, Maine
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Send Us Your Testimonials!
We would like to know how our process is working in your lives, or within your companies. Let us know when a child makes an ethical decision, or a colleague grapples successfully with a dilemma. Send an email to or drop us a line at P.O. Box 563, Camden, ME 04843. Please include the source of your story, your occupation, and the date the event took place. Thanks!
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