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It is a good thing to find and work in a community co-working place. A small business owner has many opportunities such as: "networking opportunities, a creative environment and sometimes even new clients, none of which can be found in a home office."

Apps now let you share everything - including yourself NEW YORK (CNNMoney) -- If nature calls at 8.00 a.m. on your Starbucks run, good luck trying to use the bathroom. Chances are you'll find long lines, an out-of-order sign, or a loo hog who ties up the facilities a touch too long.

I think that any sort of donations or helping out are good moral decisions by companies.

This doesn't say it outright, but someone finding, and sharing, products like this will make some doctors angry. I think it's good for the average person who can't afford to go in for professionals to make them look better though. 

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. 

It is only ethical that the wealthy start paying their fair share of the tax burden. We are currently in an economic mess which starts with our unrelenting debt. Here is Obama's plan to increase taxes as a way to solve these problems.

"...those who are to lead the world must do so on the basis of values and attitudes that are shared by the majority of the world's population" (the Nobel committee)

This article is about some concerns with Google+ Privacy. I think that all social media has some loop hole for hackers to get in. I think the simple solution is not to share information on social media that you wouldn't want everyone in the world to see.

On why people really want and use social networks. 

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Kotler and Levy, in their book, Corporate Social Responsibility define corporate social responsibility as "a commitment to improve community well-being through discretionary business practices and contributions of corporate resources". Some of the benefits of being socially responsible include (a) enhanced company and brand image (b) easier to attract and retain employees (c) increased market share (d) lower operating costs and (e) easier to attract investors.

A friend had shared a picture on Facebook that I saw today. It was copies from two articles about two different crimes. One was of a wealthy white man and one was of a homeless black man. The pictures note the sentences and crimes committed and imply that there was disparity in the sentencing. Here is a post I found on the two cases. What are your thoughts on the different cases?

I did some extra research on these two cases as well (including Snopes). I posted the linke that I did (and only that) for a couple of reasons. 1) Because of the potential inequality of the two cases and 2) because I don't think that most people look past the information give to them. I was glad to see that someone (granted you are the professor, but still) looked into the stories a bit more. I think that also says something about ethics. I recently sent a friend of mine (who was making claims about products other than those she was selling). The claims were that there was bat guano in many brands of mascara. She told me she had heard this from an optometrist but she had never done any research on her own. When I did (because I did not want to make claims that I did not know to be true), I forwarded some of the sources I found to her. In our society, we tend to take things at face value.

Aha, very clever test :) Glad you're doing some of the critical thinking that, as you indicate, we need to be doing much more of. Keep up the good research!