Tag Archives: dignity
The Ethics of Stopping the Condemned From Accepting Death
A lawyer can render advice and should; a lawyer can explain the legal consequences of a course of action. But substituting the attorney’s judgment for that of the client is taboo…except, all too often, in cases like this one, in which a death row inmate decides that letting justice take its course and accepting the state’s death decree is preferable to rotting in prison Continue reading
The Ethics of Sex in the Classroom
Northwestern University Professor John Michael Bailey decided to enrich his course on Human Sexuality by having a man use a dildo to bring a naked woman to orgasm as his students watched. Unethical, or just “ick”? Continue reading
Appearance of Impropriety I: Federal Judge in a Whites Only Club? Ethical, As Long As He Doesn’t Like The Policy. Wait…WHAT?
Is it an ethical violation for a Federal judge to belong to a whites-only country club? Do you have to ask? Continue reading
Ethics Quiz: The Home As Billboard—”Ick!” or Unethical?
The Ad firm Adzookie will make their monthly mortgage payments for people willing to turn their homes into billboards. According to the company’s CEO, it has received over 1,000 applications from people willing to have their houses turned into something like the eye-sore in the photo. Continue reading
Filed under Animals, Business & Commercial, Etiquette and manners, Family, Finance
Ethics Hero: Kirk Douglas
All of Kirk’s heroes and anti-heroes followed him on stage last night: Spartacus, Ned Land, Col. “Jiggs” Casey, Detective Jim McLeod, Vincent Van Gogh, Midge Kelly, Doc Holiday, Jim Deakins, Einar (my favorite, in “The Vikings”), and the rest, and they all took a last curtain call with the bravura actor who gave them life. Continue reading
The Main Ethics Lesson of the Congressman Lee Affair
What is the most significant ethics lesson of Rep. Chris Lee’s rapid fall from political grace? Continue reading
National Anthem Ethics
There was something seriously wrong with Christina Aguilara’s rendition of “The Star Spangled Banner” at the Super Bowl, but it wasn’t what you may think it was. Continue reading
Now THIS is Incivility!
Another in a continuing series. Continue reading
Filed under Etiquette and manners, Law & Law Enforcement, Professions
Comment of the Day: “Ethics Quiz: The Home as Billboard…”
Jeff Hibbert sets a record for pithy and concise with his comment on the Ethics Quiz about the company that will pay your mortgage if you’ll let them turn your home into a billboard. Continue reading →
6 Comments
Filed under Arts & Entertainment, Business & Commercial, Comment of the Day, Humor and Satire, U.S. Society
Tagged as "Ick factor", abs, abuse of financial power, advertising, Adzookie, billboards, de-humanization, dignity, exploitation, eyesores, fairness, geeks, humiliation, mortgages, Octomom, PETA