March 19, 2012 at 8:44 am
Goldman Sachs is one of the most successful banks in the world. It makes a lot of money. It attracts the best and brightest employees. Most of my students would happily take a job there. With great success, comes the burden of attention. So when a now-former Goldman employee wrote this scathing editorial in the New York Times last […]
March 5, 2012 at 10:21 am
Last week Bloomberg published this interesting article about a study that showed that wealthier people are more likely to cheat and lie. About a dozen people forwarded it to me in the same day, which means I must be doing something right. I read it with great interest, but no surprise. In my life I […]
When I was growing up, everyone knew some “guy” that was stealing cable TV. He had some weird system rigged up, stolen cable boxes, extra wires, whatever. When it rained it wouldn’t work, that sort of thing. Back then I didn’t pay a cable bill, so I didn’t really understand why someone would subject themselves […]
February 15, 2012 at 12:33 pm
Next week my Law and Ethics class will be reading (or supposed to be reading) a case called Lawrence v. Texas. In Lawrence, two men were arrested and charged with violating a Texas law that banned certain sexual acts between two people of the same gender. The men, who were in a consentual relationship and […]
January 22, 2012 at 4:06 pm
The study of ethics need not be academic or intellectual. I encourage students to see how having a strong ethical framework, or a solid set of life principles, will help them make the right choice in everyday incidents. A great example of this is the TV show called “What Would You Do?” This cheesy show […]
January 16, 2012 at 5:11 pm
This weekend I read this article about Apple’s suppliers and some questionable labor practices. Although I should pay closer attention to human rights, especially those of children, if I am being completely honest I often skip these articles. Too depressing, and it seems like such a big problem to fix. And it is one I […]
