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Leaders of Character: The USAFA Approach to Ethics Education and Leadership Development

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We describe the educational character and leadership development processes used by the United States Air Force Academy that other educational institutions may find useful. Our processes include an integrated educational curriculum designed to complement and integrate the experiential learning that results in achieving specific organizational outcomes, co-curricular activities in cadet living, and a specific focus on the ethical development of leaders’ respect for human dignity and cultural competency as well as the mechanisms to assess and refine our processes.

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    Cynthia S. Cycyota, Claudia J. Ferrante, Steven G. Green, Kurt A. Heppard & Dorri M. Karolick

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Cycyota, C.S., Ferrante, C.J., Green, S.G. et al. Leaders of Character: The USAFA Approach to Ethics Education and Leadership Development. J Acad Ethics 9, 177–192 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10805-011-9138-z

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