Standing up for your ethical principles takes courage. Courage is the ability to face danger, difficulty, uncertainty, or pain without being overcome by fear. When you see something happening in the workplace that just doesn’t seem right do you have the courage to stand-up and do something? What are you afraid of? Retribution, disapproval, your image, damaged relationships, or simply the unknown? Courage is about setting aside your fear and taking action for the good of yourself or someone else..approaching the person with whom you have a problem. This is NOT easy. Most of us don’t naturally confront people. To most of us, the courage to actually go up and talk face-to-face takes a superhuman Kristopher Kime level of courage. Your voice trembles, stomach hurts, beads of sweat roll down your face. It certainly FEELS like a life or death struggle. But remember, courage is about facing difficulty without being overcome by fear. Mark S. Putnam
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The quote "... the courage to stand up for your ethical principles takes courage. Courage is the ability to face danger, difficulty, uncertainty, or pain without being overcome by fear" is a central theme in this article. Without courage, we cannot stand for what we believe in.

We can't stand up for our convictions and risk losing our jobs. In fact, the greatest danger in the workplace is not being challenged to stand up for what we believe in. If we were to simply follow the crowd and do what everyone else does, we wouldn't have the opportunity to grow, learn and grow even more.

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