Michael Josephson is a former law professor and attorney who founded the nonprofit Joseph and Edna Josephson Institute of Ethics located in Los Angeles, California

Los Angeles, California

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, out of which he operates as a speaker and lecturer on the subject of ethics. The institute is named after his parents.

Josephson's daily commentarry is carried on Armed Forces Radio

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, and was formerly carried on Los Angeles radio station KNX 1070. He is also the president of the national CHARACTER COUNTS! Coalition, a part of the Josephson Institute of Ethics.

A graduate of the University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA), Josphson was named its 2009 alumnus of the year. Josephson currently resides in southern California

California

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with wife Anne and his 5 children.

Works

Josephson has written various books on the subjects of character and ethics, including:

• Making Ethical Decisions (1995, updated edition, 2002)
• The Power of Character (co-editor, 1998)
• Parenting to Build Character in Your Teen (co author, 2001)
• You Don't Have To Be Sick To Get Better! (2001)
• The Best Is Yet To Come (2002)