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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
United Pays CEO Smisek $28m to Go Away, Keep Quiet, Not Compete
A less-explored aspect of executive compensation in business ethics is executive severance. Although usually addressed in terms of a corporate board’s sympathy with C-level executives, this snarky piece inadvertently stumbles upon the real reason United is willing to pay handsomely
United Pays CEO Smisek $28m to Go Away, Keep Quiet, Not Compete
A less-explored aspect of executive compensation in business ethics is executive severance. Although usually addressed in terms of a corporate board’s sympathy with C-level executives, this snarky piece inadvertently stumbles upon the real reason United is willing to pay handsomely
NYC Taxi Medallion Financiers’ Anti-Uber Lawsuit Dismissed
One of the most interesting challenges of advances in information technology is discerning where property rights end and business models begin. Here, a New York trial court judge (despite its grand name, the New York Supreme Court is actually the
NYC Taxi Medallion Financiers’ Anti-Uber Lawsuit Dismissed
One of the most interesting challenges of advances in information technology is discerning where property rights end and business models begin. Here, a New York trial court judge (despite its grand name, the New York Supreme Court is actually the
Intentional Fouls and Wrongdoing
This blog entry considers the significance of intentional ‘fouls’ (broadly interpreted) in sports, asks whether intentional fouls are in some sense unethical, and then compares to business ethics. One point worth adding, in support of the author’s perspective: if certain
Intentional Fouls and Wrongdoing
This blog entry considers the significance of intentional ‘fouls’ (broadly interpreted) in sports, asks whether intentional fouls are in some sense unethical, and then compares to business ethics. One point worth adding, in support of the author’s perspective: if certain
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