Monthly Archives: February 2010

February 22, 2010

Glenn Beck vs. Teddy Roosevelt? No Contest!

Glenn Beck owed Teddy Roosevelt a little respect. Continue reading →

Filed under Arts & Entertainment, Business & Commercial, Citizenship, Education, Government & Politics, History, Leadership, U.S. Society

Tagged as "Plan Nine From Outer Space", "Tea Party" movement, American labor movement, Aristotle, Benjamin Franklin, Charles Lindbergh, child labor laws, Conservative Political Action Conference, Ed Wood, ethics, fairness, Glenn Beck, honesty, humility, Jim Crow, John Ford, Mozart, New Nationalism Speech, perspective, President Theodore Roosevelt, respect, Robert E. Lee, socialism, Thomas Edison, Thomas Jefferson

February 21, 2010

Ethics Quote of the Week

A Time book review echoes a familiar and ethically objectionable sentiment. Continue reading →

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Filed under Ethics Dunces, Ethics Quotes, Government & Politics, History, Journalism & Media, Law & Law Enforcement, Leadership

Tagged as "The Death of American Virtue", dishonesty, impeachment, Kenneth Starr, Monica Lewinsky, New York Times, Paula Jones, President Bill Clinton, Richard Berke, U.S. Presidency, Whitewater

February 21, 2010

Randy Cohen Watch: “The Ethicist” vs. Integrity, Accountability, and the Law

“The Ethicist,” Randy Cohen, has problems with honesty, a prejudice against law enforcement, and cluelessness on matters of legal ethics and the exercise of legal rights. This week, a reader managed to ask a question that involved all of them. Continue reading →

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Filed under Citizenship, Family, Journalism & Media, Law & Law Enforcement, Professions, Religion and Philosophy, U.S. Society

Tagged as "The Ethicist", accountability, confessions, ethics, honesty, integrity, law enforcement, legal ethics, misuse of the justice system, Randy Cohen, respect for the law

February 20, 2010

Ethics Hero Emeritus: Robert M. McElwaine, 1925-2010

If not the last gentleman, Robert McElwaine was one of a very few. Continue reading →

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Filed under Arts & Entertainment, Ethics Heroes, Etiquette and manners, U.S. Society

Tagged as betrayal, Cecil B. DeMille, confidentiality, Cuban Missile Crisis, Danny Kaye, discretion, gentility, Hollywood, infidelity, loyalty, Manali Oak, President John Fitzgerald Kennedy, Robert McElwaine, Sylvia Fine, tell-all books, trust

February 20, 2010

Why Mitt Romney is Not Going to Be President

Mitt Romney’s story of his airplane “assault” doesn’t pass the smell test, and neither does Mitt. Continue reading →

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Filed under Ethics Scoreboard classics, Government & Politics, Popular Culture

Tagged as airplane conduct, ethics, fairness, integrity, Mitt Romney, respect, Skyler Gordy

February 19, 2010

Tiger Woods’ Mother in the Ethics Rough

Tiger Woods’ mother goes into the ethics rough to defend her son. Continue reading →

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Filed under Business & Commercial, Ethics Quotes, Family, Journalism & Media, Leadership, Popular Culture, Sports, U.S. Society

Tagged as "Star Trek", "Star Wars", Adolf Hitler, adultery, ethics, God, golf, honesty, John Edwards, Katilda Woods, law, Manny Ramirez, Marion Barry, mothers, rationalizations, Ted Bundy, Tiger Woods

February 19, 2010

An Unethical Ethics Conference

More evidence that the ethics business is becoming unethical. Continue reading →

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Filed under Business & Commercial, Education, Law & Law Enforcement, Professions, U.S. Society

Tagged as commerce, ethicists, ethics, fairness, greed, Monroe Freedman, responsibility, Stanford Law School

February 18, 2010

The Citizens United Opinion and the Post’s Unethical Poll

Is the Washington Post story on the Citizens United v. FEC Supreme Court opinion and the public’s reaction to it dishonest, sinister, or just incompetent? Continue reading →

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Filed under Business & Commercial, Citizenship, Government & Politics, Journalism & Media, Law & Law Enforcement, U.S. Society

Tagged as book banning, Brown v. Board of Education, censorship, Citizens United v. FEC, civic responsibility, constitutional law, corporate spending, deciet, Democracy 21, dishonesty, election laws, ethics, First Amendment, Fred Wertheimer, ignorance, incompetence, misrepresentation, polls, Roe v. Wade, United States Supreme Court, Washington Post