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Ethics Chess Lesson: The Tale of the Kidney and the Ungrateful Boss

Several poor ethical choices by both parties resulted in a hopeless bind that was destined to cause unhappiness. Ethics involves thinking through the likely consequences of your actions. If you don’t think ahead and play ethics chess, you’re asking for trouble. Or to lose a kidney… Continue reading

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Senator Vitter Thinks Bribery and Extortion Are Ethical

If there’s no explicit rule against criminal conduct, Sen, Vitter thinks its fair and square. Continue reading

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TV Payola and the Shameless Alison Rhodes

Looks like consumer news, smells like payola. Continue reading

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Incompetent Elected Official of the Week: Maryland State Senator Ulysses Currie

The existence of a disgrace like Sen. Currie in the legislature calls for more than his removal. It demands an uprising by voters to demand competent and honest representation, and political parties devoted to offering it. Continue reading

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Ethics Bulletin To Camden, New Jersey: Money Isn’t The Solution To Everything

I wonder what Camden’s runner-up anti-truancy plan was, since the criteria had to be “dumbest, most counter productive anti-truancy plan on the face of the earth.” Continue reading

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No Excuses and No Mercy For Lance Armstrong

It is time to take down Lance Armstrong, without mercy, and treat him like any other cheat and fraud, indeed like what he is, one of the most outrageous cheats and frauds in out lifetime. If we don’t, our culture and our values will be worse for it. Continue reading

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Appearance of Impropriety II: “Here’s Approval For That Deal You Wanted…What? Sure I’d Like to Work for You! Wow, I Never Saw THAT Coming!”

Meredith Attwell Baker, a member of the Federal Communications Commission who voted to approve Comcast’s takeover of NBC Universal in January, is leaving to become senior vice president of government affairs for ….Comcast-owned NBC Universal. Hey, what are you so suspicious about? Continue reading

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The Bonds Verdict: Fair Enough

Most objective observers knew what Barry Bonds was, but this verdict makes it official. Continue reading

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Ethics Hero: New York Courts

Empire State has taken a very principled, very significant step that will place pressure on other states to emulate. Continue reading

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Ethics Dunce: The Ever So Tolerant Wisconsin Bar

Either the Wisconsin Bar isn’t doing its job, or it has an unjustified faith in unethical lawyers. Continue reading

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