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A Tale of Two Heathers
Heather #1: Ethics Hero Heather Elliott, who saw two small boys locked in a car parked outside a Kroger store in Indianapolis. The temperature was in the 90s and climbing, and the boys looked red-faced and hot. One was screaming and crying, and banging at the closed window. Elliott decided to take action, and began to try to find a way to open the car doors.
Then Heather #2 came along… Continue reading
Filed under Ethics Dunces, Ethics Heroes, Etiquette and manners, Family, Law & Law Enforcement
Ethics Hero: Lincoln School in Spring Valley, Illinois
All around us, every day, are fellow citizens who do the hard, sometimes dirty, always underpaid jobs that make business, commerce, and daily life possible. We thank our soldiers, celebrate our firefighters and salute out teachers, but seldom give a second thought to our janitors, custodians and cleaning staff. Lincoln School could have named its gym after a prominent alumnus, or a local sports hero, or a rich donor. Instead, it used the honor to say to a man who dedicated his entire life to the school. Continue reading
Filed under Business & Commercial, Daily Life, Education, Ethics Heroes, Professions, U.S. Society, Workplace
