Giving Voice to Values – Africa
Build confidence and competence for values-driven leadership
The Giving Voice to Values (GVV) Africa program is an initiative under the Ethics and Leadership focal area of The Education Collaborative.
A team of higher education leaders and professionals collaborated to develop this program, designed to equip leaders and industry professionals with practical tools and strategies to navigate value conflicts in the workplace.
The Giving Voice to Values Africa course is designed for:
- Corporate leaders and managers
Values-driven leaders looking for a strategic approach to communicating their values and sustaining workplace cultures where employees feel comfortable speaking about values and bringing up issues of concern.
- Higher education leaders and professionals
Educators interested in equipping themselves, staff, faculty, and students, with the skills to support speaking and acting with integrity and sustaining university-wide cultures that encourage speaking about values and bringing up issues of concern.
- Organizational trainers
Ethics and leadership trainers seeking to gain skills for themselves and to train others to strategically and effectively speak up and act in values conflict situations; organizational trainers supporting culture change within large and small organizations.
- Independent learners
Professionals interested in learning how to speak and act effectively in values conflict situations in the workplace.
GVV Africa – Call for Stories and Experiences
The Education Collaborative is
calling for stories and experiences that present a values conflict from universities in The Education Collaborative network
ENGAGE with the GIVING VOICE TO VALUES-Africa project
To learn more about the program or to sign up for the course, click on the ‘Sign Up’ button below.
To request a Giving Voice to Values train-the-trainer session for your institution. Email gvvafricaadmin@ashesi.edu.gh.
Key Metrics and Impact
400+
Enrollments with over 50% completion rate
13
African-centred stories teaching skills in ethical action
4
institutions engaged
Project Team

Lead
Rebecca Awuah
Faculty, Ashesi University

Advisor
Dr. Mary Gentile
Creator of GVV, University of Virginia, Darden School of Business

Case Writing Lead
Martina Odonkor

Case Writer
Esther Laryea
Faculty, Ashesi University

Research Assistant
Eyram Bleboo
GVV Africa Administrator
Contact education.collaborative@ashesi.edu.gh to learn more.