New transcription: Dr. William Kline spoke at Rockford University on business ethics. My follow-up interview with him on the main points of his talk are below in video and transcribed-text form: Interview with William Kline, Ph.D., on Business Ethics Interview conducted at Rockford College by Stephen Hicks, Ph.D. The Center for Ethics and Entrepreneurship Hicks: […]
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The Atlas Society has produced a Kindle version of my article “The Best Work of the Best Minds: Business Ethics and Value Creation.” The article is updated from the original 1994 article published in the IOS Journal. The opening lines: “I am sitting on the shore of Lake Ontario. It is late spring and the
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Em primeiro lugar, algumas boas notícias sobre o desastre ambiental do Love Canal (Canal do Amor em tradução livre), ocorrido na década de 1970, em Nova York: o resultado de estudos de longa duração não mostrou aumento das taxas de câncer ou defeitos de nascença entre os residentes dos arredores. Essa é uma boa notícia,
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Deixe-me compartilhar contigo o número mais impressionante de nossa geração: 600 milhões. Esse é o número de pessoas que foram retiradas da pobreza extrema nos últimos 25 anos. Nunca antes na história tantas pessoas alcançaram um nível mínimo de conforto. A linha de pobreza é uma questão controversa, já que não há consenso universalmente aceito,
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The opening of my latest column at EveryJoe: “First, some good news about the 1970s Love Canal environmental disaster in New York: long-term studies have shown no increase in rates of cancer or birth defects among the area’s residents. That’s welcome news, even though toxic chemicals were released into the environment, homeowners were frightened, dislocated,
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The video of a 50-minute talk I gave at the Atlas Summit in New Hampshire in June. Abstract: In a free market, some individuals will engage in corrupt business activities. One argument for government regulation holds that it reduces the amount of business corruption. Opponents of government regulation respond that free markets have the internal
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The opening of my latest column at EveryJoe: “Let me brag a bit. In high school I was a pretty good at tennis. Now, many years later, I am an occasional weekend player who has somehow acquired the stamina (and the knees) of a middle-aged man. “But I still have this recurring fantasy that I
Should dying patients have the right to try drugs not yet approved by the government? In my Business Ethics course, we cover the classic Laetrile case (my one-hour video lecture with accompanying readings on the case), in which the arguments for government paternalism and market liberalism go head to head. Every few years brings another
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