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Authentically Unethical
Authenticity is the among the favourite buzzwords of the day. (My pal Andrew Potter’s recent book, The Authenticity Hoax, is a wonderful take-down of the concept.) There are lots of ways the feel-good...
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Groupon Super Bowl Ad: Unethical
A collective gasp could be heard at one particular moment last night during the Super Bowl. No, I’m not talking about the gasp following Nick Collins’ 37 yard touchdown run in the first quarter. I’m...
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Certifying Virtue
Two weeks ago I was at Duke University’s Kenan Institute for Ethics, in part to participate in a panel discussion called “Certifying Virtue.” The panel was basically about the challenges faced by...
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Buffett, Sokol, and Virtue Ethics
Warren Buffett (photo by Mark Hirschey)What kind of person do you want to be? What kind of businesspeople do you think worthy of imitation? The world’s most successful investor, Warren Buffett, was...
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Greed, Capitalism, and the Occupy Movement
What’s wrong with greed, anyway? No, don’t worry, this isn’t going to be one of those ill-conceived “greed is what makes capitalism work” diatribes. After all — with apologies to Gordon Gekko — that’s...
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Social Class and Unethical Behaviour
Hating the rich comes pretty naturally to a lot of people. And so it’s not surprising that a widely-reported study apparently demonstrating that the rich are less ethical resulted in a combination of...
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Healthcare, Unions, and Selling Donuts to Canadians
Selling donuts to Canadians sounds so easy that it seems like the punch-line to a not-very-funny joke. Apparently, however, it isn’t always such and easy thing to do. Or at least, not easy enough to...
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Petraeus, Moralizing, & Leadership Obligations
This past Friday, David Petraeus, a retired 4-star general in the US Army resigned from his position as Director of the Central Intelligence Agency. He resigned because evidence had surfaced that he...
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University Frosh Rape Chant Poses Leadership Challenge
Last week, a scandal sprouted on Canada’s east coast, when it was discovered that part of Frosh Week activities at Saint Mary’s University (SMU), in Halifax, included the chanting of a song promoting...
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What’s Your Duty When Your Boss is Out of Control?
What are an employee’s responsibilities when the boss is out of control — when he or she is self-destructive, doing damage to the organization, or both? It’s one of the hardest problems of workplace...
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