Tag Archives: disclaimers
Why Would Anyone Trust A Company That Tricks Them Into Opening Its Junk Mail?
The letter arrives in an envelope that works very hard to look like it will contain an official IRS document. The mailing stamp has an elaborate eagle and flag logo; a large 2011 is posted in the lower right-hand column. Also there: a statute number TITLE 18 SEC. 1702 US CODE. There is a window in the envelope, and the address that is visible appears on institutional pink paper.
Oh-oh. Continue reading
Filed under Business & Commercial
Unethical Quote of the Week: University of Wisconsin-Stout Chancellor Charles W. Sorensen
University of Wisconsin-Stout Chancellor Charles W. Sorensen ratifies the school’s police chief’s decision to remove two posters from a professor’s office door out of fear of a fictional character in one instance, and fear of the truth in another. Continue reading
Filed under Arts & Entertainment, Education, Ethics Quotes, Leadership, Popular Culture, Professions, U.S. Society
The Deceitful, Illogical, Unethical Disclaimer
My rules: any company or organization (that means you, PETA!) that uses a celebrity or another organization by name in its ads or promotional materials should be presumed to be untrustworthy, and any company or organization that employs a “pay no attention to the obvious implications of everything that you read, heard or saw before this” disclaimer is probably untrustworthy as well. Continue reading
Filed under Business & Commercial, Journalism & Media, Literature
Marcia Clark, Exploiting the Anthony Verdict for Her Own Sake
Marcia Clark apparently saw an opportunity in the Casey Anthony verdict to rehabilitate her tarnished reputation, and grabbed it. The result is “Worse Than O.J.!”, a new low in self-serving analysis. Continue reading
Unethical Lawsuit Files: The Golfer and the Diner
The tort system evolved to ensure that those injured by the recklessness, maliciousness or negligence of others can enlist the courts made juries to be made whole. It presumes, but, sadly, does not require, a measure of fairness, proportion, personal responsibility, forbearance, prudence, empathy, and common sense, as well as a lack of greed.
Two recent lawsuits, involving a golfer and a diner, illustrate how an otherwise good system can be used unethically. Continue reading
