Monthly Archives: January 2010
PETA Flunks the Duty of Respectability
Individuals and organizations who must be trusted for important messages to have credibility and the power to persuade must hold themselves to a special duty of respectability.
PETA has yet to grasp this important ethical principle. Continue reading
State of the Union Ethics Alarms
Over all, both President Obama and Justice Alito came close to crossing ethical lines during the State of the Union address, but stopped short. Ironically, one near-ethics breach may have cured the other. Continue reading
James Cameron, Poul Anderson, and Posterity’s Loss
Generosity and fairness are two ethical values that can have surprising and wide-ranging consequences. It appears that James Cameron, as talented as he is, doesn’t appreciate them, and that’s bad for us, Pual Anderson, and posterity. Continue reading
Ethics, Irony, and James O’Keefe
Unethical people tend to do unethical things until they don’t get away with them. Continue reading
Agent Scott Boras’s Conflicts Surface Again
I believe player agent Scott Boras has serious conflicts of interest as both anagent and as a lawyer.Maybe my small cry in the wilderness is beginning to have some effect. Continue reading
Filed under Business & Commercial, Law & Law Enforcement, Sports
Super Sunday Ethics: Tim Tebow’s Pro-Life Superbowl Ad
N.F.L. quarterback Tim Tebow is in the middle of a fierce culture wars controvesy because he agreed to let his life story be the centerpiece of a Super Bowl ad created by Focus on the Family, the evangelical group founded … Continue reading
Filed under Uncategorized
Ethics and Valleywag’s Apple Tablet Scavenger Hunt
If the media can publish such leaks, can it also induce them directly with cash? Continue reading
Solving the Spouse Conflict Problem
If the rules don’t condemn cozy arrangements like in Dallas and Missouri, the spouses should. When no rule prohibits doing something unethical, ethical professionals still know what to do. Continue reading
Filed under Business & Commercial, Family, Law & Law Enforcement, Professions, U.S. Society
Ethics Conundrum: Poll Finds Fox News Most Trusted!
A new poll released today says that Fox News is the most trusted television news network in the country. What?? Fox? Continue reading
Filed under Government & Politics, Journalism & Media, U.S. Society
Easy Call: Prof. Yoo’s Secret Class
Protesters have a right to their opinions and the right to express them, but they don’t have the right to muffle Prof. John Yoo’s views just because they are sure he is wrong. Continue reading
