Ethics Navigator: Workplace Bullying | |
A troubled economy often breeds a lean and increasingly mean workplace - an environment that can bring out the worst in both managers and employees. | |
Introduction: Three Lenses for Ethical Parenting | |
Book excerpt from Good Kids, Tough Choices | |
Ethics by Example | |
By Paula K. Mirk | |
Schools of Integrity Report | |
"Tell Me What You Really Think: A Report on the Schools of Integrity Project," Paula K. Mirk, Institute for Global Ethics Director of Education, Spring 2006. | |
A Conversations Guide for: Tell Me What You Really Think: A Report on the Schools of Integrity Project | |
"A Conversations Guide for: Tell Me What You Really Think: A Report on the Schools of Integrity Project," Paula K. Mirk, Institute for Global Ethics Director of Education, May 2008. | |
Ethics and the Learned Professions | |
A look at human society and four roles that inevitably arise in a community. | |
President's Letter: The Definition of Courage | |
Institute founder Rushworth M. Kidder discusses what courage can mean to an educator. | |
“We know what schools of integrity look like. We know how to build them. It's time for school leaders to get out in front of the crowd and make it look like a parade.” That’s the conclusion of coauthors Patrick Bassett, Paul Houston, and Rushworth Kidder in “Building Character in Crisis,” published in the July 15, 2009 edition of Education Week.
The Institute for Global Ethics spoke with six secondary school leaders to learn how ethics and values contribute to leadership effectiveness. Those leaders offered five key recommendations.
The Institute for Global Ethics (IGE) announced today that the Fourth Annual Ethical Literacy® Conference (June 23 – 25, 2010) is to be hosted by the St. George’s Independent School (SGIS) at its Collierville, Tennessee campus.
The Institute for Global Ethics is holding a trainer workshop for teachers next week in their Rockland facility. Teachers from schools as far apart as Maine and Georgia will attend this three day event.
The Institute for Global Ethics (IGE) announced today that the Fifth Annual Ethical Literacy® Conference (June 22- 24, 2011) is to be hosted by Westside High School in Omaha, Nebraska.
We have moved to Rockport, Maine!
Paula Mirk to present at annual Learning Forward Conference on how to build cultures of integrity using Ethical Literacy® Learning Community resources
The David and Lucile Packard Foundation awards Institute for Global Ethics $135,000 to deliver ethics training electronically, reducing costs and fees
Educators benefit from Ethical Literacy® coach’s background as high school principal and performing arts teacher
Former school superintendent sees ‘profound simplicity’ in IGE methodology
Management consultant, college instructor and former CEO adds unique perspective on organizational behavior to IGE ethics training
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BDS provides a hands-on, interactive classroom model for teaching ethics in educational public and independent school grade 6-12 classrooms. Each curriculum guides teachers and students through a practical and conceptual process for making ethical decisions and defining shared values.
You will find a teacher's guide, ten lesson plans including readings, overheads, and handouts; numerous examples of ethical dilemmas appropriate to middle-school and high-school settings; assessment tools; and listings of additional resources for learning about the ethical decision making process and character education.
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