Tag Archives: employers

June 24, 2011

When Business Rejects Ethics: the Sorabella Story

Carl Sorabella needed his employer to be flexible so he could care for his wife, battling terminal cancer. He was fired. This should not happen in an ethical society. Continue reading →

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Filed under Business & Commercial, Family, Health and Medicine, Love, Romance and Relationships, U.S. Society, Workplace

Tagged as business ethics, callousness, cancer, Carl Sorabella, class warfare, compassion, cruelty, employers, employment law, ethics, fairness, Kathy Sorabella, loyalty, Mary Butler, regulations, The Golden Rule

March 14, 2011

Ethics Quiz: Who Deserved To Be Fired—Beck or The Duck?

Our quiz for today: Who most deserved to be fired—Glenn Beck, Gilbert Gottfried (the voice of the Aflac duck), neither, or both? Continue reading →

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Filed under Around the World, Arts & Entertainment, Business & Commercial, Etiquette and manners, Humor and Satire, Popular Culture, Professions, Quizzes, The Internet

Tagged as Aflac, bad taste, caring, comedians, compassion, cruelty, employers, ethics, Fox news, Fred Phelps, Gilbert Gottfried, Glenn Beck, insurance, Japan, Japanese earthquake, jokes, responsibility, sick jokes, Twitter, Westboro Baptist Church

November 1, 2010

Ethics Double Dunces in Ohio: McDonald’s Owner Paul Siegfried and Rep. Jean Schmidt (R, OH.)

The great state of Ohio gave us two Ethics Dunces last week, both related to the upcoming election, both Republicans, both outrageous. Your call as to who was worse; it’s awfully close. Continue reading →

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Filed under Business & Commercial, Citizenship, Education, Ethics Dunces, Etiquette and manners, Gender and Sex, Government & Politics, Law & Law Enforcement, Leadership, The Internet, U.S. Society

Tagged as abortion, abuse of power, children, coercion, common sense, elementary school, employees, employers, intimidation, judgment, McDonald's, Ohio, Paul Siegfried, Rep. Jean Schmidt, Republicans, students, threats, voting rights