Monthly Archives: November 2010
Unethical Quote of the Month: Bristol Palin
She had a chance to go out with dignity and grace. Continue reading
Kelli Space’s Cyber-Begging? Not Unethical, Just Desperate
There’s nothing wrong with asking for help. Continue reading
Unethical Website: Hillbuzz
Yup…HillBuzz is stuffing ballots to get the worst dancer elected as a way to combat Democratic voter fraud. Continue reading
My Favorite Lawyer Discipline Story of the Year
The Illinois Administrator has filed a complaint alleging that an attorney falsely certified that he had completed online Continuing Legal Education ( CLE) courses when he actually had his secretary watch the seminars and respond to the periodic prompts required that are supposed to prove that the lawyer is paying attention. I love it. Continue reading
Leslie Johnson, the Implications of Guilt and the “Innocent Until Proven Guilty” Confusion.
There is a difference between being fair and being stupid. The press has an obligation to make that distinction clear, if only to protect us from the Leslie Johnsons of the world. Continue reading
The University of Central Florida Cheating Scandal Irony: the YouTube Ethics Hero Is Really the Ethics Dunce
I don’t think Richard Quinn’s outraged lecture showed courage; I think it showed some nerve. He took a short cut, and didn’t do the original work his job required. He carelessly used questions he should have known could be found and accessed in advance of the test. He misinformed his students about what questions would be used. The he threatened his students with serious consequences for not confessing an ethical breach that would have been impossible if he had been ethical! Continue reading
The Ethics of Outing the Movie Star
My least favorite website, the ethically challenged Gawker, became the latest media source to publish rapidly spreading tales of the gay sexual escapades of a well-known Hollywood leading man who is also married, has children, attracts a great deal of … Continue reading
