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The AECOM Technology Corporation is asking leaders from Ethisphere's 2011 World's Most Ethical Companies to help them prioritize their ethics so their business can grow.

Wow, this is a great example of a company taking initiative in the direction of moral accountability! Thanks, Lacy.

This article may not specifically talk about ethical issues. However, it is an example of a little thought I had. What if more ethical issues were taught/enforced in the work place? If people are learning the need to be ethical while they're at work around 8 hours a day, perhaps some of that will spill over into their every day lives and we may see less stories such as this. All be it in China. America has firms in China as well. We could be setting an example over there.

I think the opening paragraph says it all: "Discussions about ethical issues, not to mention attempts to encourage ethical behavior, are constantly derailed by the invocation of common misstatements of ethical principles. Some of these are honest misconceptions, some are intentional distortions, some are self-serving rationalizations, and some, upon examination, simply make no sense at all."

I do have to disagree with the author's example of consequentialism. Normally, saving a woman from being killed would be ethical, however, going back in time and disrupting the time line (in my opinion) was not. Had he not gone back in time, he wouldn't have had an opportunity to save the woman and in the end, the Nazi's would not have won WWII. Also, in relation to the fallacy of "It's ethical if it's not illegal" - I don't believe that everything that is illegal is immoral or unethical. That is why laws are able to be changed - sometimes the law is wrong or unethical.

Association for Practical and Professional Ethics (United States: Indiana University)http://php.indiana.edu/~appe/home.html The Association for Practical and Professional Ethics is committed to encouraging high quality interdisciplinary scholarship and teaching in practical and professional ethics by educators and practitioners who appreciate the theoretical and practical impacts of their subjects.

list of business ethics resources

This is a good review of all the business ethics issues brought up in one issue of Canadian Business. Very helpful if you're still getting the hang of how we're using Diigo to identify and share examples of moral issues. 

Great article on the sandusky case and mainly about whether Joe Paterno should have been fired or not. A lot of ethical dillema here.

This article is about the ethics of lobbying and if done right is ethical.

OMG! The ethics and leadership programs developed by our nation's top business schools are failing our employers, our economy and our future. The scope of this failure is chilling. Of the hundreds of employees convicted of ethical or legal lapses in the past five years, virtually all had completed a mandated ethics training program!

The recent allegations on American Apparel for sexual harrasament, which they have already been sued in the past. One would thing there would be changes involving procedures and ethics in the work place. Could a company be helpless and ethical bankrupt with no hope of becoming a model of good ethics ?

sexual freedom in the workplace is about power

Can "sexual freedom" in the workplace lead to any other consequence other than sexual harrassement?

Alabama used to have the worst ethics laws, in 2010 passed new, better laws.

Diversity and ethics go along way in the workplace and are soemthing to be taken very seriously. Every business should take pride in these categories and make sure they are implementing training programs so none of these issues conflict with their work.

This is a news artical showing that even what seems like a small decision about using resorces that are at hand, can be a lapse in ethical judgment.

Same story, different day. Is there any one in congress that has the moral ethic to work honestly?

This goes along with our video's for this week. It asks a good question "Does Battlefield 3's realism bring with it responsibility? Should developers like DICE provide an ethically balanced experience?"

A San Diego City Council committee killed two proposals to strengthen the city's Ethics Commission yesterday - demonstrating that the council has ultimate authority over its own watchdog. The commission sought the ability to subpoena witnesses during its investigations and wanted to make it illegal to knowingly lie or provide false documents to it.

To change Wall Street, business schools should include ethical leadership as a core component of their curricula.

An interesting article about a professional association of U.S. economists that are considering establishing an ethics code, a move that could require members to disclose their ties to financial firms and potential conflicts of interest.

Great ethical case scenario in which the employee did the right thing.

Evidence-based practice as a method of teaching business ethics.

This outlines some common workplace ethical issues.

Five ways to think Ethically