Pro Ethics

An article on how to execute good/ ethical advertising for a company.

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.

This is the reason I don't see myself going into politics. I have friends who are politicians and have been blasted like this. I'm proud to say that none of those friends have stooped to these tactics. Unfortunately though, when mud is being slung, it's difficult to get out of the trench if you don't throw mud back out. Our society seems to see people who don't fight back as cowards or that they have something to hide, but if they do fight back, they are low.

Wow, I was really surprised by this article. Some lengths that politicians go to in order to look better than one another is absolutely ridiculous. Anyone who knows about the legislation Obama supports can clearly see that high school sex ed and kindergarden sex ed are nothing similar; teaching a kid nothing more than "good touch bad touch" would essentially be the end of it for the younger kids.

When thinking about advertising and people's views of objectifying women, I thought of this billboard. The woman, Jenifer Robb, who they mention in the article, is a friend of mine. I personally loved the ad and didn't feel objectified in the slightest. I found it funny that the one woman who made such a stink about it actually caused more people to go to the store.

WILLISTON, N.D. (CNNMoney) -- As oil companies pump more and more crude out of the ground and workers from around the country arrive to cash in on the black gold rush, a new wave of crime has taken over the once quiet towns of Northwestern North Dakota.

Ponzi convict Bernard Madoff (center) told Barbara Walters that he feels remorse for his family, but downplayed the severity of his crimes regarding investors. NEW YORK (CNNMoney) -- Ponzi convict Bernard Madoff has "terrible remorse" for having "ruined his family" but is "happier in prison" than he was on the outside, according to Barbara Walters of ABC, and downplays the severity of his crimes.

NEW YORK (CNNMoney) -- A massive cyberattack that led to a vulnerability in RSA's SecurID tags earlier this year also victimized Google, Facebook, Microsoft and many other big-named companies, according to a new analysis released this week.

I found this cartoon and thought it was perfect for this weeks topic of ethical advertising. To me this cartoon means something different depending on how you view it. Is the boy on the right causing people to think that the boy on the right pees in his product, when he doesn't? Or, is he being transparent whereas the boy on the left (who does pee in his lemonade), not disclosing that fact?

Surprisingly, a survey found that people think advertising is one of the top 5 areas that require governmental regulations. The others were water pollution, toxic waste, air pollution, and nuclear safety.

Bad advertising

Anoying online advertizing will create negativity

Mcdonald's marketing towards children under attack.

Here's a great (and free) resource for anyone interested in innovation and entrepreneurship. 

Sometimes your attitude at work plays a huge role in how you perform and what you get out of work.

Body Cavity Searches and the like done by government employees who engage in behavior that violates the rights of American citizens

In our occupation, we should not be saying, "I'm just doing my job". We should have a moral obligation to do the right thing the right way while at work. Definately goes along with practical wisdom.

Very excellent ethical question in medicine. Should criminals be higher in a list when trying to receive organ donations?

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!

Here's a good example of attention to conflicts of interest, and how to deal with them when they arise. 

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.

Crowd members boo a gay soldier video at GOP debate

I don't know how the speakers should have handled it. What do you think would be appropriate?

I agree with the two people in the video. It would have been easy for the speaker to quickly say that "even if we don't agree with this gentleman, there's no need to be disrespectful." This would be a minimum in my mind. I also think that even if they were booing the repeal of DADT as the male speaker mentioned, it was still incredibly inappropriate and childish for the people in the audience to boo.