International Center for Compassionate Organizations

The International Center for Compassionate Organizations is a nonprofit, public health, and public service organization working to foster the value and practice of compassion in organizations worldwide.

It promotes the value and practice of compassion in government, business, schools, colleges and universities, healthcare systems, the arts, service agencies and other organizations.

Watch: Compassion – An Introduction, five minutes and fifty-one seconds

Where to begin

Compassion Academy The online education unit of the International Center. Resources Education, publications, videos and assistance for organizations. Video library Films on compassion, in English, Greek and French.

Also on this site

The PAR Model for violence prevention and restoration. What compassion means, and what it is often confused with. About the International Center: approach, history, mission and values.