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When Systems Cause Harm: Understanding Moral Injury Beyond Burnout
For years, we have relied on the language of burnout to explain why people are struggling at work. Burnout suggests exhaustion. Overload. Too much pressure for too long. And while those things are real, they are often not the full story. Increasingly, people are not unravelling because they are tired.They are unravelling because they are being asked to act against what they know to be right. This is moral injury. Moral injury occurs when individuals are placed in roles or
Dec 23, 2025
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