Category Archives: Unethical Websites
Story Update: the Fake Law Firm’s Purpose Revealed
Now we know what fake law firm Cromwell & Goodwin is up to, and it isn’t good. Continue reading
Ethics Quiz: Is Beautifulpeople.com An Unethical Website?
Your ethics quiz today involves the dating site beautifulpeople.com, which is in the news for culling 30,000 applicants from its rolls because they were just too darn ugly. Continue reading
Phony Online Lesbian Ethics
When the media and internet were buzzing about the shocking discovery that the celebrated blogger “A Gay Girl in Damascus” was really “A Straight American Man in Scotland” who had fooled all his readers and followers through the lie-machine called the Internet, one of those who expressed shock and criticism of the hoax was Paula Brooks, the deaf lesbian editor of the popular lesbian news blog, “Lez Get Real.” When a man who said he was Brooks’ father told Washington Post reporters who called to interview the blogger that they could only speak to her through him because of her hearing disability, the reporters did some checking. Son of a gun: Paula’s “father” was really Paula, who was really Bill Graber, a straight, married, former construction worker. Continue reading
Dan Savage’s Curse on Rick Santorum: Funny! But Wrong.
When powerful people use their power irresponsibly, as Santorum has done in his anti-gay efforts, those whom they offend and injure tend to care less about fairness than they do about getting even. That’s what Dan Savage’s website is all about, and it’s natural that we be sympathetic, admiring, and amused, because what he did was understandable, ingenious, and funny. Continue reading
Unethical Website of the Month: Cromwell and Goodwin
Cromwell and Goodwin’s website is a genuine mystery. Nobody knows why it exists, or who created it. It appears to be the website of a law firm, if a somewhat language-challenged one. The problem: the law firm doesn’t exist. Continue reading
The Incredible Self-Disproving Rationalization!
Any job seeker who uses The Reference Store is necessarily demonstrating why he or she shouldn’t be hired. Continue reading
Now THIS is a Euphemism…
Here is a euphemism, and a deadly one…perfect for your office! Continue reading
Unethical Website of the Month: “University of Redwood”—Or Perhaps We’re Doomed
Either someone is stealing Reed College’s identity, or parallel universes are collapsing into each other, and we’re all doomed…like on “Fringe.” Continue reading
