Pro Ethics

Should small businesses keep tabs on their employees more so than a large business would?

I can see the interwined relationship between honesty, integrity and respect in the small business world and the Fortune 500 comapanies. But the reason that their might be less respect, honesty, and integrity in the small business world is because the people that can't make it into the big business world is because they are lacking the essential needs to be included in the big jobs, big time bucks.

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

Here's a great resource for you Entrepreneurial Studies majors. 

There is a new South Dakota convention that started this year called South Dakota Marketplace that is similar to the lean start up company. I went to SDMP this year and learned a lot of beneficial information.

Language in the workplace with emphasis towards women.

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.

A potential conflict of interest for our SD governor. Do you think this sort of arrangement should be allowed? 

Discusses the ethics behind allowing office romances

I think that if a couple is flirting too much and other workers are noticing it and their fling is interrupting their work, than I would say something has to be done to keep work efficient and to have no distractions. But, if a couple is married and they do not distract anyone than I think that the office relationship is okay. As long as the office romance doesn't take time away from others and the romancers themselves are keeping up with their work, than everything is okay.

I see this almost every lunch break I take with my co-workers. There is always someone in the group that wants an extra 10 or 30 minutes more added to their breaks. I think this dilemma will always occur due to people's attitudes and their work ethic during the work day. Maybe an added incentive will cause the person to change their time of work breaks to lesser time but some will always want an extra minute or two.

Discusses the search of a man's home via two Apple security offical for a new version of the iPhone.

Discusses the possibility that Solyndra or other businesses it associated with committed fraud.

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?

This article is addressing the fact that pharmaceutical industries will do whatever necessary (including fraud, criminal activity, lying to public, etc.) to gain profit.

Big drug companies are finding creative ways around "fraud" and other deceitful ways in order to make big money.

Wal-Mart is now under fire for anti-union activities on top of their already mounting sexual discrimination lawsuits.

Will Wal-Mart ever be brought to justice?

This article is about Solyndra, a leading company in the solar enery market in California , and how they they got refinancing from the Obama administration, for $535 million loan in 2009 and is now bankrupt.

This article takes a look at the Justice Departments suit against At&t blocking them from taking over T-mobile. At&t want the Justice Department to look at the situation from markets in various cities of the nation and what percentage of telecommunications they would control

What is the real intent on this raid?

Will this be an attempt at helping universalize business ethics?

This is an article about the Citizen's United decision by the Supreme Court and a list of unfilled promises.

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.

Ethics and morals can be changed and throughout history the US has done a good job of adapting even if it took years to happen.