Tag Archives: honors

March 30, 2012

The Principal Who Helped Gaby Rodriguez Fake Her Pregnancy Just Won “Principal of the Year.” The Frightening Thing Is, He Might Have Deserved It.

An honor for the principal who helped a student lie to just about everyone. Continue reading →

Filed under Character, Education, Gender and Sex, Journalism & Media, Professions, Research and Scholarship

Tagged as cheating, ethics, fake pregnancy, Gaby Rodriguez, Harris Meyer, honors, integrity, lies, school administrators, Trevor Greene, Washington

December 6, 2010

Ethics Lessons From the Helen Thomas Meltdown

A few lessons with ethical overtones can be gleaned from this latest development in the sad coda to Thomas’s long career Continue reading →

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Filed under Education, Government & Politics, Journalism & Media, Professions

Tagged as age bias, anti-Semitism, apologies, awards, bias, bigotry, Christine O'Donnell, conspiracy theories, ethics, First Amendment, gender bias, Hamas, Helen Thomas, Helen Thomas Spirit of Diversity Award, honesty, honors, incompetence, lies, racism, respect, signature significance, Wayne State University, Zionism

November 10, 2010

Dishonoring Honors: Tina Fey, Derek Jeter and the Death of Award Integrity

Giving awards to the undeserving harms the awards themselves and cripples their ability to create what they were designed to create–recognition and honor for future generations to admire, emulate, and aspire to. Continue reading →

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Filed under Arts & Entertainment, Journalism & Media, Literature, Popular Culture, Professions, Sports, U.S. Society

Tagged as Al Gore, awards, Barack Obama, baseball, bias, cognitive dissonance, comedy, Derek Jeter, fairness, fielding ability, Gold Glove Award, honors, integrity, Jimmy Carter, lifetime achievements, Mark Twain Prize, Michael Dukakis, Nobel Peace Prize, President George H.W. Bush, Sarah Palin, satire, Tina Fey

June 30, 2010

Law School and High School Credential Corruption

“When everyone is somebody, then no one’s anybody!” Continue reading →

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Filed under U.S. Society

Tagged as "everybody does it", "The Gondoliers", ABA Model Rule 8.4, competence, corruption, deception, employers, employment, fairness, fake credentials, Gilbert and Sullivan, grade inflation, high school, honesty, honors, integrity, law firms, law schools, New York Times, rationalizations, school administrators, valedictorians, W.S. Gilbert

Tag Archives: honors

The Principal Who Helped Gaby Rodriguez Fake Her Pregnancy Just Won “Principal of the Year.” The Frightening Thing Is, He Might Have Deserved It.

Ethics Lessons From the Helen Thomas Meltdown

Dishonoring Honors: Tina Fey, Derek Jeter and the Death of Award Integrity

Law School and High School Credential Corruption

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