Ethics

Three Moral Issues of Health Care

Jim Wallis | Posted 08.02.2009 | Politics


Jim Wallis

With an issue like health, deeply personal but of great public concern, the faith community has a unique and important role to play: to define and raise the moral issues that lay just beneath the policy debate.

On the Matter of the M.B.A. Oath

Robert Teitelman | Posted 07.24.2009 | Business


Robert Teitelman

The real-life goal of management is to create wealth. The only MBA oath that makes sense should resemble that of doctors: do no harm.

Should Manny Play?

Jim Lichtman | Posted 07.12.2009 | Entertainment


Jim Lichtman

Manny Ramirez is gone, suspended for 50 regular season games for testing positive for a banned substance, but should he be allowed to play in this year's All-Star Game?

The Oath: An Ethics Promise at the Harvard Business School

Tom Morris | Posted 07.06.2009 | Business


Tom Morris

The core commitments of business ethics aren't complicated in principle. But their application in the real world demands nuance, sophistication, hard thought, wisdom, skill, and consistency.

Bush v. Gore Rears Its Head (Part IV): A New Check on the Court to Defend the Rule of Law

Shahid Buttar | Posted 06.28.2009 | Politics


Shahid Buttar

The false national consensus that national security should trump constitutional protections for liberty and privacy exemplifies such collusion today.

A Twitter Tribute to Service On This Memorial Day

Tom Morris | Posted 06.25.2009 | Media


Tom Morris

I was invited to help the people in my Twitter stream appreciate and honor the spirit of this Memorial Day by commenting briefly on the concept of service.

Rep. Murtha Should Step Down from Chairmanship of Defense Appropriations

Melanie Sloan | Posted 06.15.2009 | Politics


Melanie Sloan

How many more stories must appear before Rep. Murtha is forced from his perch as chairman of Defense Appropriations and denied further opportunity to feather his own nest?

How to Create Meaningful Ethical Reform in Business

Brian Whetten | Posted 06.13.2009 | Business


Brian Whetten

If we wish to create meaningful ethical reform in business, it requires teaching students practical, concrete, psychological tools.

Bob Bauer on Professionalism and Ethics for Lobbyists

Craig Newmark | Posted 06.07.2009 | Politics


Craig Newmark

Bob Bauer's work is of major importance, reminding us that lobbying often is in the public interest or is just about someone getting a fair shake for their clients.

Sam Stein

Rove, Plouffe Do Battle Over Obama, Their Own Books, And More

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 06.04.2009 | Politics


The two most successful modern presidential campaign gurus sparred on Monday night on topics ranging from the quality of each other's books to the siz...

A Different Kind of "First 100 Days"

Jim Lichtman | Posted 05.29.2009 | Politics


Jim Lichtman

When it comes to responsibility and openness, how is Mr. Obama doing? Is he working to restore the trust and confidence of the American people?

Lessons of Hate in the Bible Belt

Reproductive Justice | Posted 08.30.2009 | Politics


Reproductive Justice

Any gay student at Grandfield High School has been taught a dubious lesson. They have learned they better keep quiet until they are old enough to leave town.

Education, Wonder, and Eros

Robert Rose | Posted 05.26.2009 | Style


Robert Rose

What is truly important in human life consists precisely of those things which cannot be measured; love, decency, joy, all the great virtues and passions.

The Death and Rebirth of Accountability

Tom Morris | Posted 05.16.2009 | Politics


Tom Morris

How can there be a general ethos of solid and pervasive moral standards once more? We need good laws, and effective regulation. We need to restore an overall moral culture of accountability.

Ethics in Government: LOL

Chip Berlet | Posted 05.10.2009 | Politics


Chip Berlet

==Panel: Conference on World Affairs in Boulder== "Ethics in Government: LOL" I have a lawyer friend with a consulting business teaching government ...

Are You Really In Your Body?

Christine Hassler | Posted 05.08.2009 | Living


Christine Hassler

This question hit me last week after I side-swiped a parked car while pulling into my driveway. I actually didn't realize what I had done until I got ...

Jason Linkins

Scritti Politti: April 6, 2009

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 05.07.2009 | Politics


Calculated Risk has some great highlights of Bill Moyers interview with University of Missouri professor William K. Black that are worth reading. Her...

Imagine a World....

Robert D. Stolorow | Posted 04.27.2009 | Living


Robert D. Stolorow

How can it be that emotional trauma is so profoundly context-dependent and, at the same time, is built into our existence itself?

Late Night with Obama

Jim Lichtman | Posted 04.20.2009 | Politics


Jim Lichtman

If ever there was a need for ethical values it is now... more than ever.

Like AIG, We Can Do Worserer!

Dave Astor | Posted 04.19.2009 | Comedy


Dave Astor

The message for petty thieves: all the zeros in $165,000,000 add up to two (as in two-tier justice).

B-School Retraining: Gordon Gekkos Need Not Apply

Kay Koplovitz | Posted 04.17.2009 | Business


Kay Koplovitz

I say let's require ethics courses in B-schools. For my money, late is better than never. It's time we said, Gordon Gekko's need not apply.

Watchmen, Love and Misunderstanding

Paul Snyder | Posted 04.13.2009 | Entertainment


Paul Snyder

There has been a lot of press about audiences seeing the movie more than once, but that would really only reward aesthetes and those who found the basic plot incomprehensible the first time.

Hey Mr. Bioethicist, Scientists are Not Amoral

Michael Eisen | Posted 04.09.2009 | Politics


Michael Eisen

This conflation of science and scientists is offensive and ignorant. In my experience, no one has thought about the moral side of scientific issues more deeply than scientists.

A New Debate Can't Wait

Michael Rugnetta | Posted 04.09.2009 | Politics


Michael Rugnetta

We no longer have the luxury of debating the profound but ultimately unanswerable questions surrounding the dignity of the embryo. The research is proceeding whether we like it or not.

Can I Get You Anything, Senator? Your Hat and Coat, Perhaps?

Leighann Lord | Posted 03.26.2009 | Comedy


Leighann Lord

Presidents Lincoln and Obama notwithstanding, aren't we supposed to grade Illinois politicians on a curve? They get an asterisk next to their names like steroid-filled baseball players.