Tag Archives: performance-enhancing drugs

May 3, 2012

New Passengers on the Roger Clemens Ethics Train Wreck

The news media manufactures drama in the Roger Clemens trial where none exists…except in the minds of clueless reporters. Continue reading →

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Filed under Journalism & Media, Law & Law Enforcement, Sports

Tagged as Andy Pettite, Clemens perjury trial, confirmation bias, conflicts of interest, Craig Calcaterra, diligence, Ethics Train Wreck, journalistic ethics, legal ethics, Mitchell Report, performance-enhancing drugs, Roger Clemens, Rusty Hardin, Tamar Chalker

February 29, 2012

Ryan Braun, Steroids and Fairness

What is unfair to Steve Braun? It’s a complicated question, and maybe one without an answer. Continue reading →

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Filed under Arts & Entertainment, Character, Journalism & Media, Law & Law Enforcement, Professions, Sports

Tagged as baseball, Craig Calcaterra, Dino Laurenzi, drug testing, fairness, moral luck, performance-enhancing drugs, Ryan Braun, suspicion

May 27, 2011

No Excuses and No Mercy For Lance Armstrong

It is time to take down Lance Armstrong, without mercy, and treat him like any other cheat and fraud, indeed like what he is, one of the most outrageous cheats and frauds in out lifetime. If we don’t, our culture and our values will be worse for it. Continue reading →

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Filed under Around the World, Arts & Entertainment, Business & Commercial, Health and Medicine, Journalism & Media, Law & Law Enforcement, Professions, Sports, U.S. Society

Tagged as "everybody does it", "the ends justify the means", Barry Bonds, bicycle racing, blood doping, bribery, cancer research, charity, cheating, circumstantial evidence, corruption, cycling, denial, drug distributing, EPO, ethics, ethics corrupter, excuses, fraud, honesty, integrity, International Cycling Union, Lance Armstrong, Livestrong, Mike Wise, performance-enhancing drugs, rationalizations, Rep. Charles Rangel, Sports Illustrated, steroids, The Halo Effect, Tour de France, Tyler Hamilton, values

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

April 13, 2011

The Bonds Verdict: Fair Enough

Most objective observers knew what Barry Bonds was, but this verdict makes it official. Continue reading →

The Ethics of Nailing Barry Bonds

Barry Bonds stands as a monument to the value of cheating and lying. His smug success at reaping all the benefits of illicit PED use—wealth, fame, and immortal records—with no significant negative consequences is a big, cultural green light to cheaters everywhere, at a time when cheating is a growing problem in American society. Continue reading →

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Filed under Arts & Entertainment, Government & Politics, Health and Medicine, Journalism & Media, Law & Law Enforcement, Popular Culture, Professions, Science & Technology, Sports, U.S. Society

Tagged as "innocent until proven guilty", accountability, Al Capone, all-time career home run record, Barry Bonds, Barry Bonds trial, baseball, cheating, ethics, fairness, federal prosecutors, Greg Anderson, justice, legal ethics, lying to a grand jury, obstruction of justice, performance-enhancing drugs, perjury, rationalizations, Sally Jenkins, steroids

December 31, 2010

Hall of Fame Ethics: The Jeff Bagwell Dilemma

One baseball Hall of Fame controversy this year should be of interest to non-fans as well as fans, because it involves the proper application of the ethical principles of fairness and equity in an environment of doubt. It is the Jeff Bagwell dilemma. Continue reading →

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Filed under Journalism & Media, Professions, Religion and Philosophy, Sports, U.S. Society

Tagged as Barry Bonds, Baseball Writers Association of America, bigotry, character, cheating, equity, ethics, fairness, guilt by association, Jeff Bagwell, Mark McGwire, performance-enhancing drugs, rationalizations, Roger Clemens, Sammy Sosa, sportsmanship, steroids, the Major League Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown

September 30, 2010

Thomas Boswell’s Outrageous Ethical Breach

If Tom Boswell knew that a steroid-user was going to be voted into the Hall under the false assumption that he was not a cheat, he was obligated to let the public, his colleagues who voted the honor, and Major League Baseball know about it too. Continue reading →

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Filed under Arts & Entertainment, Business & Commercial, Health and Medicine, Journalism & Media, Law & Law Enforcement, Popular Culture, Sports, U.S. Society

Tagged as Barry Bonds, baseball, Cal Ripken, confidentiality, duty to warn, ethics, integrity, Jose Canseco, journalism, journalistic ethics, Ken Burns, Mark McGwire, performance-enhancing drugs, Ricky Henderson, Roger Clemens, Ryne Sandberg, Sammy Sosa, sportswriters, steroids, the Major League Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, Thomas Boswell, whistleblowers

September 11, 2010

Sheyla Hershey’s Mega-Breasts and the Ethics of Assisted Self-Destruction

Sheyla Hershey’s fate is a good rejoinder to those who say that anyone should be able to do whatever they want to themselves and their bodies no matter how foolish or dangerous. Continue reading →

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Filed under Around the World, Arts & Entertainment, Gender and Sex, Health and Medicine, Law & Law Enforcement, Popular Culture, Professions

Tagged as "first do no harm", "The Biking Vogels", accountability, beauty, Brazil, breast implants, ethics, gambling, illegal drugs, medical ethics, performance-enhancing drugs, plastic surgery, prostitution, responsibility, risk, Sheyla Hershey, stupidity, The Guinness Book of Records, victimless crimes

August 29, 2010

The Trouble With Auto-Tune

The British show that launched “American Idol,” X-Factor, admitted that it had used Auto-Tune, an audio processor that corrects a singer’s pitch and tone. An 18-year-old contestant named Gamu Nhengu sang just a little too well in the show’s seventh … Continue reading →

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Filed under Around the World, Arts & Entertainment, Bioethics, Business & Commercial, Popular Culture, Professions, Science & Technology, Sports, U.S. Society

Tagged as "Glee", acting, American Idol, artistic standards, Auto-Tune, beauty, cultural standards, ethics, fairness, integrity, karaoke, performance-enhancing drugs, reality shows, Simon Cowell, singing, steroids, talent, value, X-Factor

Tag Archives: performance-enhancing drugs

New Passengers on the Roger Clemens Ethics Train Wreck

Ryan Braun, Steroids and Fairness

No Excuses and No Mercy For Lance Armstrong

Ethics Dunce: Buzz Bissinger

The Bonds Verdict: Fair Enough

The Ethics of Nailing Barry Bonds

Hall of Fame Ethics: The Jeff Bagwell Dilemma

Thomas Boswell’s Outrageous Ethical Breach

Sheyla Hershey’s Mega-Breasts and the Ethics of Assisted Self-Destruction

The Trouble With Auto-Tune

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