Yearly Archives: 2015
When Does Ethical Divestment By Shareholders Make Sense?
Should shareholders sell their shares in companies that are behaving badly? Divestment of this kind is a blunt tool. In many cases it may not be effective, and in many cases it may not be ethically warranted. The argument below
When Does Ethical Divestment By Shareholders Make Sense?
Should shareholders sell their shares in companies that are behaving badly? Divestment of this kind is a blunt tool. In many cases it may not be effective, and in many cases it may not be ethically warranted. The argument below
Can Anti-Corruption Rules Erode Trust?
This piece takes the recent Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services inspector general report on cost overruns in the implementation of U.S. Affordable Care Act insurance exchanges as a jumping off point to considering what sorts of contracting norms and
Can Anti-Corruption Rules Erode Trust?
This piece takes the recent Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services inspector general report on cost overruns in the implementation of U.S. Affordable Care Act insurance exchanges as a jumping off point to considering what sorts of contracting norms and
Should Organ Sales Be Legal?
Many people die when the organs they need are not available for transplant. On the other hand, the organ trade has a bad reputation. Should we be persuaded by the potential of a more-ideal market, or deterred by the harms
Should Organ Sales Be Legal?
Many people die when the organs they need are not available for transplant. On the other hand, the organ trade has a bad reputation. Should we be persuaded by the potential of a more-ideal market, or deterred by the harms
Psychological Safety at Work
This article presents psychological safety as a practical managerial issue. But it’s also an ethical issue. Psychological trauma and distress can be just as destructive for employees as physical trauma and distress. The difference is that psychological harms are harder
Psychological Safety at Work
This article presents psychological safety as a practical managerial issue. But it’s also an ethical issue. Psychological trauma and distress can be just as destructive for employees as physical trauma and distress. The difference is that psychological harms are harder
Pope Visit Ticket “Scalping” Ethics
The term ‘scalping’ is pejorative, but using it isn’t the same as offering a coherent rationale for condemning the resale of event tickets (or anything else) for profit. This story, about tickets for the Pope’s visit to New York being
Pope Visit Ticket “Scalping” Ethics
The term ‘scalping’ is pejorative, but using it isn’t the same as offering a coherent rationale for condemning the resale of event tickets (or anything else) for profit. This story, about tickets for the Pope’s visit to New York being
CyberCrime? Banks May Not Protect You
If you’re a small business — maybe a sole proprietor — your bank account is at risk for cyberfraud and the bank may have no obligation to protect you. In specific cases, this brings up interesting (and hard) problems about
CyberCrime? Banks May Not Protect You
If you’re a small business — maybe a sole proprietor — your bank account is at risk for cyberfraud and the bank may have no obligation to protect you. In specific cases, this brings up interesting (and hard) problems about
The Leadership Challenge: Avoid Making Star Employees Miserable
How can leaders live up to their obligations to star employees? The blog entry below takes a common personal crisis faced by many star employees and turns it into a question of leadership ethics. >>> LINK: How companies can stop
The Leadership Challenge: Avoid Making Star Employees Miserable
How can leaders live up to their obligations to star employees? The blog entry below takes a common personal crisis faced by many star employees and turns it into a question of leadership ethics. >>> LINK: How companies can stop
Business Responsibilities in a Refugee Crisis
What can, and what should, businesses do in the face of humanitarian crisis? The commentary below tackles that question. Additional questions worth asking: is there a difference, in this regard, between private companies and publicly-traded ones? And does asking about
Business Responsibilities in a Refugee Crisis
What can, and what should, businesses do in the face of humanitarian crisis? The commentary below tackles that question. Additional questions worth asking: is there a difference, in this regard, between private companies and publicly-traded ones? And does asking about
Adam Smith vs Inequality
Fitting thinkers from past centuries into contemporary debates and public policy disputes is less straightforward than it seems—and that goes double for Adam Smith. Here, University of Virginia politics professor Deborah Boucoyannis argues that Smith articulated in his own time
Adam Smith vs Inequality
Fitting thinkers from past centuries into contemporary debates and public policy disputes is less straightforward than it seems—and that goes double for Adam Smith. Here, University of Virginia politics professor Deborah Boucoyannis argues that Smith articulated in his own time
Do Good: Support Sweatshop Labour
The piece linked below, by Oxford University philosopher William MacAskill, argues that doing good in the word requires using your head. That means, among other things, buying goods made in sweatshops. In other words, ‘conscious consumerism’ is a matter of
Do Good: Support Sweatshop Labour
The piece linked below, by Oxford University philosopher William MacAskill, argues that doing good in the word requires using your head. That means, among other things, buying goods made in sweatshops. In other words, ‘conscious consumerism’ is a matter of
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