Tag Archives: trust

April 19, 2012

Teacher Manuael Ernest Dillow: An Ethics Dunce, But, Of Course, An Aberration

All of these outrageous teachers are aberrations. Lots and lots of aberrations. Continue reading →

Filed under Character, Education, Ethics Dunces, Gender and Sex, Professions

Tagged as abuse of power, ethics, fairness, James Hooker, Manuael Ernest Dillow, professionalism, students, teachers, Timothy Moll, trust, William Cheney

April 10, 2012

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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Filed under Arts & Entertainment, Business & Commercial, Character, Ethics Dunces, Leadership, Popular Culture, Professions

Tagged as "The Celebrity Apprentice", business ethics, candor, Donald Trump, honesty, integrity, Lou Ferrigno, loyalty, trust, truthfulness

April 6, 2012

Mirlande Wilson Is My Favorite Ethics Dunce of All Time!

Oh what a tangled web we weave when we play the lottery with other people’s money and are world-class screw-ups! Continue reading →

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Filed under Arts & Entertainment, Character, Ethics Dunces, Workplace

Tagged as carelessness, friendship, Golden Rule, greed, kindness, lotteries, Mega Millions, Mirlande Wilson, pools, responsibility, scams, trust

April 2, 2012

Senator Vitter Thinks Bribery and Extortion Are Ethical

If there’s no explicit rule against criminal conduct, Sen, Vitter thinks its fair and square. Continue reading →

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Filed under Character, Government & Politics

Tagged as bribery, etrhics, extortion, Ken Salazar, Sen. David Vitter, Senate Ethics Committee, trust

March 31, 2012

It’s You, Keith.

When the same thing happens to you five times, you have to face up to it. You’re the jerk. Continue reading →

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Filed under Arts & Entertainment, Character, Journalism & Media, Professions

Tagged as accountability, Al Gore, bias, bias blindness, civility, Commitment escalation, confirmation bias, Current TV, Eliot Spitzer, ethics, fairness, humility, Keith Olbermann, meanness, MSNBC, psychology, respect, responsibility, restraint bias, self-awareness, self-fulfilling prophesy, self-serving bias, The Halo Effect, trust, trustworthiness, wisdom

March 28, 2012

Our Untrusted Professions: Another One Bites The Dust…Or Should.

One of the few professions we trust is pharmacists. It appears even that trust is undeserved. Continue reading →

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Filed under Business & Commercial, Gender and Sex, Health and Medicine, Professions, Research and Scholarship

Tagged as Boston University, contraception, Gallup poll, ignorance, incompetence, morning after pill, pharmacists, professionalism, trust, trustworthiness

March 26, 2012

A Question For President Obama and His Campaign: Why Lie?

I have an iron-clad rule for all Presidents, regardless of party, ideology and political philosophy: Don’t use deception as a tool of governance. I have a related rule for Presidents who get elected by pledging honesty and transparency in government: … Continue reading →

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Filed under Character, Government & Politics, Health and Medicine, Journalism & Media

Tagged as "The Road We've Traveled", deceit, Factcheck.org, Glenn Kessler, health insurance, honesty, Janny Scott, lies, Obamacare, President Barack Obama, Tom Hanks, trust