Category Archives: Workplace
Facebook’s Weird Ethical Standards
Facebook is using its power to mold our ethical standards. Oh-oh. Continue reading
“Forget Jobs, It’s You Passing Out In Public, Stupid!”
“So I pass out drunk in public…that doesn’t mean I’m not a wonderful mayor!” Continue reading
Punishment for Color Blindness: ESPN’s Unfair and Cowardly Suspension of Max Bretos
ESPN decided to make an innocent anchor the scapegoat to mollify race bullies. Continue reading
In The Catholic Institutions vs Obamacare Showdown, Law and Ethics Trump Morality…And Should
The battle over Obama’s rule that Catholic institutions must cover contraception in their health care plans is a spectacular collision of law, morality and ethics the likes of which we seldom see. Continue reading
Old Testament Treatment For The Miramonte Elementary School Culture
The best way to fix a rotten culture sometimes is to start from scractch. Continue reading
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
