Author Archives: Chris MacDonald
Artificial Intelligence: Plagiarism for Sale
The piece linked below is about a new and problematic service being offered for sale: essays written by artificial intelligence. As the author points out, this means companies profiting from helping students cheat (and, we should add, helping them risk
Artificial Intelligence: Plagiarism for Sale
The piece linked below is about a new and problematic service being offered for sale: essays written by artificial intelligence. As the author points out, this means companies profiting from helping students cheat (and, we should add, helping them risk
Debating Voluntary Sustainability Certifications
Voluntary sustainability certifications (that is, ones that lack the backing of law) are always interesting, and sometimes controversial. Some people argue that if they’re voluntary, they’re doomed to be ineffective. Others argue that it’s better if industries can figure out
Debating Voluntary Sustainability Certifications
Voluntary sustainability certifications (that is, ones that lack the backing of law) are always interesting, and sometimes controversial. Some people argue that if they’re voluntary, they’re doomed to be ineffective. Others argue that it’s better if industries can figure out
Stealing from Corporations
The article linked below starts out with an interesting question, but ends up with an odd answer. The author asks whether it’s ok to steal from big companies. She points out that stealing is generally bad, but that the (moral)
Stealing from Corporations
The article linked below starts out with an interesting question, but ends up with an odd answer. The author asks whether it’s ok to steal from big companies. She points out that stealing is generally bad, but that the (moral)
Vague Values, Popular Principles
In the opinion piece linked below, the author takes companies to task for the lack of precision, and downright silliness, that sometimes invades corporate attempts to state publicly what they stand for. The criticism in on-target, for sure. One quibble:
Vague Values, Popular Principles
In the opinion piece linked below, the author takes companies to task for the lack of precision, and downright silliness, that sometimes invades corporate attempts to state publicly what they stand for. The criticism in on-target, for sure. One quibble:
The NBA and Covid-19: The Difference a Year Makes
The item below contrasts the NBA’s original conservative approach to managing their little corner of the Covid-19 pandemic with the approach the league is taking this year. It’s worth knowing that the National Basketball Association is an odd sort of entity,
The NBA and Covid-19: The Difference a Year Makes
The item below contrasts the NBA’s original conservative approach to managing their little corner of the Covid-19 pandemic with the approach the league is taking this year. It’s worth knowing that the National Basketball Association is an odd sort of entity,
Reparations for Century-Old Wrongs?
A government minister in Ireland is suggesting that pharma company GSK should make reparation payments to the families of individuals who were subject to unethical research practices in a series of vaccine trials conducted between 1922 and the late 20th
Reparations for Century-Old Wrongs?
A government minister in Ireland is suggesting that pharma company GSK should make reparation payments to the families of individuals who were subject to unethical research practices in a series of vaccine trials conducted between 1922 and the late 20th
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