Monthly Archives: June 2010

June 26, 2010

Ethics Audit: the Deep-Water Oil-Drilling Ban Saga

Who’s right and who’s wrong in the deep-water oil drilling ban controversy? Continue reading →

Filed under Business & Commercial, Government & Politics, Law & Law Enforcement, Religion and Philosophy, Science & Technology

Tagged as "the ends justify the means", absolutism, abuse of power, appearance of impropriety, arbitrariness, bias, BP, conflict of interest, deep-water drilling, deep-water oil drilling ban, environmentalists, ethical conflict, ethics, fairness, Gulf oil spill, harm, Judge Martin Feldman, judicial ethics, justice, Mark Levin, Obama Administration, prudence, reasonableness, responsibility, risk, safety, stakeholders, U.S. Department of the Interior, Utilitarianism

June 24, 2010

The Perfect Wedding Reception

Was the food writer allowing chefs to bribe him at his wedding reception? Continue reading →

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Filed under Arts & Entertainment, Business & Commercial, Journalism & Media, Professions, The Internet

Tagged as appearance of impropriety, bribery, catering, conflict of interest, ethics, extortion, fairness, food critic, honesty, integrity, Josh Ozersky, quid pro quo, Time.com, weddings

June 24, 2010

Ethics Dunce: Geraldo Rivera

Geraldo, not for the first time, has things exactly backwards. It wasn’t “terrible” for Rolling Stone to report the general’s words. It would have been terrible for it not to. Continue reading →

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Filed under Citizenship, Ethics Dunces, Government & Politics, History, Journalism & Media, Leadership, Professions, Sports, U.S. Society, War and the Military

Tagged as Afghanistan war, contempt, General Stanley McCrystal, Geraldo Rivera, John Rocker, journalistic ethics, loyalty, President Obama, respect, responsiblity, Rolling Stone, Sports Illustrated, trustworthiness, Uniform Code of Military Justice, Vice-President Biden

June 23, 2010

Ethics Challenge: the Fisherman and the Pole Vaulter

A fishing tournament and a track meet: both winners are disqualified due to technicalities. What’s the ethical difference? Continue reading →

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Filed under Sports, U.S. Society

Tagged as bias, Big Rock Blue Marlin Tournament, ethics challenge, fairness, fishing, justice, licensing, Mike Knowles, Monrovia High, National Federation of State High School Associations, North Carolina, P.J. Hernandez, Peter Wann, pole vaulting, rules, South Pasedena High, sportsmanship, technicalities, track and field

June 23, 2010

The sad truth is that Eliot Spitzer is getting his own CNN show not in spite of his misconduct, but because of it. Trust CNN to give us the news, when CNN promotes people whom we know cannot be trusted? Does that makes sense to you? It makes sense to CNN. Continue reading →

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Filed under Arts & Entertainment, Business & Commercial, Ethics Dunces, Government & Politics, Journalism & Media, Leadership, Popular Culture, U.S. Society

Tagged as adultery, CNN, Dick Morris, Eliot Spitzer, fame, Fox news, G. Gordon Liddy, honesty, hypocrisy, infamy, integrity, Kathleen Parker, New Gingrich, New York, Oliver North, prostitution, reliability, Sarah Palin, trust, trustworthiness, virtues, Wendy Williams

June 23, 2010

Easy Ethics Call: Gen. McCrystal Must Go

The fact that the President has been wrong not to fire others under his direct authority has no bearing on the removal of a disloyal in impudent general. Firing McCrystal (or allowing him to resign, which is just a genteel version of the same thing) is the right move, and a necessary move. Continue reading →

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Filed under Government & Politics, History, Leadership, Professions, War and the Military

Tagged as Afghanistan war, chain of command, ethics, Gen. Douglas MacArthur, General Stanley McCrystal, insubordination, judgment, loyalty, Obama Administration, President Harry Truman, President Obama, respect, responsibility, Rolling Stone

June 23, 2010

The Center for Science in the Public Interest=Self-Righteous Bullies of the Month

Toys don’t make kids fat, but lawsuits make corporations cowardly, and success makes those who want to control our lives bolder. We should encourage McDonald’s to fight for “Happy Meal” toys, and stand up for the few traditional joys of childhood left—you know, the kind that don’t involve software. Continue reading →

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Filed under Arts & Entertainment, Business & Commercial, Citizenship, Daily Life, Health and Medicine, Law & Law Enforcement, Popular Culture, U.S. Society

Tagged as "Happy Meals", "Shrek", abuse of power, autonomy, Baskin-Robbins, bullying, children, choice, ethics, fun, ice cream, litigation, marketing, McDonald's, nutrition, packaging, parenting, privacy, promotion, regulation, The Center for Science in the Public Interest, Topps

June 21, 2010

Nursing Strike Ethics and the Coolidge Principle

Calvin Coolidge didn’t say a lot, but in 1919, he said enough. Continue reading →

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Filed under Government & Politics, Health and Medicine, History, Law & Law Enforcement, Leadership, Professions, U.S. Society

Tagged as air traffic controllers, bargaining, Boston police strike of 1919, compassion, ethics, extortion, fairness, firefighters, justice, labor, Massachusetts, negotiation ethics, nursing ethics, police, President Calvin Coolidge, Ronald Reagan, strikes, threats

June 21, 2010

Some Ethics Catch-Up Due on Climate Change

The media and elected officials are behind in their ethical obligations regarding climate change. Continue reading →

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Filed under Around the World, Citizenship, Government & Politics, Journalism & Media, Leadership, Professions, Research and Scholarship, Science & Technology, U.S. Society

Tagged as Al Gore, apology, British Royal Society, climate change, Climategate, East Anglia University, ethics, global warming, H1N1 virus, Holocaust denial, honesty, integrity, Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, Iraq, Keith Olbermann, New York Times, Peter Foster, research ethics, scientific objectivity, Sen. John Kerry

June 20, 2010

What’s Wrong and Not Wrong About the BP CEO’s Yachting Weekend

Here is the score card on what’s right, or at least “not wrong” about Tony Heyward’s weekend off watching boat races, and what is worthy of legitimate criticism. Continue reading →

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Filed under Around the World, Business & Commercial, Government & Politics, Journalism & Media, Leadership, The Internet

Tagged as accountability, Anderson Cooper, blame, BP, ethics, Gulf oil spill, Leadership, public image, Rahm Emanuel, responsibility, Sen. Richard Shelby, stupidity, Tony Heyward, vacations

Monthly Archives: June 2010

Ethics Audit: the Deep-Water Oil-Drilling Ban Saga

The Perfect Wedding Reception

Ethics Dunce: Geraldo Rivera

Ethics Challenge: the Fisherman and the Pole Vaulter

Ethics Dunce: CNN

Easy Ethics Call: Gen. McCrystal Must Go

The Center for Science in the Public Interest=Self-Righteous Bullies of the Month

Nursing Strike Ethics and the Coolidge Principle

Some Ethics Catch-Up Due on Climate Change

What’s Wrong and Not Wrong About the BP CEO’s Yachting Weekend

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