Monthly Archives: November 2009
Ethics Dunces: Roland Mason and Phoebe Wilson
The moral of this story is that something can be whimsical, charming, funny, creative and effective, and still be wrong. Continue reading
Filed under Ethics Dunces, Government & Politics
Ethics Hero: Stacy Horton
In the ultimate ethical dilemma, ethics becomes irrelevant. Continue reading
Filed under Around the World, Daily Life, Ethics Heroes, Literature
Trusting Google
Google bears watching. If it is not going to adhere to its own Ethics Code, if it cannot be depended upon not to skew its search results according to political preferences and biases, then it cannot be trusted. Continue reading
Filed under Business & Commercial, The Internet
Justice for the Serenity Prayer’s Author
Few combinations of twenty-six words have altered more lives for the better than the Serenity Prayer.Thanks to an academic controversy, the author of the prayer may finally get the credit he deserved all along. Continue reading
Filed under Ethics Quotes, Popular Culture, Religion and Philosophy, U.S. Society
The Airline, the Columnist, and “Go Plane Go!”
It is rare that an ethics issue breaks down neatly into two well-defined camps, but that is the what has happened regarding an October episode in which Southwest airline flight attendants kicked a mother and her unusually loud two-year old off a flight. Continue reading
Filed under Business & Commercial, Daily Life, U.S. Society
A New and Ethical Website: The Give Blog
Illinois Law Professor Suja Thomas and her husband Scott Bahr have created an ethical website, a site called The Give Blog: Conscious Living and Giving. Continue reading
Filed under Education, Public Service, Philanthropy, Charity, The Internet
“Scroogenomics”: Clueless About Holiday Ethics
“Scroogenomics” argues that holiday gift-giving makes no economic or social sense, and is a net drag on everyone. Author and economist Waldfogel is hopelessly confused about the social and ethical value of gift-giving, which has little to do with the ratio of “the yield of satisfaction per dollar spent.” Continue reading
