Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction : Why moral courage matters in organizations / Debra R. Comer and Gina Vega -- A short primer on moral courage / Al Gini -- "But everybody's doing it" : implications of the cheating culture for moral courage in organizations / David Callahan and Debra R. Comer -- The personal ethical threshold / Debra R. Comer and Gina Vega -- How the mighty have fallen / Gina Vega -- For the greater good : the moral courage of whistleblowers / Stephen M. Kohn -- Faith and moral courage : why a sense of calling matters / G. Jeffrey MacDonald -- The social entrepreneur : combining head and heart to find innovative solutions to local problems / Roland E. Kidwell -- NGO leaders on the edge : the moral courage to fight for human rights / Judith White -- Giving voice to values : building moral competence / Mary C. Gentile -- Developing professional moral courage : leadership lessons from everyday ethical challenges in today's military / Leslie E. Sekerka, Justin D. McCarthy, and Richard P. Bagozzi -- Stand up and be counted : legal protections for those who act with moral courage / Judith W. Spain -- Speaking truth to power : the courageous organizational dissenter / Bernard F. Matt and Nasrin Shahinpoor -- I defy with a little help from my friends : raising an organization's ethical bar through a morally courageous coalition / Debra R. Comer and Susan D. Baker -- The organizational context of moral courage : creating environments that account for dual-processing models of courageous behavior / Dennis J. Moberg -- What have we learned about moral courage in organizations? / Gina Vega and Debra R. Comer.