Tag Archives: Japan

October 15, 2011

The Korean President’s Dinner: President Obama, I Owe You This One

Having joined reflexive Obama-bashers by assuming the worst based on an unjustified reading of a leaked diplomatic cable and subsequently criticizing the White House for something it did not do, allow me to continue my contrition and repentance by flagging another example of the same phenomenon. Continue reading →

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Filed under Around the World, Etiquette and manners, Government & Politics, History, Journalism & Media, Leadership, Research and Scholarship, The Internet

Tagged as contrition, diplomacy, gaffes, Instapundit, Japan, President Barack Obama, President Lee Myung Bak, South Korea, state dinners, The National Review, World War II

October 14, 2011

Comment of the Day: “Follow Up and Clarification On The Hiroshima Apology Cable: I Was Wrong, I Apologize…and More”

Rick Jones generously contributes his analysis to the botched Hiroshima apology story in this Comment of the Day. Continue reading →

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Filed under Around the World, Comment of the Day, Government & Politics, History, Journalism & Media, Leadership, The Internet, U.S. Society

Tagged as apologies, bias, diplomacy, Hiroshima, Japan, journalistic integrity, journalistic objectivity, media bias, President Barack Obama, reporters, Wikileaks, World War II

October 13, 2011

Follow Up and Clarification On The Hiroshima Apology Cable: I Was Wrong, I Apologize…and More

I was 100% wrong about the reported Hiroshima apology proposal. But there’s more…including a real Ethics Alarms apology. Continue reading →

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Filed under Around the World, Citizenship, Government & Politics, History, Journalism & Media, Leadership, U.S. Society, War and the Military

Tagged as apologies, bias, diplomacy, Hiroshima, Japan, President Barack Obama, Wikileaks, World War II

October 12, 2011

How Do I Write A Measured Ethical Analysis When I Am Shaking With Indignation and Rage?

File under: “I am glad my Dad isn’t alive, because this would have killed him” Continue reading →

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Filed under Around the World, Government & Politics, History, Leadership, U.S. Society, War and the Military

Tagged as accountability, apologies, atom bomb, Hiroshima, Japan, loyalty, President Barack Obama, President Harry Truman, respect, World War II

June 27, 2011

How the Lack of Ethics Cripples Democracy, Reason #2: Corporate Executive Greed

These privileged and powerful individuals’ lack of the basic ethics necessary to subordinate their greed to the needs of American society will inevitably force the law to move in aggressively, as it usually does when ethics fail. The resulting harsh regulations and legal restrictions will harm innovation, restrict growth and take a little, or a lot, more liberty out of American life, and the fault will be entirely on the executives who abused their position, failed their duties and destroyed trust in the capitalist system. Continue reading →

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Filed under Around the World, Business & Commercial, Citizenship, Finance, Government & Politics, Law & Law Enforcement, Leadership, Professions, U.S. Society, Workplace

Tagged as "keeping score", calitalism, CEO to worker compensation ratio, corporate governance, democracy, England, ethics, executive compensation, fairness, Germany, greed, Harvard, Japan, liberty, middle class, Prof. Jesse Fried, Prof. Lucian Bebchuk, Prof. Rakesh Khurana, regulation, salaries, Steve Pearlstein, stock options, Sweden, trust, U.S. Chamber of Commerce, unemployment

April 14, 2011

Ethics Dunce: Buzz Bissinger

Buzz Bissinger, a the member in good standing of the Daily Beast’s stable of annoyingly hypocritical, biased or appallingly cynical writers has authored an article that pronounces the Barry Bonds conviction “a travesty” in the title, and presents one ethics howler after another, any of one of which would have justified an Ethics Dunce prize. Continue reading →

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Filed under Citizenship, Ethics Dunces, Government & Politics, Health and Medicine, History, Journalism & Media, Law & Law Enforcement, Professions, Sports, U.S. Society, War and the Military, Workplace

Tagged as "innocent until proven guilty", accountability, all-time career home run record, atom bomb, Barry Bonds, Barry Bonds trial, baseball, Buzz Bissinger, cheating, ethics, fairness, federal prosecutors, Hiroshima, Japan, Jeff Novitsky, justice, legal ethics, lying to a grand jury, Mark McGwire, Monica Lewinsky scandal, obstruction of justice, performance-enhancing drugs, perjury, President Bill Clinton, rationalizations, Roger Clemens, selective prosecution, steroids, World War II

March 16, 2011

Ethics Heroes: The Fukushima 50, Reminding Us What Real Heroism Is

We all throw around the words “hero” and “heroism” too readily, and it cheapens the real thing, which is rare, and awe-inspiring. Teachers are heroes, cancer patients are heroes, mothers and dads are heroes, legislators who ignore polls are heroes, … Continue reading →

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Tagged as ethics, courage, heroes, sacrifice, honor, Japan, selflessness, Japanese earthquake, Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear plant, the Fukushima Fifty, langauge

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

February 19, 2011

Comment of the Day: “The Cabbie and the Jewelry”

Prodigal Commenter Penn re-entered the ethics fray with two anecdotes about ethics and Japanese culture in reaction to the Ethics Alarms quiz, “The Cabbie and the Jewelry.” This was the second COTD to be inspired by that story of the ethical—or pragmatic—cabbie who rescued $100,000 worth of jewelry left in his cab by a careless fare. Continue reading →

The Ethics of Commemorating Hiroshima

Is there anything wrong with the U.S. commemorating the 65th anniversary of the dropping of the Atom bomb in Japan? No. Continue reading →

Tag Archives: Japan

The Korean President’s Dinner: President Obama, I Owe You This One

Comment of the Day: “Follow Up and Clarification On The Hiroshima Apology Cable: I Was Wrong, I Apologize…and More”

Follow Up and Clarification On The Hiroshima Apology Cable: I Was Wrong, I Apologize…and More

How Do I Write A Measured Ethical Analysis When I Am Shaking With Indignation and Rage?

How the Lack of Ethics Cripples Democracy, Reason #2: Corporate Executive Greed

Ethics Dunce: Buzz Bissinger

Ethics Heroes: The Fukushima 50, Reminding Us What Real Heroism Is

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

Comment of the Day: “The Cabbie and the Jewelry”

The Ethics of Commemorating Hiroshima

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