Monthly Archives: November 2009
Landrieu’s Pay-off: Ethical and Playing by the Rules
Mary Landrieu’s deal not a bribe. This was politics in its purest form. And Senator Landrieu, far from deserving condemnation, should be praised for doing her job, and doing it well. Continue reading
Filed under Government & Politics, History, Journalism & Media, Popular Culture
“The Good Wife” and Bad Ethics
As lawyer dramas go, “The Good Wife” is fairly good about not distorting the legal ethics rules. It still slips up, however, as this week’s episode showed. Continue reading
The Ethics of Dithering
At some point, delays in leadership decision-making becomes an endorsement of procrastination and weakness, sending the wrong message to allies and enemies alike. In ethical terms, it raises issues of diligence, accountability, integrity, courage and, ultimately, competence. Continue reading
Filed under Government & Politics, History, Journalism & Media
Ethics Heroes: “Pharmed Out”
A group of 100 medical ethicists, physicians and others calling themselves Pharmed Out have written the head of the National Institutes of Health and requested that the NIH fund studies exaimining the effect financial and industrial conflicts of interest have on medical research. Continue reading
Dallas Forgotten and the Duty to Remember
November 22 is not like any other day in America, however. It is the date in 1963 that John Fitzgerald Kennedy, 46 years old and the 35th President of the United States of America, was assassinated on the streets of Dallas. We have a duty to remember. Continue reading
Ethics and the Great Climate Change E-mail Heist
Computer hackers invaded the server at the influential Climatic Research Unit at The University of East Anglia, in eastern England, and left with over a decade’s worth of correspondence between leading British and U.S. scientists, including 1,000 e-mails and 3,000 documents. The best outcome from the hacking and its revelations would be to force doctrinaire climate change advocates to moderate their certitude, cool their rhetoric, and give opposing views due respect. Continue reading
Spoiling “Precious”
Washington Post columnist Courtland Milloy hated the film “Precious,” so he decided to spoil it for everybody. Continue reading
Filed under Arts & Entertainment, Journalism & Media, Popular Culture
Ethics Hero: Hillary Clinton
Truth and Hillary Clinton have never been friends.But in a spare month for Ethics Heroes, the Secretary of State merits recognition. Continue reading
Filed under Ethics Heroes, Government & Politics
The Case of the Exaggerating Juror
A juror finds out the hard way that exaggerating is the same as lying. Continue reading
Filed under Law & Law Enforcement, Popular Culture
