I HAVE referenced the concept of burnout in advocacy, social work, and community development many times in this column. I have expanded on how long hours, ...

When we began exploring the concept of moral injury to explain the deep distress that U.S. health care professionals feel today, it was something of a thought experiment aimed at erasing the ...

As a therapist, clinical ethicist and trauma researcher specializing in moral injury and moral distress, I know well the damaging effects of when a person’s core moral foundations are violated in high ...

After a workshop on values and imagery at a healthcare conference in Cincinnati, I first encountered the term moral injury in a startling and heartbreaking context. Two officials from the United ...

Speaking up at work —about a project, assignment, or task — is difficult. Speaking up about a morally charged issue? Well, there may not be a harder endeavor. As organizations continue to advocate for ...

Alone among animals, humans have access to an immediate, first-hand emotional perception of the “wrongness” of actions or agency of the self, experienced as a sense of guilt or shame. We are ...

I have spent my career studying moral decision-making. Through my own research and that of my colleagues, I have become acutely aware of how moral motivations and justifications warp our thinking in ...