Ethical Business Ethics

The starting point of business ethics is contractual: I agree to provide a fair product (or service), and you agree to pay me a fair price. ...

Back at the dawn of time, when I was in business school, Johnson & Johnson was held up as the gold standard for handling product recalls...

Ethics is easy when the stakes are low, or when doing the right thing makes you look good: You find your neighbor's wallet on the sidewa...

... That's what I thought. Me, too. Today's New York Times carries an excellent, if depressing, piece by Gretchen Morgenson: ...

Let's say that I am a pet food manufacturer, and some of my products are being linked to outbreaks of salmonella (among people feeding m...

Assuming, of course, that you write a blog about ethics in business. Or the lack thereof. I've written twice already about food rules ( ...

...instead of simply firing the @$$ of the dishonest? The first time I heard about this latest corporate hoop, I laughed -- how ludicrous, I...