The Noble Edge: Reclaiming an Ethical World One Choice at a Time

by Christopher Gilbert PhD

Overview

Being trusted is the foundation of our greatest personal freedoms.

In a time of deepening divisions and “alternative facts”, trust and authenticity grow more precious by the hour. More and more people find themselves driven to overcome the personal, professional and social pressures for ignoring what is right in favor of what passes for ‘success.’ They want:

• Truth in their decisions
• Authenticity in their relationships, and
• Solid ground for making tough, ethical choices in business and life

Winner of the Paris Book Festival Award, NABE Pinnacle Book Achievement Award, International Impact Book Award, Literary Titan Book Award, Firebird Book Awards in three categories, NYC Big Book Award, Canadian Book Club Award and Hollywood Book Festival Runner-up for Best Business. The Noble Edge: Reclaiming an Ethical World One Choice at a Time provides these answers as Dr. Christopher Gilbert invites readers into an inspirational conversation spiced with personal stories, humorous anecdotes and invaluable guidance about making consistently good choices. Based on three research-proven steps and nine principles for leading an ethically driven life, The Noble Edge brings a fresh approach to personal growth and inspires real change to empower a brighter future.

As useful in the board room as the family room, this easy-to-follow book contains insightful stories and a powerful model that sharpens the ethical lens and empowers readers to examine their own standards and values by applying transformational concepts to their life. Most importantly, readers will finish The Noble Edge encouraged that they have the power and capacities— individually and collectively— to achieve moral progress and bring better ethics into their organizations, families, communities and the world.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781631954054
Publisher:	Morgan James Publishing
Publication date:	08/10/2021
Pages:	254
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.58(d)

About the Author

Dr. Christopher Gilbert, author of the best-selling book There’s No Right Way to Do the Wrong Thing, is a senior international ethics consultant and popular keynote speaker. As co-founder of NobleEdge Consulting (www.nobleedgeconsulting.com), he has worked with Fortune 500, government, and non-profit organizations, including the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, traveling the globe to spearhead trust building and business sustainability programs. Christopher has been a contributing author to CNBC, Fox News, Entrepreneur, Quartz, Hitched, Yahoo Finance, Retail Dive, Young Upstarts, and Successful Business News. He has also been a featured guest on worldwide Podcasts and nationally syndicated radio shows. As a motivational speaker and author, Christopher is known for his informative humor, authenticity, and personalized inspiration. He holds a Ph.D. specializing in leadership ethics. He and his family are blessed to live and sail on the beautiful estuarine waters of the Salish Sea outside Seattle, Washington.

Editorial Reviews

07/19/2021

In this engaging work, speaker and ethics consultant Gilbert (There’s No Right Way to Do the Wrong Thing) takes readers on a digestible journey through morality, law, and ethics. Gilbert highlights the pitfalls of relying on ethical “isms”—subjectivism, relativism, consequentialism, virtuism, and universalism—illustrating his points through dilemmas faced by an imaginary choice maker and stories about his own business challenges. Ultimately, he guides readers to climb the ladder to “Moral Progressivism,” an ethical framework which widens the circle of concern to everyone “through lenses of ever-increasing empathy, love and compassion.” Unfortunately, Gilbert leans too glibly into unexamined assumptions that everyone knows certain actions, such as stealing and cheating, are universally wrong. Though Gilbert briefly mentions challenging topics like abortion, stem-cell research, and same-sex marriage, he gives little guidance on how to address these potentially ethical dilemmas. In the end, Gilbert believes moral standards—centered on mutual trust—are universal, that humanity is on a path toward moral progress, and society can create a world “that treat everyone with equity and justice at all times.” Those concerned with the ethical weight of choices small and large will find much to ponder here. (Aug.)

Publishers Weekly

"Wow! I couldn’t put it down! The book is brilliant, inspiring, filled with humor that informs and amazing personal stories. If I were still Dean of the USC Law School, I would assign it to every law student. This book has given me some GREAT material for my monthly firesides that will be duly attributed and acknowledged.”
- The Honorable Dorothy Nelson, Past Dean, Universityof Southern California Law School, Retired Chair of the United States Baha'i National Spiritual Assembly

"The Noble Edge is fast paced, easy to read and covers a lot of ground. I have not seen a distinction between morals and ethics as well delineated as in this work. It’s a great primer for corporate and individual social responsibility.”
- Mike Philips, Board Chairperson, Alaira Capital Partners, London, Past Chairman and CEO Russel Investments

“Dr. Gilbert has written an engaging and insightful book that is both grounded in theory and immensely practical. It culminates in nine steps that support each of us in reaching the ethical high ground, and along the way we are treated to stories and examples that bring the material to life. Rarely does a book bring together so many important ideas and empower us to make better moral choices. Gilbert’s work is an enjoyable, meaningful, accessible book for everyone.”
- Dr. Jill Purdy, Executive Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs, Universityof Washington

“In this very readable and practical approach to ethics, Chris Gilbert brings his years of experience, his substantial knowledge and research and his quick wit. Chris has made the topic approachable and straight forward.”
- Joe Lawless, Executive Director, Universityof Washington, Milgard Center for Leadership and Social Responsibility

"In this engaging work, speaker and ethics consultant Gilbert (There’s No Right Way to Do the Wrong Thing) takes readers on a digestible journey through morality, law, and ethics."

-Publishers Weekly

"The Noble Edge is a remarkably inspirational self-help book that will provide readers with the tools they need to make better choices in their lives. I recommend the chapters on the wisdom of ethics, truth of ethics, subjectivism, relativism and transformation. Christopher Gilbert, PhD, writes as if he is having a one-on-one conversation with his readers."

- Literary Titan, 5-Stars

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