Monthly Archives: March 2011

March 31, 2011

Ethics Quiz: The Re-cycled Sperm Trick

A woman uses oral sex to take a man’s semen and get pregnant with it. There ought to be a law! Continue reading →

Filed under Bioethics, Gender and Sex, Law & Law Enforcement, Love, Romance and Relationships, U.S. Society

Tagged as child support, Clinton, consent, dishonesty, emotional distress, fairness, fellacio, law and ethics, Monica Lewinsky scandal, punishment, sperm donation, tricks

March 31, 2011

The Giffords Fiasco, Continued: “Gaby Giffords For Senator”

The New York Times reports that Giffords’s aides, backers and supporters are seriously laying the groundwork for Giffords—who currently cannot speak, except in short sentences—to run for retiring Senator Jon Kyl’s seat 2012. And I thought keeping her in the House was outrageous…. Continue reading →

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Filed under Government & Politics, Health and Medicine, Leadership, Professions

Tagged as Arizona, brain injuries, compassion, Congress, cynicism, Democrats, disability, duty to resign, El Cid, elections, ethics, exploitation, irresponsibility, national priorities, recovery period for head injuries, Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, Republicans, responsibility, Se. Jon Kyl, synpathy, U.S. House of Representatives, vacancies in elected offices

March 31, 2011

The Teacher’s Pilgrimage

Sorry, Ms. Kahn…three weeks off in the middle of a school year is not a reasonable request. Continue reading →

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Filed under Around the World, Business & Commercial, Citizenship, Education, Government & Politics, Law & Law Enforcement, Professions, Religion and Philosophy, U.S. Society

Tagged as anti-Muslim bias, bad precedents, Berkeley School District, bias, Department of Justice, discrimination, ethics, fairness, Freedom of Religion, hajj, Islam, middel school, pilgrimage to Mecca, reasonableness, religious practices, responsibility, Safoorah Khan, school administrators, substitute teachers, teaching duties

March 30, 2011

Ethics Dunce: NBC

NBC’s failure to report the G.E. tax story is either grossly negligent or an outright cover-up. Either way, it is an ethical disgrace. Continue reading →

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Filed under Arts & Entertainment, Business & Commercial, Ethics Dunces, Government & Politics, Journalism & Media, Professions

Tagged as ABC, bias, CBS, Disney, fairness, General Electric, Jeffrey Immelt, journalistic ethics, journalistic objectivity, NBC, taxes, trustworthiness, Viacom

March 30, 2011

The Fireman, the Cheater, and Media Muddling

In two recent ethics stories, the media picked the wrong victims and the wrong villains. Surprised? Continue reading →

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Filed under Arts & Entertainment, Business & Commercial, Citizenship, Education, Journalism & Media, Popular Culture, Professions, U.S. Society

Tagged as 9/11, actors, advertising, Better Business Bureau, cheating, contract, duty to report, Essaywritingcompany.com, ethical analysis, ethics, exploitation, fairness, firefighters, friends, honesty, law firms, law suits, legal ethics, media, models, paper mills, plagiarism, Robert Keily, sloppy journalism, theft, Twin Towers

March 30, 2011

What Your Boss Shouldn’t Ask You To Do

Your boss says you have to play pinball 30 minutes a day. Do you? Continue reading →

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Filed under Arts & Entertainment, Business & Commercial, Public Service, Philanthropy, Charity, Workplace

Tagged as abuse of power, charity, coercion, consent, duty to refuse improper orders, employment, Enzo Pereda, ethics, Gary Stern, pinball, privacy, reasonable requests, respect, responsibility

March 30, 2011

The Strange and Telling Case of the Illiterate Novelist

A novelist takes offense at criticism of her prose as careless and ungrammatical, and is careless and ungrammatical in arguing her case. Hmmmmm. Continue reading →

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Filed under Arts & Entertainment, Business & Commercial, Education, Etiquette and manners, Journalism & Media, Literature, Popular Culture, Professions, The Internet, U.S. Society

Tagged as "The Greek Seaman", arrogance, authors, book reviews, Books and Pals, critics, ethics, grammar, illiteracy, Jacqueline Howett, laziness, professionalism, respect, reviewers, spelling, syntax, typos

March 29, 2011

The Ethics of Nailing Barry Bonds

Barry Bonds stands as a monument to the value of cheating and lying. His smug success at reaping all the benefits of illicit PED use—wealth, fame, and immortal records—with no significant negative consequences is a big, cultural green light to cheaters everywhere, at a time when cheating is a growing problem in American society. Continue reading →

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Filed under Arts & Entertainment, Government & Politics, Health and Medicine, Journalism & Media, Law & Law Enforcement, Popular Culture, Professions, Science & Technology, Sports, U.S. Society

Tagged as "innocent until proven guilty", accountability, Al Capone, all-time career home run record, Barry Bonds, Barry Bonds trial, baseball, cheating, ethics, fairness, federal prosecutors, Greg Anderson, justice, legal ethics, lying to a grand jury, obstruction of justice, performance-enhancing drugs, perjury, rationalizations, Sally Jenkins, steroids