Tag Archives: Wall Street
Now THAT’s Hypocrisy! OWS Protester Tracy Postert, Hypocrite of the Year
An OWS protester sells out. How many would if they could? My guess? A lot. Continue reading
Fox News Inveils the Unethical Poll of the Month AND Inspires a Fun New Pastime: “The Stupid Choices Game”
The news media is supposed to use polls to help explain what the public thinks and believes, not bolster what the media wants it to believe. I have never seen a poll so simultaneously incompetent, misleading, and simple-minded. Continue reading
Comment of the Day: “Dear AIG: I’m Not Going To Be Able To Keep Criticizing Occupy Wall Street For Destructive Class Warfare If You Act Like This”
Michael, who now leads the field in Comments of the Day, picks up another with his commentary on my post about AIG’s continuing habit of living large on taxpayer funds. Continue reading
The S.E.C.’s Betrayal and Why Regulation Can’t Cure Unethical Cultures
The SEC’s failure proves an ethics truth: the only way to reform an unethical culture is to change it from within. Ethical cultures don’t require heavy oversight, and unethical cultures will always breed people get around it. That is true of Wall Street, and goes for the obviously imbedded unethical culture at the SEC as well. Continue reading
Filed under U.S. Society
TARP Ethics Dilemmas: A Guide For Advocates and Critics
When a policy, like TARP, that is widely criticized as wrong-headed in principle actually works, it presents ethical problems for both advocates and critics alike. Continue reading
Filed under Business & Commercial, Finance, Government & Politics
Sunday Ethics Round-Up: Cynical Fines, Drunk Norwegians, Lazy Newsmen and Pitiful Ballplayers
Some short takes on non-English speaking drunk drivers, Bob Shieffer’s vacation, Goldman Sachs’ lucky deal, and misplaced pity in the Little League. Continue reading
Ethics Dunce: Florida House Rep. Janet Long
Anyone who advocates the reverse-conflict principle, like Janet Long, no matter what their issue, isn’t interested in fairness or good decision-making.
Goldman Sachs Ethics: An Easy Call
Sometimes the biggest ethics stories are the easiest. I haven’t written much about Enron, for example. When a company uses deceptive, shell corporations to hide its liabilities so profit reports look artificially rosy and investors keep buying company stock, it … Continue reading
The Ethics of Unethical Ethics Teachers
There is a use for unethical ethics teachers, but not much of one. Continue reading
