Moral Courage

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Moral courage, as defined in ADRP 6-22, is the willingness to stand firm on values, principles, and convictions. It enables all leaders to stand up for what they believe is right, regardless of the consequences. Leaders, who take full responsibility for their decisions and actions even when things go wrong, display moral courage. In most cases, one who displays moral courage is usually taking a stand against something that they know is wrong. Normally, it is not the popular decision. With physical courage, the fear factor is usually physical where with moral courage it is psychological. Often, a display of physical courage makes you the hero, while the same display with moral courage sometimes makes you appear to be the villain.
Position and personal power both have a strong influence on moral courage. With position power, a decision using moral courage is usually not popular, but relatively easy to make, unlike that same decision made under personal power. This is because we usually find compliance when leveraging positional power compared to commitment with the u...

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