Tag Archives: Roger Clemens

July 10, 2011

Ethics Hero: Derek Jeter

I believe in heroes, and I know how seldom there co-exist in the same athletic body the talent and determination to perform at a heroic level of play as well as the impeccable character that heroes must display. Derek Jeter is one of those rare individuals. Continue reading →

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Filed under Arts & Entertainment, Ethics Heroes, Public Service, Philanthropy, Charity, Sports, U.S. Society

Tagged as baseball, betrayal, Cal Ripken, character, courage, Derek Jeter, heroes, integrity, New York Yankees, respect, Roger Clemens, Ted Williams, Tiger Woods, trust

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

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 19, 2010

“The Ethicist” and His Definition of “Unethical”

While explaining in this week column why he hesitated to label a manifestly unethical practice unethical, The New York Times Magazine’s ethicist, Randy Cohen, clarified a couple of questions that have been bothering me for quite a while. Why do so many people react so violently to the conclusion that they have done something unethical? And why does Randy Cohen, a.k.a. “The Ethicist” so frequently endorse unethical conduct, especially dishonesty, when he believes it is motivated by virtuous motives? Continue reading →

Ethics Dunces: Charlie Rangel’s Birthday Celebrants

If there ever was a year for Rep. Rangel to have a nice, quiet, private birthday dinner at home with a few friends, this is it. Continue reading →

Mark McGwire’s Steroid Confession, Part 1

Mark McGwire’s long-awaited admission that he used steroid should have no bearing at all on the judgment of him as an unworthy baseball idol. McGwire cheated, and his use of steroids damaged his fellow players and the game. Continue reading →

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Filed under Business & Commercial, Ethics Scoreboard classics, Health and Medicine, Journalism & Media, Law & Law Enforcement, Religion and Philosophy, Science & Technology, Sports, U.S. Society

Tagged as apology, Barry Bonds, cheating, confessions, contrition, Ethics Scoreboard, honor, integrity, Major League Baseball, Mark McGwire, performance-enhancing drugs, Roger Clemens, Roger Maris, sportsmanship, steroids, the Major League Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown

December 10, 2009

The Ethics of Ignorance and Apathy: Gore’s Million Degree Gaffe

Despite Gore’s inexcusably ignorant statement that the earth is “millions of degrees” at its core, and the inescapable implications of it, only conservative blogs, Fox News, and right wing radio have publicized his statement. Continue reading →

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Filed under Around the World, Arts & Entertainment, Government & Politics, History, Journalism & Media, Popular Culture, Science & Technology, Sports, The Internet, U.S. Society

Tagged as "An Inconvenient Truth", "March of the Penguins", "Seinfeld", "The Tonight Show, accountability, Al Gore, baseball, Bill James, Clarence Darrow, Climategate, Conan O'Brien, conservative talk radio, earth science, global warming, honesty, integrity, Lauren Caitlin Upton, Michael Richards, Miss Teen USA, Morgan Freeman, news media, Roger Clemens, Ronald Reagan, Sarah Palin, signature significance, the Bible, the Scopes Trial, Tina Fey, trust

Tag Archives: Roger Clemens

Ethics Hero: Derek Jeter

Ethics Dunce: Buzz Bissinger

Hall of Fame Ethics: The Jeff Bagwell Dilemma

Thomas Boswell’s Outrageous Ethical Breach

“The Ethicist” and His Definition of “Unethical”

Ethics Dunces: Charlie Rangel’s Birthday Celebrants

Mark McGwire’s Steroid Confession, Part 1

The Ethics of Ignorance and Apathy: Gore’s Million Degree Gaffe

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