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Transparency International Calls for Head of FIFA to Resign
See this press release from Transparency International. The request is not surprising. A number of FIFA officials were just arrested, and it would be rather surprising if Mr Blatter were entirely blameless in whatever wrongdoing went on. >>> LINK: TRANSPARENCY
Transparency International Calls for Head of FIFA to Resign
See this press release from Transparency International. The request is not surprising. A number of FIFA officials were just arrested, and it would be rather surprising if Mr Blatter were entirely blameless in whatever wrongdoing went on. >>> LINK: TRANSPARENCY
FIFA Officials Arrested for Corruption
This is huge. Worth noting that FIFA’s enormously powerful president, Sepp Blatter, is not (so far) among those charged. >>> LINK: FIFA Officials Arrested on Corruption Charges; Sepp Blatter Isn’t Among Them As leaders of FIFA, soccer’s global governing body,
FIFA Officials Arrested for Corruption
This is huge. Worth noting that FIFA’s enormously powerful president, Sepp Blatter, is not (so far) among those charged. >>> LINK: FIFA Officials Arrested on Corruption Charges; Sepp Blatter Isn’t Among Them As leaders of FIFA, soccer’s global governing body,
Unintended Consequences of Family-Friendly Policies
It’s almost as if employers calculate the total cost of employing someone and adjust non-mandatory aspects of the wage and benefits package downward when they are mandated to provide a particularly expensive benefit, like maternity leave. >>> LINK: When Family-Friendly
Unintended Consequences of Family-Friendly Policies
It’s almost as if employers calculate the total cost of employing someone and adjust non-mandatory aspects of the wage and benefits package downward when they are mandated to provide a particularly expensive benefit, like maternity leave. >>> LINK: When Family-Friendly
World Cup Sponsors & Human Rights Vioations
Human rights violations are marring the construction going on in Qatar ahead of the 2022 World Cup. To what extent are the World Cup’s sponsors — like Coca Cola — complicit in those vioations? >>> LINK: People Make Anti-Logos To
World Cup Sponsors & Human Rights Vioations
Human rights violations are marring the construction going on in Qatar ahead of the 2022 World Cup. To what extent are the World Cup’s sponsors — like Coca Cola — complicit in those vioations? >>> LINK: People Make Anti-Logos To
How brutal would YOUR sweatshop be?
This item is about a bit of participatory theatre that has audience members take on the role of sweatshop mavens. The result is surprising (or perhaps not, for those of us who know about the Stanford Prison Experiment, and its
How brutal would YOUR sweatshop be?
This item is about a bit of participatory theatre that has audience members take on the role of sweatshop mavens. The result is surprising (or perhaps not, for those of us who know about the Stanford Prison Experiment, and its
Treating Employees as Humans
It’s amazing how much overlap there is between good ethical advice and plain old good management advice. Case in point: see this piece on how to treat your employees well as a way of keeping them productive. The explicit focus
Treating Employees as Humans
It’s amazing how much overlap there is between good ethical advice and plain old good management advice. Case in point: see this piece on how to treat your employees well as a way of keeping them productive. The explicit focus
Is it Right to be Fired for Being a Jerk?
It’s all too easy to be happy when we see something bad happen to someone who has himself acted very badly. But ethically, we need to think a bit harder, especially when the “something bad” that happened was done to
Is it Right to be Fired for Being a Jerk?
It’s all too easy to be happy when we see something bad happen to someone who has himself acted very badly. But ethically, we need to think a bit harder, especially when the “something bad” that happened was done to
Similac: Another Irresponsible Shunning of GMO Ingredients
Another company is joining Chipotle on the list of companies that is putting consumers’ irrational desires, and its own profits — ahead of social responsibility. The company is going to dignify anti-scientific fears of GMOs by offering a GMO-free baby
Similac: Another Irresponsible Shunning of GMO Ingredients
Another company is joining Chipotle on the list of companies that is putting consumers’ irrational desires, and its own profits — ahead of social responsibility. The company is going to dignify anti-scientific fears of GMOs by offering a GMO-free baby
Same Sex Marriage and Counter-Discrimination
If it’s not OK for a business to discriminate against people for their sexual orientation, is it OK to discriminate against a business for its views (not its behaviour, but its views) on same-sex marriage? The blog entry below is
Same Sex Marriage and Counter-Discrimination
If it’s not OK for a business to discriminate against people for their sexual orientation, is it OK to discriminate against a business for its views (not its behaviour, but its views) on same-sex marriage? The blog entry below is
The ethical complexity of “backscratching”
Conflict of interest is an important modern ethical concept, and “backscratching” (as in, “you scratch my back — do me a favour — and I’ll scratch yours”) is a common form of it. As the author below points out, returning
The ethical complexity of “backscratching”
Conflict of interest is an important modern ethical concept, and “backscratching” (as in, “you scratch my back — do me a favour — and I’ll scratch yours”) is a common form of it. As the author below points out, returning
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