When most people think of engineering courses, they imagine complex equations or intricate machines. To Rich Eva, director of the Pratt School of Engineering’s Character Forward Initiative, ...

Yael Kidron is the director of Character Education at the Markkula Center for Applied Ethics. Views are her own. The last year in the news has stirred discussion about values such as tolerance, ...

This morning when I opened up my daily newspaper (yes, I still have one delivered!) the headline blared, “Two Fed Leaders to Step Down Following Trading Controversy.” I had been following the ...

As a coach, psychologist, and father, I am frequently asked what it truly means to be successful. We have to look no further than the world of professional sports to see the stark contrast between ...

Most of us seem to agree that character is important, whether helping children learn what it means to be a full human being or even one of the criteria for choosing a leader. But few of us are quite ...

Recently, I was thumbing through Stephen Covey’s 1989 bestseller, “The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People.” I felt awed by the thought that the financial world would have been very different over ...

Character counts. It is paramount in developing morally strong, disciplined Soldiers, creating units and organizations with environments that are open, inclusive, and team oriented and can influence ...

Update: Videos of several of the conference sessions will be available on the Markkula Center for Applied Ethics website soon! On Thursday, July 21, the Markkula Center for Applied Ethics will host ...

The midterm elections are finally over and the results have been certified. In a close race democracy won and chaos lost, but it was too close for comfort. Democracy is not out of the woods. Some ...