Pro Ethics

Entrepreneurs meeting with Obama

Removing barriers for entrepreneurs in hope to create more jobs

Scandals among newspapers has led to secret intel with Dow Jones.

This could be the answer to our economic and enviornmental problems.

Greenhouse gas emissions have several plans for reduction, but no plan has gone through yet, Obama partially to blame.

How globalization is affecting economies around the world, as well as how it hits home here in the USA.

learn how to make your in-laws save money without actually having to deal with your in-laws.

This is an interesting view of countries that practice and countries that fight bribery in the business world.

Every year we hear about scandals in the NCAA football program. Every university is trying to "bribe" players to come to their university which provides for unethical practices that is destroying all of the young fans who watch football.

Life or death issues should be the most ethical issues we pride ourselves upon. When there are doctors paying who are simply paying to save themselves from losing their liscences and potentially going to prison, we definately need to take action.

Curriculum for business degrees are changing in a way that will benfit society.

Though this was an interesting article, because this anchor was fired because she was protesting and taking a stand for what she believed in.

A movement to improve five categories (energy efficiency, thermal comfort, visual comfort, acoustics, and indoor air quality) at schools around the nation to create a better and more healthy environment for teachers and students.

Article about how the unemployment taxes are now discouraging employeers to hire more employees. Another reason why unemployment will continue to rise in this country.

Obama targets rich entrepreneurs through taxes

Corruption in the business world extends much farther than just between businesses. In this case an entire government is corrupt and the businesses providing the bribes are helping it to remain that way.

Lawmakers received few responses from many questions that were asked of these Solyndra Executives. This is a very interesting video.

This is one of a series of fictional case studies based on real ethical dilemmas. It is designed to promote questions and commentary. We welcome your participation. With unemployment at an all-time high and 50 percent of the downtown shops vacant, Tony Pell, mayor of Weldon, had been working with a regional business-development agency to revitalize what most locals called "the dead downtown."

I think the opening paragraph says it all: "Discussions about ethical issues, not to mention attempts to encourage ethical behavior, are constantly derailed by the invocation of common misstatements of ethical principles. Some of these are honest misconceptions, some are intentional distortions, some are self-serving rationalizations, and some, upon examination, simply make no sense at all."

I do have to disagree with the author's example of consequentialism. Normally, saving a woman from being killed would be ethical, however, going back in time and disrupting the time line (in my opinion) was not. Had he not gone back in time, he wouldn't have had an opportunity to save the woman and in the end, the Nazi's would not have won WWII. Also, in relation to the fallacy of "It's ethical if it's not illegal" - I don't believe that everything that is illegal is immoral or unethical. That is why laws are able to be changed - sometimes the law is wrong or unethical.

This is a 6 minute video Cable Hardin and I did for Daktronics. I was supposed to be for incoming employees, to learn more about Daktronics and the values the company holds. It has, however, become somewhat of a sales tool as well. Some customers are interested in who they are buying equipment from.