Category Archives: Etiquette and manners

“Pay-What-You-Can” Ethics

How much should we pay to go to the theater? Continue reading

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Let’s Be Clear: Kansas House Speaker Mike O’Neal Is A Disgrace, And He Must Resign

Kansas House Speaker Mike O’Neill is a blight on the political landscape. Continue reading

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Yuri’s Tweets, Flawed Analogies and the School’s Defenders

More on Yuri Wright’s tweets and expulsion Continue reading

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Phony Smile Ethics

Those big, fake smiles. Continue reading

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Saluting the GOP’s Most Ethical Candidate, Distrusted For Doing the Right Thing

The candidate who ran on teh issue of trust was distrusted by Republicans for doing his patriotic duty. Continue reading

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Snafu Ethics

Is the word snafu uncivil? Continue reading

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Standards of Decency: Where Ethics Belongs, and Law Does Not

Dear Supreme Court: If ethics won’t keep society and entertainment decent, legislation isn’t the answer. Continue reading

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The Admirable Mr. Sondheim

His new book shows Stephen Sondheim as that rarity in show business, an ethical human being. Continue reading

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The Third Annual Ethics Alarms Awards: The Worst of Ethics 2011 (Part 2)

The second and final part of the Ethics Alarms 2011 Worsts. The Bests will be here soon! Continue reading

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Filed under U.S. Society, Arts & Entertainment, Popular Culture, Bioethics, Government & Politics, Journalism & Media, Education, Professions, Leadership, Etiquette and manners, Race, Gender and Sex, Character

Wisconsin Rep. Jim Sensenbrenner, Butt-Head

A rarity: an apology that does more damage than the original offense. Continue reading

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