Category Archives: Workplace

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

More on Yuri Wright’s tweets and expulsion Continue reading

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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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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

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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

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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

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