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July 17, 2008
Listening - to Others, to Yourself, to the Wind
“He was in heavy listening mode, the most aggressive listening the world has ever known: aerobic listening. It is an intense, disconcerting phenomenon – as if he were hearing quicker than you can get the words out, as if he were sucking the information out of you.” - Anonymous. Primary...
June 12, 2008
Heroes and Mentors and Peers
“At that age [11 years] I was susceptible to heroes and role models and decided that I wanted to be like him.” - Gregory L. Eastwood, Case Western Reserve University Alumni Website, Spring 2008 http://www.case.edu/alumni/award/eastwoodint.html “Mentor was an old friend of Odysseus, to whom the King had entrusted his whole...
May 13, 2008
Know Thyself
"O wad some Power the giftie gie us To see oursels as ithers see us!" - Robert Burns (1759-1796), To a Louse According to my high school English literature teacher, Mr. Monte, Robert Burns wrote To A Louse after he sat behind a beautiful lady in church one Sunday...
April 08, 2008
What is Ethical Leadership?
“Leadership… is an essentially moral act.” - A. Bartlett Giamatti I suppose the first question to ask is, What is ethics? My dictionary says ethics is “the discipline dealing with what is good and bad and with moral duty and obligation… a set of moral principles… or system of...
March 05, 2008
Higher Principles
“A [person] does not fight merely to win.” - Cyrano de Bergerac I have read Edmond Rostand’s play Cyrano de Bergerac several times since I was a teenager. I remember with great nostalgia the 1950 black and white movie starring Jose Ferrer, and my wife and I share good...
February 10, 2008
Sometimes I Just Can’t Help Doing the Right Thing - I Guess It’s in My Genes
“In spite of everything I still believe that people are really good at heart.” - Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl, 1944 Charles Darwin was born Feb 12, 1809 and his monumental book, On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection, or the Preservation of Favoured...
January 08, 2008
Leadership to Run the World
“… the world will not be run by those who possess mere information alone… The world henceforth will be run by synthesizers, people able to put together the right information at the right time, think critically about it, and make important choices wisely.” - Edward O. Wilson in Consilience: The...
December 04, 2007
“What are the Ethical Responsibilities of Journalists?”
This topic evoked a vigorous discussion among panelists and audience during a symposium held at the Inamori International Center for Ethics and Excellence on November 16, 2007. The event was part of the Inamori Center Ethical Leadership Series in conjunction with Professor Joseph White’s Public Affairs Discussion Group. Panelists were...
October 24, 2007
Information about the Inamori Center
Welcome to the Blog for the Inamori International Center for Ethics and Excellence at Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio. I hope you visit us often and contribute to the discussion about ethical leadership and related issues. Before we engage in further discussion, however, I would like to explain some...