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Jon Carson: Why Leadership and CSR Are Tightly Aligned

2012-05-25T17:41:25Z

Leadership and corporate social responsibility are two separate issues that are increasingly talked about, though rarely in the same sentence. But you can't have one without the other.

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Susan Smalley, Ph.D.: How Often Do You Make a Moral Compromise?

2012-05-25T13:26:07Z

I've learned not to think there's always a right and wrong course of action immediately evident. It can be important to observe and explore one's thoughts and feelings around a moral decision -- however big or small.

Read more: Moral Choice, Moral Decisions, Wisdom, Values, Mindfulness, Ethics, Moral Compromise, Morality, Emotional Intelligence, Healthy Living News

Wade Norris: Colorado's Mike Coffman is Acting 'UnAmerican'

2012-05-23T22:35:47Z

It seems that Mike Coffman of Colorado is doing his best to hand his congressional seat over to the Blue column.

Read more: Birther, Mike Coffman, Joe Miklosi, Elections, Ethics, Colorado, Secretary of State, Voting, Video, Denver News

Nedda Alammar: A Cautionary Tale: When Your Boss Wants to Become Your Friend

2012-05-22T18:22:34Z

When my boss wants me to just roam around his office/cubicle and talk about whatever until he's ready to leave and maybe go out for drinks with him, my defenses are up.

Read more: Men, Women, Small Business, Employees, Unemployment, Workplace, Boss, Unemployment Rate, Values, Ethics, Small Business News

Legionaries Of Christ Rocked By Abuse, Secrecy, And Hypocrisy

2012-05-22T07:00:00Z

* Legionaries head asks forgiveness for mishandling case * Scandal concerns popular American priest who fathered a child ...

Read more: Legion of Christ, Video, Father Marcial Maciel, Rev. Thomas Williams, Catholicism, Father Alvaro Corcuera, Priest Fathered Children, Reuters, Morality, Roman Catholic, Religion News

Art Markman, Ph.D.: Why We Create Moral Issues

2012-05-21T11:47:38Z

The concept of fairness is a moral value. Why are discussions of issues like gay marriage turned into moral issues? According to a new study, the psychological value of creating a moral issue is that it gives people a legitimate reason to have an opinion on an issue.

Read more: Moral Reasoning, Science, Morality, Psychology, Barack Obama, Gay Marriage, Moral Issues, Social Moral Issues, Moral Ethical Issues, New Research, Healthy Living Health News, Emotional Intelligence, Healthy Living News

Americans Overwhelmingly Negative About Country's Moral Values

2012-05-18T16:03:08Z

Gallup's annual Values and Beliefs survey revealed that Americans are overwhelmingly negative about the future of moral values in the United States wi...

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Christian Piatt: Are Atheists Better People Than Christians?

2012-05-18T13:03:45Z

Back when I waited tables, the Sunday after-church crowd was the absolute worst of the week to wait on. It really killed me when, instead of leaving a tip, they'd leave a tract on the table. They justify this because saving my soul is a far greater gift than a couple of dollars.

Read more: Ethics, Christians, Atheists, Compassion, Atheism, Christianity, Religious Tolerance, Belief, Belief in God, Religion News

Legislators Reopen Nikki Haley Investigation

2012-05-18T13:39:58Z

The alleged ethics violations of the governor 0 a matter thought to have been settled just weeks ago - has been reassessed and reopened by the Republi...

Read more: South Carolina Legislature, Nikki Haley Ethics, State and Local Government, Ethics, Nikki Haley South Carolina Governor, Nikki Haley, Nikki Haley South Carolina, South Carolina Politics, Politics News

Paul Schwennesen: Ethics of Eating Meat

2012-05-14T16:49:46Z

Asking whether eating meat is "ethical" is like asking whether having sex is ethical. Biological imperatives do not pander to such arbitrary distinctions.

Read more: Impact of Meat Eating, Meat Eating, Vegetarianism, Ethics, Omnivore, Meat, Food News

Rabbi Joshua Hess: Why Cole Hamels Should Have Lied

2012-05-14T16:01:38Z

Philadelphia Phillies pitcher, Cole Hamels, did the unthinkable: He told the truth. After plunking 19-year-old baseball phenom, Bryce Harper, in the back, he admitted that he did it intentionally.

Read more: Religion and Sports, Cole Hamels, Judaism, Mlb, Ethics, Baseball, Religion News

David Petersen: Keeping the "Hunt" in Hunting

2012-05-11T16:13:07Z

Amorality is hardly the only dark side to game ranching. Consider these outtakes from a conversation I had recently with Canada's Dr. Valerius Geist, an ethical hunter and world authority on elk and other deer species.

Read more: Wildlife Management, Morality, Game Farms, Hunting, Canned Hunting, Hunting Regulations, Game Hunting, Market Hunting, Denver News

KidSpirit: Blank Disk Or Software Included: Are We Born With Ethics And Morals?

2012-05-10T11:00:20Z

Do we have a sense of right or wrong from day one? If put in an extreme situation, could an ordinary person grow up to be a psychopath?

Read more: Infants, Morality, Empathy, Children, Cognition, Ethics, Early Childhood Development, Religion News

Ann Brenoff: America's 'Crazed Egalitarian Slide'

2012-05-10T09:36:00Z

There used to be a time when we reached for the moon -- in our nation, in ourselves, and in our expectations of others. Then something happened along the way.

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Patricia Harned: Executive Branch Agencies Should Live by Their Own Standards

2012-05-09T11:57:30Z

This week is Public Service Recognition Week: a time to honor the men and women who serve our nation as government employees. But lately, the feeding frenzy surrounding scandals by federal employees will not go away.

Read more: Secret Service Scandal, Gsa, Ethics, Secret Service, Gsa Scandal, Government Ethics, Executive Branch, Secret Service Sex Scandal, U.S. Goverment Employees, DC News

Valerie Berset-Price: Corruption, Democracy, and the Search for a Better World

2012-05-08T16:38:42Z

Wal-Mart is making the headlines with the FCPA corruption case it faces in Mexico. But anyone who has been on the ground trying to close business in c...

Read more: Corruption, Wal Mart, International Business, Zambia, Uruguay, Ethics, Wireless, Bribery, Technology, Fcpa, Business News

David Isenberg: Different Ethical Strokes for Different PSC Folks

2012-05-08T17:52:31Z

Most people assume that the PSC acronym stands for Private Security Contractor. It does but it also stands for Personal Services Contractor. You may be thinking, what is a personals services contractor and why should I care?

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David Petersen: Canned Killing: Don't Call It Hunting!

2012-05-08T14:44:04Z

There is honorable hunting, and there is cowardly captive killing. The motivations and characters defining each are as distinct as day and night.

Read more: Canned Hunting, Game Farms, Ethics, Wild Game, Hunting, Canned Killing, Animal Hunting, Stephen Kellert, Trophy Hunting, Fair Hunting, Orion: The Hunter's Institute, Hunting for Meat, Ethical Hunting, Denver News

Robert Klitzman, M.D.: Sharing Office Cubicles... and Diagnoses

2012-05-08T14:03:00Z

Coworkers occupy peculiar in-between roles in our lives. Most days, we spend at least half of our waking hours with them. Disclosing our personal problems to them can offer advantages, generating social support, or can prompt stigma and discrimination.

Read more: Stigma, Medical Ethics, Psychiatry, Confidentiality, Mental Health, Psychology, Mental Illness Stigma, Privacy, Politics, Health, Ethics, Genetics, Healthcare Reform, Bioethics, Anxiety, Medicine, Healthcare, Wellness, Healthy Living News

Jane Devin: To Bridge the Gap Between Dogma and Progress, We're Going to Have to Talk About Values

2012-05-07T14:35:05Z

How many people do you know who are extremists on either side? My guess is not many. Yet these are the types of conversations that dominate politics and the media today. They take away from the truth and heart of human matters while fanning flames of antagonism and disunity.

Read more: Lgbt, Religion, Dogma, Values, Politics, Ethics, Equal Rights, Gay, Social Mores, Religious Tolerance, Culture, Politics News

Louis A. Ruprecht, Jr.: Images That Do Violence

2012-05-07T13:43:24Z

The Los Angeles Times exposé a couple weeks ago offers chilling testimony of how badly sentiments and moral judgments can slide out of kilter in time of war.

Read more: 82nd Airborne Division, Torture, Abortion Debate, War, Los Angeles Times, Christianity, Ethics, US Army, War Crimes, Religion News

Matt Bieber: The Evasion of Ethics at Harvard Kennedy School, or Why Digging Deep Into Ethics Makes Us Better Policymakers

2012-05-02T15:20:15Z

The Harvard Kennedy School wants its students to do good in the world. If we really mean that, then we should take the question of what counts as good more seriously.

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Nikki Haley Cleared

2012-05-02T11:24:09Z

Gov. Nikki Haley has been cleared of ethics violations by a six-member committee chaired by Rep. Roland Smith (R-Aiken). The vote was along party line...

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GOP Rep Cleared In Insider Trading Probe

2012-04-30T20:16:16Z

The Office of Congressional Ethics found no evidence of Rep. Spencer Bachus (R-Ala.) violating insider trading rules and has unanimously agreed to dro...

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Eli Lehrer: New Ethics Rules: Bah, Humbug!

2012-04-30T16:15:21Z

The size and scope of government means scandals like those at GSA and The Secret Service are inevitable. Simply making more rules won't end scandals -- that's impossible -- but may make government even less efficient.

Read more: Secret Service Scandal, Government Ethics, Gsa Scandal, Gsa, Ethics, Secret Service, Politics News