Moral leadership

In 2006, I was blessed to meet Dr. Albert C. Pierce at the Eisenhower Building at the National Defense University, Washington D.C. I was so interested to see him since my great interest from that time is to find a better leadership model that can transform our Philippine Military Academy (PMA) cadets into moral leaders of character.

- SECRETARY CARLITO G. GALVEZ, JR.

My position then was the Director of Army Ground Warfare Center and at the same time, the Assistant Commandant of Cadets at Philippine Military Academy.

Dr. Albert C. Pierce served as the founding director of the Center for the Study of Professional Military Ethics at US Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland. Earlier, I visited this center in Annapolis and the current Dean then told me, "Please look for Dr. Albert Pierce at NDU. He can help you in your Leadership Development Modelling Research."

According to Dr. Pierce, his moral leadership theory is anchored in four abilities that organizations would develop in individuals:

Moral awareness: individuals need the ability to recognize the dimensions of what is morally right and morally wrong.

Moral reasoning: according to Pierce, once morals have been identified, people need to be able to think through the problem, project the consequences, and then decide what to do. "For him, ethics is not just about good vs evil but life is more complex than that."