'Character counts!': a leadership service learning project

摘要

Increased character education is one alternative available to help remedy the mayhem of moral decline in America. Research suggests a correlation between the teaching of character education of youth and its positive ethical results throughout the United States. These statistics are not restricted to the young. According to the Josephson Institute of Ethics (1997), one in five American workers admitted they lied to a superior in the last year. In fact, roughly 25 percent have lied to a subordinate ora customer. One in three admitted that when competitive pressures hit at work, they resort to cheating or lying to make things easier. Twenty-five percent of adult children lied to their own parent in the past twelve months. One-third lied to their spouse, while one in four lied to their own children (Josephson, 1997).