Author Archives: The Editors
Law Forbids Secret Videos of Factory Farms
The editorial linked below criticizes a new law passed in North Carolina that forbids “undercover recordings” of abuse at farms and slaughterhouses. (The law technically applies to other workplaces, too, but in practice the law is clearly aimed at protecting
Law Forbids Secret Videos of Factory Farms
The editorial linked below criticizes a new law passed in North Carolina that forbids “undercover recordings” of abuse at farms and slaughterhouses. (The law technically applies to other workplaces, too, but in practice the law is clearly aimed at protecting
Op-Ed: Raising Minimum Wage = Pricing Marginal Workers Out of Walmart Jobs
This Wall Street Journal op-ed by CKE Restaurants CEO Andy Puzder is a useful illustration of economic concepts and their real-life application in labor markets and business decision-making, using Walmart’s wages and recent store closures as its example. Explicitly, Puzder
Op-Ed: Raising Minimum Wage = Pricing Marginal Workers Out of Walmart Jobs
This Wall Street Journal op-ed by CKE Restaurants CEO Andy Puzder is a useful illustration of economic concepts and their real-life application in labor markets and business decision-making, using Walmart’s wages and recent store closures as its example. Explicitly, Puzder
What Do We Do About Inequality?
Here’s a new book that’s just been published by the Journal Review Foundation (which also publishes Business Ethics Highlights). The book, edited by Chris Oestereich, is called What Do We Do About Inequality?. It’s available now in Kindle format via
What Do We Do About Inequality?
Here’s a new book that’s just been published by the Journal Review Foundation (which also publishes Business Ethics Highlights). The book, edited by Chris Oestereich, is called What Do We Do About Inequality?. It’s available now in Kindle format via
Is a Canadian College Supporting Gender Apartheid in Saudi Arabia?
What are the limits to cultural sensitivity? Do those limits include active or passive complicity in human rights violations? Are there some countries where an ethical organization just cannot do business? When we disagree with local standards, do we do
Is a Canadian College Supporting Gender Apartheid in Saudi Arabia?
What are the limits to cultural sensitivity? Do those limits include active or passive complicity in human rights violations? Are there some countries where an ethical organization just cannot do business? When we disagree with local standards, do we do
Are Companies Responsible for Misuse of Products? Should they Feel Bad?
Do companies bear any responsibility for misuse of their products? We’re not talking about lawsuits, here. (When it comes to consumers suing manufacturers, misuse can — so we are told — be defence against, but manufacturers need to plan for
Are Companies Responsible for Misuse of Products? Should they Feel Bad?
Do companies bear any responsibility for misuse of their products? We’re not talking about lawsuits, here. (When it comes to consumers suing manufacturers, misuse can — so we are told — be defence against, but manufacturers need to plan for
Soros Profits From Guns He Opposes: Hypocrisy?
If you’re an advocate of gun control, as is billionaire financier George Soros, is it wrong or hypocritical to invest in gun and ammunition manufacturers? Although it may seems so, the case is far from clear. In his work on
Soros Profits From Guns He Opposes: Hypocrisy?
If you’re an advocate of gun control, as is billionaire financier George Soros, is it wrong or hypocritical to invest in gun and ammunition manufacturers? Although it may seems so, the case is far from clear. In his work on
Is ‘Equal Pay For Equal Work’ Always Essential (even when differences are non-discriminatory)?
Is it wrong to pay two people differently for the same work, even if neither is (or both are!) members of the same socio-cultural group? That is, is it wrong to pay two people of the same gender, or the
Is ‘Equal Pay For Equal Work’ Always Essential (even when differences are non-discriminatory)?
Is it wrong to pay two people differently for the same work, even if neither is (or both are!) members of the same socio-cultural group? That is, is it wrong to pay two people of the same gender, or the
Has China Been the Enron of National Economic Statistics?
Incentives to misrepresent economic performance aren’t limited to publicly-traded, for-profit companies. Here, the director of the National Bureau of Statistics of China is under investigation for his possible role in shaping China’s economic statistics such that they tell investors and
Has China Been the Enron of National Economic Statistics?
Incentives to misrepresent economic performance aren’t limited to publicly-traded, for-profit companies. Here, the director of the National Bureau of Statistics of China is under investigation for his possible role in shaping China’s economic statistics such that they tell investors and
Ethics of Commerce in Alternative Medicine
Is it ethical to make and market products without concrete evidence that they will work as intended? Here’s a new article from the peer-reviewed journal, Bioethics, that tackles that question with regard to complementary and alternative medicines. Full access to
Ethics of Commerce in Alternative Medicine
Is it ethical to make and market products without concrete evidence that they will work as intended? Here’s a new article from the peer-reviewed journal, Bioethics, that tackles that question with regard to complementary and alternative medicines. Full access to
An X-Files Mystery: Gender Pay Inequity or BATNA?
Few would deny the intuitive appeal of the concept of ‘equal pay for equal work’, but is acting in a television series the sort of work for which the concept makes sense? Here, Gillian Anderson claims to be fighting the
An X-Files Mystery: Gender Pay Inequity or BATNA?
Few would deny the intuitive appeal of the concept of ‘equal pay for equal work’, but is acting in a television series the sort of work for which the concept makes sense? Here, Gillian Anderson claims to be fighting the
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