Ethical Business Ethics
Saturday, May 30, 2009
Is a Promise a Guarantee?
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Sadly, no. Today's New York Times has an article by Leslie Wayne about Harvard Business School students who have devised an ethical oa...
Wednesday, May 20, 2009
Gimme Pens, Gimme Caps ... Get Rid of 'Em All
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Remember how I said that doctors probably wouldn't be corrupted by a "gimme" pen? Well, it seems as though I was wrong. A sho...
Friday, May 15, 2009
Don't Just Blame the Victim: Why Not Charge Him, Too?
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"Food companies are placing the onus for safety on consumers" is the headline of an article by Michael Moss in today's New Yo...
Tuesday, May 12, 2009
Information Wants to be Free. No, It Doesn't.
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Frankly, information doesn't care whether it's free or not. It has no mind to make any assessment of its own value. It's the ch...
Monday, May 11, 2009
There's Ethical, and Then There's Ethical
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I read an interview last week with Robert Iger, CEO of the Walt Disney Company, in which he quoted Warren Buffett on hiring criteria: ...
Wednesday, May 6, 2009
When in Doubt, Regulate
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More and more scientific research shows that we humans are stunningly bad at self-assessment. We think we're better drivers than we are;...
Friday, May 1, 2009
Everything Old is New Again? Or Is It Just, Still, Old?
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Back in 1979, Chrysler flirted with bankruptcy, trying to avoid being the first major American automobile manufacturer to file for such prot...
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