Monthly Archives: March 2015

Employer Obligations When the Oil Field Shuts Down

Working in isolated places has its risks. What happens when your employer shuts down? If your contract doesn’t specify what obligations the employer has, are they ethically obligated to help you find your way home? >> Laid-off Alberta oil field

Employer Obligations When the Oil Field Shuts Down

Working in isolated places has its risks. What happens when your employer shuts down? If your contract doesn’t specify what obligations the employer has, are they ethically obligated to help you find your way home? >> Laid-off Alberta oil field

Ethics and Profits in Imperfect Products

Canadian grocery chain, Loblaw, has announced that it will be selling “imperfect” produce rather than tossing it — a move that will thrill some shoppers, and some activists. >> Loblaw Companies launches less-than-perfect apples, potatoes, up to 30 per cent

Ethics and Profits in Imperfect Products

Canadian grocery chain, Loblaw, has announced that it will be selling “imperfect” produce rather than tossing it — a move that will thrill some shoppers, and some activists. >> Loblaw Companies launches less-than-perfect apples, potatoes, up to 30 per cent

Oil, Water, and the Ethics of Regulation

Here’s a nice example of a regulatory move that balances competing values. It’s also a move that couldn’t plausibly be done at all without substantial input from industry regarding feasibility. >> New rules for oilsands fluid tailings, river water management

Oil, Water, and the Ethics of Regulation

Here’s a nice example of a regulatory move that balances competing values. It’s also a move that couldn’t plausibly be done at all without substantial input from industry regarding feasibility. >> New rules for oilsands fluid tailings, river water management

iPhone and the Ethics of Conspicuous Consumption

Is there anything wrong with providing excessively expensive gadgets to people with piles of cash? >> Who Will Buy the $10,000 Apple Watch? Apple is the world’s premiere smartphone brand, but that isn’t a secure spot. To cement it, the

iPhone and the Ethics of Conspicuous Consumption

Is there anything wrong with providing excessively expensive gadgets to people with piles of cash? >> Who Will Buy the $10,000 Apple Watch? Apple is the world’s premiere smartphone brand, but that isn’t a secure spot. To cement it, the

Ethics in the Pipeline?

Who should pay for spills from a pipeline that fuels an entire nation’s economy? >>> Murphy Oil reports leak up to 17,000 barrels in northern Alberta Murphy Oil says up to 17,000 barrels of petroleum product have spilled at its

Ethics in the Pipeline?

Who should pay for spills from a pipeline that fuels an entire nation’s economy? >>> Murphy Oil reports leak up to 17,000 barrels in northern Alberta Murphy Oil says up to 17,000 barrels of petroleum product have spilled at its

Target Canada: Ethics in Bankruptcy

Who should, ethically, bear the brunt when a major company declares bankruptcy? >>> Landlords to pay $138 million for return of Target store leases Leases for 11 properties that are winding down as Target Canada stores have been sold back

Target Canada: Ethics in Bankruptcy

Who should, ethically, bear the brunt when a major company declares bankruptcy? >>> Landlords to pay $138 million for return of Target store leases Leases for 11 properties that are winding down as Target Canada stores have been sold back

Where’s the (ethical) beef?

Modern farming raises lots of interesting ethical issues. Here’s one, concerning the way that the practices of individual farms can have an impact on an entire economy. >> Latest BSE case in Alberta a setback for beef export strategy Food

Where’s the (ethical) beef?

Modern farming raises lots of interesting ethical issues. Here’s one, concerning the way that the practices of individual farms can have an impact on an entire economy. >> Latest BSE case in Alberta a setback for beef export strategy Food