There will be no bittersweet on-air goodbye for (now former) CTV national news anchor Lisa LaFlamme, no ceremonial passing of the baton to the next generation, no broadcast retrospectives lionizi...
https://businessethicsblog.com/2022/08/16/lisa-laflamme-ctv-news-and-bad-executive-decisions/
“The academic world is one of fierce competition. Students are under immense pressure to succeed, and the pressure only intensifies as they move closer to graduation. In this context, it’s no...
https://businessethicsblog.com/2022/07/13/corporate-a-i-helping-students-cheat/
A new report from The Intercept suggests that a new in-house messaging app for Amazon employees could ban a long string of words, including “ethics.” Most of the words on the list are ones th...
https://businessethicsblog.com/2022/04/04/will-amazon-ban-ethics/
I’ve written two blog entries over the last two weeks (here and here) arguing in favour of the business community imposing sanctions on Russia, in response to Russia’s unprovoked attack on Uk...
https://businessethicsblog.com/2022/03/23/respectful-disagreement-about-sanctioning-russia/
Is a corporate boycott of Russia an act of vigilantism? Some people reading this will assume that “vigilantism” equals “bad,” and so they’ll think that I’m asking whether boycotting R...
https://businessethicsblog.com/2022/03/14/corporate-vigilantism-vs-russia/
A number of prominent corporations have added their weight to the international effort to impose sanctions on Russia. More and more companies are pulling out of Russia in response to Vladimir Put...
https://businessethicsblog.com/2022/03/07/business-the-russian-invasion-of-the-ukraine/
I teach my business ethics students that in order to understand ethical issues in the world of commerce, you need to understand a little bit about markets, about modern corporations, and about th...
https://businessethicsblog.com/2021/10/20/avoiding-mistakes-about-adam-smiths-wealth-of-nations/
An interesting story came up last week, concerning Hunter Biden — president Joe Biden’s son. Hunter Biden is an artist, and it is anticipated that his work could sell for for hundreds of thou...
People tend to think of boycotts as classic non-violent direct action. Power to the people! and so on. Often, in recent years, boycotts have been used by consumers to pressure companies on a rang...
https://businessethicsblog.com/2020/07/20/is-a-boycott-an-act-of-violence/
A couple of days ago, the NYT featured a story about the ethics of using delivery services like Uber Eats and DoorDash (See: As Diners Flock to Delivery Apps, Restaurants Fear for Their Future). ...