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Character is what surfaces when you think people aren’t looking.

When faced with a situation where they can influence an outcome, people show their true colors in one of three ways: by supporting, attacking, or ignoring. The stance they take has much to do with their their moral compass. Those who exist in Kohlberg’s highest stage of reasoning don’t behave toward others in a contingent fashion – in other words, they do the right thing whether or not their coworkers have capitulated. Turn the page…