Yearly Archives: 2015
Walmart’s New Sustainability Initiative
Defining “sustainability” is hard enough. But if you want a real challenge, try measuring and verifying it. >>> Save Money, Live Sustainably? American consumers have begun to care more about sustainability and to express their concerns as they shop. Increasingly,
Walmart’s New Sustainability Initiative
Defining “sustainability” is hard enough. But if you want a real challenge, try measuring and verifying it. >>> Save Money, Live Sustainably? American consumers have begun to care more about sustainability and to express their concerns as they shop. Increasingly,
Criminality & Capitalism
How did a long series of ‘scams and scandals’ build our modern economy, with its vast array of trust-building mechanisms? >>> How Criminals Built Capitalism Whenever buyers and sellers get together, opportunities to fleece the other guy arise. The history
Criminality & Capitalism
How did a long series of ‘scams and scandals’ build our modern economy, with its vast array of trust-building mechanisms? >>> How Criminals Built Capitalism Whenever buyers and sellers get together, opportunities to fleece the other guy arise. The history
Quotas for Women on Boards?
Progress at getting more women onto corporate boards and into senior management positions has been painfully slow. There are pragmatic and ethical reasons to wish progress were quicker. Are quotas the answer? >>> Does the US need quotas to boost
Quotas for Women on Boards?
Progress at getting more women onto corporate boards and into senior management positions has been painfully slow. There are pragmatic and ethical reasons to wish progress were quicker. Are quotas the answer? >>> Does the US need quotas to boost
Using Sex to Market Female Athletes
This pro-and-con piece is focused on Golf Digest’s recent issue featuring LPGA player Lexi Thompson. On the cover, Thompson is topless, but with a strategically-placed sweater draped over her shoulders. >>> Should Female Athletes Use Sex Appeal to Market Themselves?
Using Sex to Market Female Athletes
This pro-and-con piece is focused on Golf Digest’s recent issue featuring LPGA player Lexi Thompson. On the cover, Thompson is topless, but with a strategically-placed sweater draped over her shoulders. >>> Should Female Athletes Use Sex Appeal to Market Themselves?
Ethics Experts: Advice for Journalists
Original content from the editors of Business Ethics Highlights: >>> Interviewing Experts in Business Ethics: What Journalists Need to Know Here’s what journalists need to know about interviewing experts in the field of business ethics and corporate social responsibility…. Brought
Ethics Experts: Advice for Journalists
Original content from the editors of Business Ethics Highlights: >>> Interviewing Experts in Business Ethics: What Journalists Need to Know Here’s what journalists need to know about interviewing experts in the field of business ethics and corporate social responsibility…. Brought
Conventional Wisdom on Tipping
Tipping is pretty interesting, ethically. Strictly speaking, it’s voluntary. But in reality, there are strong social expectations (at least in North America). The guide below is far from authoritative, but interesting none the less. >>> How To Tip A Waiter,
Conventional Wisdom on Tipping
Tipping is pretty interesting, ethically. Strictly speaking, it’s voluntary. But in reality, there are strong social expectations (at least in North America). The guide below is far from authoritative, but interesting none the less. >>> How To Tip A Waiter,
Public Delusional About Profits (Poll, Commentary)
The public’s misapprehensions are even worse when you consider that the “real” 7.5% figure includes only outliers (publicly-traded companies) among outliers (successful firms) among outliers (currently surviving firms). >>> The public thinks the average company makes a 36% profit margin,
Public Delusional About Profits (Poll, Commentary)
The public’s misapprehensions are even worse when you consider that the “real” 7.5% figure includes only outliers (publicly-traded companies) among outliers (successful firms) among outliers (currently surviving firms). >>> The public thinks the average company makes a 36% profit margin,
Is Powdered Alcohol Inherently Unethical?
Is powdered alcohol a bad idea? Critics worry that the novel format will make dangerous use more likely. But so far those worries are entirely hypothetical, the company in question has done a fair bit (via its packaging choices, for
Is Powdered Alcohol Inherently Unethical?
Is powdered alcohol a bad idea? Critics worry that the novel format will make dangerous use more likely. But so far those worries are entirely hypothetical, the company in question has done a fair bit (via its packaging choices, for
S.A. Corruption Watchdog Eyes Canada’s Bombardier
This story involves suspicions regarding the nature of consulting fees paid to help acquire a major contract. About 1/10 of 1% of the net value of the contract went to an agent who helped land the deal. That’s a drop
S.A. Corruption Watchdog Eyes Canada’s Bombardier
This story involves suspicions regarding the nature of consulting fees paid to help acquire a major contract. About 1/10 of 1% of the net value of the contract went to an agent who helped land the deal. That’s a drop
Competing With Integrity (the scholarly work of Richard de George)
New from Journal of Business Ethics. >>> Competing with Integrity: Richard De George and the Ethics of Global Business As one of the leading contemporary founders and leading thinkers in business ethics, Richard De George has delved into many important
Competing With Integrity (the scholarly work of Richard de George)
New from Journal of Business Ethics. >>> Competing with Integrity: Richard De George and the Ethics of Global Business As one of the leading contemporary founders and leading thinkers in business ethics, Richard De George has delved into many important
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