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The Trust Triad

The Trust Triad

Brett Beasley

These three qualities can help you thrive and connect—even in a world that’s drowning in distrust.

The Best Books for Ethical Leaders This Year

The Best Books for Ethical Leaders This Year

NDDCEL Staff

As part of our mission to inform, equip, and inspire values-based leaders, the Notre Dame Deloitte Center for Ethical Leadership and its Faculty Fellows stay on the lookout for new books. In our fifth annual list of Best Books for Ethical Leaders, we share ten books published during the 2021 calendar year that bridge the worlds of business and academia and provide practical insights that can help leaders live and work more ethically.

Honesty at Work

Honesty at Work

Brett Beasley

Christian Miller (ND PhD '04), director of the Honesty Project at Wake Forest University, shares advice on hiring honest employees and cultivating moral character with the help of exemplars, moral reminders, and self-awareness.

To be good, be grateful.

To be good, be grateful.

Brett Beasley

Cicero was right. Gratitude can aid you on your path toward becoming a better person.

Will meaningful work make your employees moral?

Will meaningful work make your employees moral?

Brett Beasley

The "Great Resignation" is here: Employees are leaving their jobs in droves to find work that aligns with their passions. Organizations stand to benefit from this trend—but only if leaders appreciate the potential (and the pitfalls) of meaningful work.

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At the Notre Dame Deloitte Center for Ethical Leadership, we believe that ethics can drive the business world forward. We aim to understand how ethical behavior is generated in work contexts. By connecting academic and business thought leaders to explore character ethics, we create and disseminate content that is forward-looking, pragmatic, and provocative. 

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  • Executive coaching programs

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