UE Library:
Commitments

Originally published in the Unashamedly Ethical newsletter, June 2025. "I strive to commit to collaborate with my peers to impact our community and nation." The first nine commitments are, in large...

Originally published in the Unashamedly Ethical newsletter, April 2025. "I strive to commit to remember the poor by investing generously and sacrificially in the broader community." There are two...

Originally published in the Unashamedly Ethical newsletter, March 2025. "I strive to commit to submit myself to just and ethical governing authorities." Of all ten commitments, this is the one...

Originally published in the Unashamedly Ethical newsletter, February 2025. "I strive to commit to do my work wholeheartedly." We do not usually think of half-hearted work as an ethical problem. It...

Originally published in the Unashamedly Ethical newsletter, January 2025. "I strive to commit to be a peacemaker." There is a difference between keeping the peace and making it. Keeping the peace...

Originally published in the Unashamedly Ethical newsletter, December 2024. "I strive to commit to be diligent without being harsh and striving to be just and fair." Most of us have worked for...

Originally published in the Unashamedly Ethical newsletter, November 2024. "I strive to commit to refuse to elicit, accept or pay any bribes and to encourage others to do the same." Most bribes do...

Originally published in the Unashamedly Ethical newsletter, October 2024 (and again in November 2024). "I strive to commit to do nothing out of selfish ambition or conceit, but to look out for the...

Originally published in the Unashamedly Ethical newsletter, September 2024. "I strive to commit to be faithful to my family relationships." It is possible to build an impressive public reputation...

Originally published in the Unashamedly Ethical newsletter, August 2024. "I strive to commit to be entirely truthful in all I say." The hardest word in our first commitment is not "truthful". It is...

Originally published in the Unashamedly Ethical newsletter, July 2024. Václav Havel, the playwright who became president of a country emerging from decades of authoritarian rule, once asked a...