Monthly Archives: March 2011

March 28, 2011

The Message or the Messenger: The Mysterious Foundation For A Better Life

What is the Foundation for a Better Life, and should we trust its message? Continue reading →

Filed under Business & Commercial, Citizenship, Education, Etiquette and manners, Family, Government & Politics, Journalism & Media, Love, Public Service, Philanthropy, Charity, Religion and Philosophy, Sports, U.S. Society

Tagged as basketball, cognitive dissonance, ethics, flawed messengers, Foundation for a Better Life, inspiration, Phil Anschutz, propaganda, self-reporting, sportsmanship, suspicion, the Washington Examiner, The Weekly Standard, values

March 28, 2011

Comment of the Day: “The Barefoot Contessa and the Compassion Bullies…”

Commenter Marlene Cohn has some well-reasoned insight on the issue of a celebrity’s obligation to comply with a sick child’s wishes. Continue reading →

2 Comments

Filed under Around the World, Arts & Entertainment, Comment of the Day, Etiquette and manners, Health and Medicine, Public Service, Philanthropy, Charity, The Internet, U.S. Society

Tagged as "Angels for Enzo", "Make a Wish" Foundation, anger, celebrities, charity, charity appeals, duties of celebrity, Enzo Pereda, ethics, fairness, Ina Garten, kindness, mothers, obligations of fame, PayPal, Sally Struthers, sick children, The Barefoot Contessa, The Food Channel, Utilitarianism, vengeance

March 28, 2011

Ethics Dunce: Prosecutor Kit Bramblett

Defendant, scofflaw and living legend Willie Nelson has fans in the Texas justice system. Diligent law enforcement officials, not so much. Continue reading →

13 Comments

Filed under Arts & Entertainment, Ethics Dunces, Government & Politics, Law & Law Enforcement, Popular Culture, Professions

Tagged as "Blue Eyes Crying in the Rain", "slap on the wrists", abuse of power, anti-drug laws, celebrity justice, Charlie Sheen, cruel and unusual punishment, cynicism, duty to enforce the law, Eliot Spitzer, ethics, integrity, judges, Kit Bramblett, leniency, Lindsay Lohan, marijuana, prosecutor ethics, respect, Texas, trust, Willie Nelson

March 27, 2011

The Barefoot Contessa and the Compassion Bullies: An Ethics Drama

“The Barefoot Contessa” is getting marinaded in the media, barbequed in the blogosphere, and parboiled by the public. The episode is tricky from an ethical perspective, because it involves emotionally charged elements like the disappointment of a sick child and his loving family, which make it difficult to evaluate the situation objectively. Continue reading →

64 Comments

Filed under Arts & Entertainment, Family, Health and Medicine, Love, Popular Culture, Professions, Public Service, Philanthropy, Charity, The Internet

Tagged as "Angels for Enzo", "Make a Wish" Foundation, anger, celebrities, charity, compassion bullies, duties of celebrity, Enzo Pereda, ethics, fairness, Ina Garten, kindness, mothers, obligations of fame, sick children, The Barefoot Contessa, The Food Channel, vengeance

March 27, 2011

Your Tax Dollars At Work: Last Night’s Quality Programming on PBS

How can otherwise intelligent and honest people continue to plead that the national budget should be squeezed one more milli-micron to broadcast junk like this? How can anyone watch such programming and argue straight-faced that PBS isn’t aimed at a narrow demographic? Continue reading →

13 Comments

Filed under Arts & Entertainment, Citizenship, Government & Politics, Humor and Satire, Popular Culture, Public Service, Philanthropy, Charity, U.S. Society

Tagged as "The Match Game", Brett Somers, commercial television, demographics, dishonesty, Dr. Joyce Brothers, ethics, PBS, public funding of PBS, responsibility, Rip Taylor, The Four Lads, the Seventies, Wink Martindale

March 27, 2011

Sunday Ethics Blast: An Overly-helpful Teacher, A Hands-on Youth Counselor, A Poverty Program Slacker and a Redeemed Ethicist

Here are some quick links and observations to get your ethical juices going this Sunday… Continue reading →

1 Comment

Filed under Education, Gender and Sex, Government & Politics, Journalism & Media, Law & Law Enforcement, Leadership, Professions, Public Service, Philanthropy, Charity, Religion and Philosophy, Romance and Relationships

Tagged as "The Ethicist", "waste, abuse of power, breach of duty, Brent Girouex, budget deficit, corruption of a minor, Counsel Bluffs, counseling, duty to report, explotation of a minor, fraud and abuse", greed, homosexuality cures, honesty, Iowa, Kentlake High School, Lawrence, laziness, lies, Massachusetts, oral sex, Philip F. Laverriere Sr., poverty programs, teachers, theft

March 27, 2011

Liz Taylor’s Ethical/Unethical Final Joke

Anyone who plans a joke for their own funeral generally has my respect and approval. This one, however, is ambiguous as well as funny. Continue reading →

2 Comments

Filed under Arts & Entertainment, Daily Life, Etiquette and manners, Humor and Satire

Tagged as arrogance, Elizabeth Taylor, fairness, funerals, jokes, respect, tardiness

March 26, 2011

Hey…Were the Gang Rapists of the 11-Year-Old Girl in Texas Abercrombie and Fitch Executives?

No, Abercrombie and Fitch execs weren’t among the monsters who raped that 11-year-old Texas girl,but
in the end, the executives may do more damage than the rapists. Continue reading →

11 Comments

Filed under Business & Commercial, Family, Gender and Sex, Popular Culture, U.S. Society

Tagged as Abercrombie and Fitch, body image, breast enhancement, child porn, corporate responsibility, culture, ethics, fashion, peer pressure, pre-teens, self-esteem, sexual predators, sexualization of children, Texas gang rape, Wal-Mart

March 26, 2011

Now THIS is a Euphemism…

Here is a euphemism, and a deadly one…perfect for your office! Continue reading →

1 Comment

Filed under Around the World, Business & Commercial, Law & Law Enforcement, Quizzes, Unethical Websites

Tagged as advertising, brass knuckles, brass knucles, deceit, ethics, euphemisms, false advertising, marketing, office supplies, paperweights, weapons

March 26, 2011

Exceptionalism and the United States of America’s Grand Ethical Dilemma

America has an obligation to stay strong, because if this country cannot be the world’s advocate and champion of freedom, no other nation will. But if America will not take a stand, one comprising actions, not words, at the moment when a whole region’s people are fighting oppression and despotism, can it still claim to be either? Continue reading →

6 Comments

Filed under Around the World, Citizenship, Government & Politics, History, Leadership, U.S. Society

Tagged as Adolf Hitler, African Americans, American ideals, American interests, Americn exceptionalism, Arab nations, Assad, Bahrain, Barack Obama, Bush Administration, Communism, democracy, Egypt, ethics, freedom, Gaddafi, Howard Zinn, humna rights, Iraq War, isoltationists, Libya, Middle East, mission, Noam Chomsky, President Abraham Lincoln, President Franklin D. Roosevelt, revolutions, sacrifice, selfishness, slavery, Syria, The Bill of Rights, the Civil War, The Cold War, The Declaration of Independence, The Gettysburg Address, The Marshall Plan, the U.S. Constitution, trust, trustworthiness, World War II, WWII

Monthly Archives: March 2011

The Message or the Messenger: The Mysterious Foundation For A Better Life

Comment of the Day: “The Barefoot Contessa and the Compassion Bullies…”

Ethics Dunce: Prosecutor Kit Bramblett

The Barefoot Contessa and the Compassion Bullies: An Ethics Drama

Your Tax Dollars At Work: Last Night’s Quality Programming on PBS

Sunday Ethics Blast: An Overly-helpful Teacher, A Hands-on Youth Counselor, A Poverty Program Slacker and a Redeemed Ethicist

Liz Taylor’s Ethical/Unethical Final Joke

Hey…Were the Gang Rapists of the 11-Year-Old Girl in Texas Abercrombie and Fitch Executives?

Now THIS is a Euphemism…

Exceptionalism and the United States of America’s Grand Ethical Dilemma

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