Leadership & Ethics at The Citadel
The Citadel continues to mold individuals into leaders since 1842. The emphasis on character, selfless service, ethics and the discipline to face challenges and persevere molds our cadets at The Citadel. The Krause Center for Leadership and Ethics creates and advances leadership programs. It provides ethics education and community engagement to develop principled leaders. The teachings engrained on campus shape the cadets well past their graduation. Graduates of The Citadel succeed because they know what it takes to meet a challenge in any field. It takes patience and persistence, discipline and determination, teamwork and hard work.
Students at The Citadel will focus on themselves as leaders, reflect on past performance, examine personal strengths and weaknesses, develop new competencies, and strengthen their personal character, enhancing their ability to lead in a complex and dynamic environment.
“The leadership I have learned at The Citadel has made me really confident in nursing, in the Corps, and on the field.”
Kate Manzione ’21
The following qualities of leadership are the guiding principles for The Citadel in developing leaders to serve their families, their communities, their professions and their country.
Characteristics of Principled Leadership
- Lead with humility
- Embrace a true, authentic self
- Act and speak with courage
- Develop and value people and resources
- Empower and hold others accountable
- Respect others by building trust and learning from mistakes
- Serve others before self
Members of The Citadel family – including The Board of Visitors, administration, faculty and staff – have a commitment to excellence and ethics. Our Citadel family is dedicated to the principles of duty, honesty, loyalty, integrity and accountability. These tenets define The Citadel’s mission to prepare its graduates to be principled leaders in all walks of life. This is accomplished by instilling our core values in a disciplined academic environment.
