Pro Ethics

This brings up the question as to whether our moral values are the same as they used to be. Are we slipping in regards to our professional behaviors?

I think this is an interesting article relating to the ethics of our politicians and their attempt at gaining voters.

This article is about how women are rare in the higher seats of the business world. Their numbers are declining in the recession.

Copyright law in the international marketplace. Is the US model the best option for other countries as well, or our own? 

Philosophy is the core of our business structure. In order for a change to be down with our economic mess, we really need to go back to our basic values and principles.

This is an interesting look at how culture affects business done in Egypt. Some of the practices could be considered unethical in other countries.

Why would a person who is in the U.S.A illegally have the privilege to search for a job that he can legally not possess?

The popularity of Internet dating sites may have opened up new opportunities for people in search of love, but unfortunately, it has also paved the way for passive-aggressive break-ups, infidelity and other bad relationship behavior. And entrepreneurs, as they always do, have found a way to capitalize.

I was trying to find a link about learning about good and evil. Then, I remembered seeing this poster many times in the past. I'm sure you've seen it too (or heard about it). This link is to the book on Amazon. I highly suggest clicking on the "Look Inside" on the picture and reading the "First Pages." Amazon allows you to read a select amount of pages. I suggest reading the Credo at the beginning and the Reflections in the back. I, for one, plan to purchase and read the entire thing. Sometimes I think we overthink. Life doesn't always have to be complicated.

An organization called gridiron heroes helps players that suffered life changing injuries playing high school football.

Great Documentary on Amish rumspringa and how it effects their lives in jobs and society.

This article is about how we need to be virtuous and change our moral evolution. He says that 'climate change is our clarion call, our next big step.'

Article about how the schools feel like the test isn't a true measure of ethics and feels like its not worth the trouble to participate in.

In this article, Felix Salmon of Reuters believes that it is unethical and dishonest not to publically 'out' powerful people that he thinks are gay.

Lucy Kellaway's Financial Times podcast is a great resource for brilliant (and often hilarious) analysis of contemporary issues in the professional world. For a good example listen to her qualified version of Lord Acton's dictum on the way in which power corrupts: "Pretenders to power are the most dangerous"

What information is private when a politician? This article is about weather or not a politicians private life should be known, do we have a right to their private lives?

Agree or Disagree, in my opinion I think there was a violation of free speech.

The store on every corner, Walgreens, will soon be allowing small business owners and other individuals to conveniently purchase health insurance from their store.

This article is about businesses having a hard time acquiring loyal employees who are looking for quick wealth.

There is always going to be people that search for other jobs because they think they can do better, etc. money, health benefits, better working environment. As the article says, people leave to seek higher pay in the short run but in the longer run they could've been making more in the future with their first job. I would say to keep employees searching for better pay in their job, maybe the owner could have an amazing employee getaway convention or to simply raise their pay a bit, if reasonable of course.

Questioning a company after getting rid of one of their high rank executives due to breast cancer.