Tag Archives: integrity

Ethics Dunces: Connecticut Lawmakers

No matter how you look at Connecticut’s capital punishment ban, it is either irresponsible, incompetent, lacks integrity, or all three. Continue reading

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NOW the New York Times Is Going To Be Fair And Objective?

I nearly entitled this “Jaw-Dropping Confession Of The Decade.” In his column today, Arthur Brisbane, The New York Times’ timid ombudsman (the Times calls him its “public editor”), writes a long post about widespread accusations that the Times has not … Continue reading

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Umpire Accountability, As The Day of the Robots Fast Approaches

Well, I suppose not hiring blind umpires would work, too. Continue reading

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Unethical Website of the Month: The Ethical Psychic Project

There appears to be nothing whatsoever ethical about the The Ethical Psychic Project, except that a bunch of people who decided they couldn’t make enough money selling phony deeds to imaginary uranium mines thought that the word “ethical” might suck in some marks. Continue reading

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The Donald’s Dangerous Ethics: Loyalty Trumps Honesty On “Celebrity Apprentice”

Last week’s episode of “The Celebrity Apprentice blundered into a substantive, if confusing, ethics lesson on the misuse of loyalty.. It was Donald Trump’s ethical priorities that were exposed, and as should surprise no one, they are as warped as Trump himself. Continue reading

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Ethics Hero: The American Bar Association

Kudos to the ABA for showing integrity and putting aside its own partisan leanings, which are often all too prominent, in the interest of protecting an independent judiciary. Continue reading

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Trayvon Ethics Train Wreck, Next Stop: Is George Zimmerman A Ham Sandwich?

If there is one principle that should never be breached in the justice system, it is that no citizen should be ever accused of a crime in response to intimidation, threats, popular opinion, because it is the path of least resistance or because elected or appointed officials lack the courage to follow the law, whatever the result. Continue reading

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What Do You Do When The Ethics Alarm Sounds Late? This…

The perfect apology. Continue reading

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2012 Election Coverage Preview: “Objective” Interviewing Technique, Mainstream Media Style

CNN’s Craol Costello gives us a taste of just how far the media will go to defend its favorite President. Continue reading

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Ethics Quote of the Week: Prof. Paul Horwitz

Trusted professionals shouldn’t misrepresent the truth, including the truth of what they believe. To do so causes unpredictable as well as predictable harm. Continue reading

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