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Stockdale Center for Ethical Leadership

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Mission

The Center’s mission is to empower leaders to make courageous ethical decisions. The Center’s priority audience is at the Naval Academy, yet the Center has a broader vision to be a “beacon to the nation,” exporting lessons from the Academy to influential leaders.

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16-17 April 2026

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Embracing the Future: Overcoming Path Dependence and Risk Aversion in AI Adoption
Over the past several years, the United States Naval Academy has served as a micro-laboratory for the integration of Artificial Intelligence (AI). Initially, the conversation was confined to...
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Forged in Tradition: The Chief’s Season and the Making of Enlisted Leaders
The Season of Becoming Every year, the Chief’s Season reminds me why the Navy’s backbone isn’t built in classrooms or through instruction manuals —...
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Leveraging Coaching to Support Midshipmen: A Research Review
Midshipmen at the U.S. Naval Academy undergo a critical period of growth and change marked by academic challenges, significant personal development, intense physical training, and the promotion of...
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Like Spartans
Shall we be Athens or Sparta? As long as there have been service academies, this comparison has been trotted out in debates over their proper form and function. For just as long, it has been a...
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The USNA Coaching Community
The practice of coaching has long been valued at the U.S. Naval Academy. Coaching can be found in places like the Stockdale Center for Ethical Leadership and the Center for Teaching and Learning...
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