Business Ethics

Exult or gnash teeth at whistle-blower Chelsea Manning’s release?

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Chelsea Manning is out of prison — but here are the whistle-blowing questions for both those exulting and those gnashing their teeth. “Whistleblowing and Government Secrets, Chelsea Manning edition.” “In his final days in office, President Obama commuted the prison sentence of Chelsea Manning. While in the employ of the US Army, Manning had downloaded […]

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Loving Money and Books – Which Is More Evil? [Good Life series]

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I worked in construction for some years before returning to graduate school. My crew members were all hardworking guys, and an ethos of manly ruggedness prevailed among them. Beer was drunk. Pickup trucks were driven. Camping and fishing were practiced faithfully. I am, of course, no slouch in the manliness department. Let’s be clear about

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“Whistle-blowing and Government Secrets, Chelsea Manning edition” published

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My short article “Whistleblowing and Government Secrets, Chelsea Manning edition” was published as part of the Political Ethics series at the Berens Foundation’s site. “In his final days in office, President Obama commuted the prison sentence of Chelsea Manning. While in the employ of the US Army, Manning had downloaded tens of thousands of government

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Bartley Madden’s *Value Creation Thinking*

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I’m enjoying Bartley Madden’s Value Creation Thinking. Madden has much real-world experience in business from his years as a managing director at Credit Suisee HOLT. He’s also read deeply into the ethics and economics literature. We all know the complaints about the business world — corporations enjoy low public trust, “capitalism” is a dirty word

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Profits—Good, Bad, and Obscene [Good Life series]

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Nobody likes to lose money, but profit generates polarized attitudes. As with most morally-charged phenomena—competition, wealth, poverty, property—getting past the often confused discussions requires some subtle distinctions. Let’s approach profit by way of an example of its opposite—an accidental destruction of property. Suppose that I’m careless and drive my car onto your yard, tearing up

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Al Gini on Leadership — our CEE interview

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[Here is a transcript of our eleven-minute video interview.] Center for Ethics and Entrepreneurship Interview with Professor Al Gini on Leadership Hicks: I’m Stephen Hicks of CEE. Today we have with us Professor Al Gini from Loyola University Chicago, where he is chair of the management department and where he teaches business ethics. He is also

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Business Ethics Education — panel discussion at APEE

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I’ll be part of an APEE panel on [2.G.8] Business Ethics Education on Monday, April 10, 2017, from 3:50 – 5:05 pm. Matthew Brown (University of Illinois-Springfield) will be the moderator and the other panelists will be Rajshree Agarwal (University of Maryland, College Park), María Marty (Fundación para la Responsabilidad Intelectual). John A. Parnell (The

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