LEADING WITH HONOR

HONOR CODE
This Honor Code was created to inspire leaders seeking to live
with character, courage, and commitment. These behaviors are the
foundational principles for living and leading with honor.

1
Tell the truth, even
when it’s difficult.
Avoid duplicity and deceitful behavior.

2 3
Treat others Keep your word
with dignity and your
and respect. commitments.
Take the lead, and communicate Ask for relief sooner than later if necessary.
value to others.

5
4 Act responsibly;
Be ethical. do your duty,
Operate within the laws of the land, the
guidelines of your profession, and the and be accountable.
policies of your employer.
Own your mistakes, and work to do
better in the future.

6 7
Be courageous. Live your values.
Lean into the pain of your fears to do Be faithful to your spiritual core, your
what you know is right, even w
 hen it feels conscience, and your deepest intuitions.
unnatural or uncomfortable.

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Tell the truth,

1
Live your
7
even when it’s
difficult.
Avoid duplicity and
deceitful behavior. Treat others
2
values. with dignity
Be faithful to your spiritual core, and respect.
your conscience, and your
Take the lead, and show
deepest intuitions.
value to others.
The Honor Code
by Lee Ellis

6 7 CORE 3
Be courageous. BEHAVIORS Keep your
for Honorable Leadership
Lean into the pain of your word and your
fears to do what you know
is right even when it feels LeadingWithHonor.com/Code commitments.
unnatural or Ask for relief sooner than
uncomfortable. later if necessary.

Act responsibly;
5 4
Be ethical.
do your duty, and Operate within the laws
be accountable. of the land, the guidelines
Own your mistakes, and work of your profession, and the
to do better in the future. policies of your employer.

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Reprint and distribution of this Honor Code is permitted and encouraged.
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Character is about integrity, Courage is essential to everything Commitment is about consistently
truthfulness, keeping your promises, that leaders do. Without it, fear and fulfilling your responsibilities,
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while avoiding deceit and duplicity. consistently engage challenges. agreements.

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