The Ethics Recession: Reflections on the Moral Underpinnings of the Current Economic Crisis

Author: Dr Rushworth Kidder

Published By: Institute for Global Ethics

ISBN # 978-0-615-27535-2

What started as an economic recession has become an ethics recession - a full-blown collapse of integrity and responsibility that is now shaping the way we need to think about and respond to this crisis, argues award winning journalist and author Rushworth Kidder.  In his timely new book, he makes the case that, with each passing day, the current economic crisis is moving from issues of money to issues of integrity.

How Good People Make Tough Choices: Resolving the Dilemmas of Ethical Living, Second Edition

Author: Dr Rushworth Kidder

Published By:  Harper Paperback

ISBN#   0061743992

In 1995, Rushworth M. Kidder, founder of the Institute for Global Ethics, published How Good People Make Tough Choices: Resolving the Dilemmas of Ethical Living.

When Tough Choices was first published, many people had not given much thought to the importance of ethics. Ethical considerations were not deemed particularly urgent, and the idea of shared values was not widely accepted. Since then, however, given the likes of Enron and Bernie Madoff, most people readily see that these occurrences, and the recent economic implosion, are due as much to unethical thinking and actions as to anything else.

Moral Courage

Author: Dr Rushworth Kidder

Published By:  Harper Collins

ISBN # 0060591560

In a values-challenged age, the difference between talking about ethics and acting ethically is summed up in two words: moral courage. In this timely and thoughtful book, Rushworth Kidder teaches readers how to see issues clearly, learn to think for themselves, and put ethical thinking into practice.

Ethics and Citizenship: Tools for Moral Decision-Making

Authors: Paula Mirk, Patricia Born, Jim Mulligan, Emily Price

Published By:  Hodder & Stoughton

ISBN # 0340844914

A flexible and practical toolkit is ideal for teachers delivering the social and moral responsibility strand of the Key Stage 3 and 4 Citizenship Programmes of Study.  The resource helps students to think about and make decisions on ethical issues and moral dilemmas through its stimulating photocopiable activities. It provides a logical framework for applying specific decision-making skills to any social issue or moral dilemma students may encounter in their individual lives and wider communities. Includes an easy-to-use matrix that maps this resource to the Programme of Study and QCA Schemes of Work for Citizenship. Ethics and Citizenship is based on the widely adopted course designed by the Institute for Global Ethics.