Moral courage in organizations: doing the right thing at work

Abstract

When pressures in the workplace threaten to compromise personal values and principles, moral courage is necessary to do what is right. Moral Courage in Organizations: Doing the Right Thing at Work, edited by Debra Comer and Gina Vega, underscores the ethical pitfalls that can be encountered at work and provides guidelines for doing the right thing, despite organizational pressures. This book highlights the effects of organizational factors on ethical behavior; illustrates exemplary moral courage and lapses of moral courage; and considers how to foster change in organizations to promote moral courage, as well as how to exercise the moral courage to change organizations.