Tag Archives: “everybody does it”
Recipe Rationalizations
It takes a little courage and determination to be honest in accepting the fact that an individual you like, supported and trusted is in fact untrustworthy, but being able to muster the integrity to apply identical standards for wrongdoing and dishonesty to all and foe is basic ethics. Continue reading
Filed under Character, Education, Government & Politics, Journalism & Media, Leadership
Comment of the Day: “Ethical If We Want It To Be: NBA Flopping and Fooling the Ref”
The Comment of the Day explores the inconsistencies and contradictions in allowing basketball refs to be fooled. Continue reading
Filed under Sports
Credit Ethics: New Ethics Alarms Policy
In the wake of the Mary Frances Prevost Affair, new rules on Ethics Alarms. Continue reading
Ethics Quote of the Week: Earl Scruggs, Banjo-picker (1924-2012)
Bluegrass legend Earl Scruggs knew the difference between an ethics alarm and a false alarm. Continue reading
Filed under Arts & Entertainment, Character, Ethics Quotes
A Secret Service Betrayal
A Secret Service agent betrays the Clintons. What will happen to him? Oh, fame, profit. The usual. Continue reading
Filed under Character, Government & Politics, Journalism & Media, Professions
Actor Ethics: Welcome to Colombia!
A glimpse of what passes for ethics in the nearly ethics-free world of theater, Continue reading
Filed under Arts & Entertainment, Business & Commercial, Character, Daily Life, Professions
Ethics Dunce: Wall Street Journal Blogger James Taranto
James Taranto has found a way—he thinks—to make unethical GOP campaign tricks seem less objectionable. Compare them to the practices of New York Times columnists. Continue reading
Filed under Character, Ethics Dunces, Government & Politics, Journalism & Media, Leadership
Unethical Web Post of the Week: “Screw Civility” by Rick Robinson
Rick Richardson’s pro-incivility essay has apparently never heard of the Golden Rule, or if he has heard of it, he doesn’t comprehend it. In an environment in which there are no ethical limitations on how people express themselves to and about each other, there is nothing to prevent escalation into fighting words and violence. The Golden Rule, like all ethical principles, is based on logic and experience. What goes around comes around. We have to live in the environment we create. Continue reading
Ethics Hero Emeritus: Baltimore Orioles Pitching Great Mike Flanagan,1951-2011
Mike Flanagan was more than just a great pitcher and a great teammate. He had great integrity too. Continue reading
Filed under Arts & Entertainment, Ethics Heroes, Professions, Sports, U.S. Society, Workplace
