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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!

As far as I can see, it looks like this is a true story (and generally I trust NPR to have done their due diligence to test before they air a story). This guy is truely inspiring. Sometimes all people need is someone to get nice to them and treat them better than they think they deserve to be treated.

This is a feel good story, and actually goes along with one of the main industries in SoDak, hunting. The state of Wisconsin is promoting ethics by giving out awards to the most ethical hunters.

The current event with the biggest implications on morals and ethics right now. I bring this story up because Mike Mcqueary was the guy who personally witness an attack on a boy, could have stopped it, then told Paterno. Paterno told the AD. Apparently JOEPA gets fired, and McQueary is still coaching.

Interesting article, and very odd that McQueary is still on staff.

This article about how the Vatican accepts the use of adult stem cells in research. There are ways around using infant stem cells.

If you watched the " Heroic Imagination Project", it was from TED event. There is a TED organization in Sioux Falls. This is their home page

An interesting angle on the ethics of truth telling vs. lying: "Sarah Kaminsky tells the extraordinary story of her father Adolpho and his activity during World War II -- using his ingenuity and talent for forgery to save lives."

Some advertisers have been appealing to Sept. 11 to tell their own stories. Part of the appeal for this sort of thing is what's called in logic an "appeal to emotion" - if you use a symbol people have a powerful emotional connection to, they will be more easily swayed or drawn to you, or in this case to your product.

Brett, Good reflections here on some early challenges for Obama and his efforts to have a "moral impact" ... things seem to be getting worse just recently with the Solyndra issue: http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0911/63795.html

This is about the journalist being unethical, either paying for stories or being bribed to not report on something.

One part of journalism we didn't discuss we human interest strories. These story's tell us more about our local neighborhoods and usually are entertaining and informative. This is done by a friend of mine, Boyd Huppert.

on pain management in health care

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.

Here's an insightful story revealing some of the connections between the US government and financial industry.

Practical Wisdom in practice right here, we can all learn something from this story.

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