Category Archives: Ethics Scoreboard classics
Flashback: “Ethics Test at McDonald’s”
The incident that inspired the essay still troubles me. I wish I could blame McDonald’s for the callousness that my 2006 experience and last week’s incident in Maryland exposed, but unfortunately, our problem relates to the Golden Rule, not the Golden Arches. Continue reading
Baseball Season Opener Special: The Little League Baseball Ethics Challenge
This is my favorite baseball ethics problem of all time. Continue reading
Filed under Ethics Scoreboard classics, Etiquette and manners, Leadership, Quizzes, Sports, U.S. Society
Ethics Lost in Dallas Lost and Found Policy
What does Dallas think it is, anyway, some kind of Texas feudal duchy? The city government has an inherent right to lost personal property? Where did that come from? Continue reading
Good-bye and Good Riddance to Bush’s Unethical “Conscience Clause”
Under a Bush Administration rule, hospitals and clinics faced a loss of federal funds if they failed to uphold so-called conscience clauses, which are ethically repugnant. Kudos, thanks and hosannas to President Obama for getting rid of the Federal variety; some states, regrettably, still have them, and some professors still think they are admirable. How wrong they are. Continue reading
Ethics Scoreboard Flashback: “Death on Everest”, a Real Life “What Would You Do?”
The discussion in the earlier post today regarding ABC’s revolting “What Would You Do?” convinced me that I should re-post this essay about a real-life “What Would You Do?”tragedy, which originally appeared on The Ethics Scoreboard in 2006. Entitled “Death on Everest,” It has been lightly edited to bring it up to date. Continue reading
Filed under Around the World, Daily Life, Ethics Heroes, Ethics Scoreboard classics, History, Leadership, Sports
BugMeNot is Not Welcome Here
Getting a fake screen name from a commenter who lists a BugMeNot address is not only a violation of posted rules, but also an insult: someone who does this is bugging me. Continue reading
Easy Call: Wikileaks Is Naive, Unethical, and Dangerous
If you see this guy, tackle him, sit on him, make a citizen’s arrest and wait for the Feds to arrive. At this point, that is about the best we can do. Continue reading
Be Thankful Tom DeLay Is Going To Jail
In the end, DeLay’s methods did not work. Though the contagion he helped spread is still with us in the leadership of both parties, a nice long jail sentence, which DeLay now faces, often has the effect of a good slap in the face. Tom DeLay is no longer a role model, but an example of what happens to unethical leaders. We should all be thankful for that. Continue reading
Bush’s Torture Admission, Absolutism, and America’s Survival
What Bush approved was not a temporary, reluctant, desperation measure when our existence was imperiled. It was, instead, a complete violation of America’s commitment to the value of human life and dignity that had no defined limits. Continue reading
