Category Archives: Workplace
Yuri’s Tweets, Flawed Analogies and the School’s Defenders
More on Yuri Wright’s tweets and expulsion Continue reading
Filed under Character, Education, Etiquette and manners, Religion and Philosophy, Sports, The Internet, Workplace
Romney, Firing, Leadership, and Ethics Bob’s Lament
Bob Stone says Mitt lacks heart. That’s not always a bad thing in a leader. Continue reading
Filed under Business & Commercial, Character, Government & Politics, Leadership, Workplace
Happy 2012! Your New Year’s Ethics Quiz: “Firing Super-Clerk”
Was Circle K fair to fire a clerk who foiled a hold-up? Continue reading
Filed under Business & Commercial, Character, Workplace
Ethics Quote of the Week: David Argenter, of the Illinois Supreme Court Commission on Professionalism
If a lawyer is stupid and unethical, even after he’s smartened up, he’s still unethical. Continue reading
Filed under Character, Ethics Quotes, Gender and Sex, Law & Law Enforcement, Professions, Workplace
The Emma Sullivan Affair: Not Just An Aberration
I believe 2011 is the year in which the teaching and school administration professions reached the tipping point where it is no longer rational to trust them. Does that mean that every single school, administrator and teacher is untrustworthy? No, of course not. What it means is that the education professional culture no longer rejects or even discourages incompetence, warped priorities and cowardice, so that parents and students cannot assume that problems or even regular duties will be handled fairly or well. Continue reading
Filed under Character, Education, Professions, Workplace
Penn State Primer: 15 Ethics Alarms on the Duty to Rescue and the Bystander Problem
For perspective on Penn State: here are 15 Ethics Alarms stories about rescues, non-rescues and bystanders, brave and apathetic. Continue reading
Comment of the Day: “Ethics Dunces: Penn State Students”
A terrific Comment of the Day from a former abused child, who argues that Joe Paterno deserves the benefit of the doubt. Continue reading
Mike McQueary and Me
I have more sympathy for Mike McQueary than Joe Paterno—because I was once in his position, and it isn’t easy. Continue reading
Ethics Exercise: Being Fair To Herman Cain Now
Americans are posed with a classic ethics challenge: how do they assess Sharon Bialek’s accusations while being fair to the accused, Herman Cain? Continue reading
Comment of the Day: “Mike McQueary and Me”
A well-reasoned and useful comment on Mike McQueary’s moment of truth, and the wannabe heroes condemning him. Continue reading →
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Filed under Citizenship, Comment of the Day, Daily Life, Education, Journalism & Media, Law & Law Enforcement, Research and Scholarship, U.S. Society, Workplace
Tagged as bystanders, courage, duty to rescue, groupthink, heroes, Mike McQueary, oblications, Penn State