Pro Ethics

A recent article in The Economist argues that quotas used by some European countries to increase the numbers of women on corporate boards are the wrong way to promote women. While I take issue with the article, the subject of quotas stirs up ...

by Marian Wang, ProPublica New documents published today cast doubt on News Corporation's claims that top executives and editors at the now-defunct News of the World were unaware of widespread phone hacking at the paper. One of the documents had also been aggressively redacted by News Corp., which removed references ...

Gael O'Brien The captain of a US Airways flight announced the plane was leaving its runway position and returning to the gate, promising more information as soon as possible. We later learned that an argument between two stewardesses in the galley had escalated and one of them ...

Toyota's announcement of a technical fix for its sticky gas pedals - which can lead to sudden acceleration problems - is not likely to bring a quick end to the company's current recall nightmare. Having already halted sales and production of eight of its top-selling cars in the U.S.

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?

Spying an opening amid a credit crunch for many small companies, credit unions are expanding their offerings to entrepreneurs facing rebuffs from banks.

A trio of Connecticut money managers who split a $254 million Powerball jackpot say their new charitable trust is giving $1 million to five organizations that support veterans and military members who recently returned from deployments.

Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac and several large mortgage lenders have pledged not to foreclose on delinquent borrowers during the Christmas season.

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.