#ethics

Advice & Self-Help | Advice & Self-Help

Do I Fire An Employee Who Doesn’t Deserver It? | Workplace Coach Blog

Do I fire an employee who doesn't deserve it--if protesting risks my job? --your three choices and how to handle this crisis

History | History

Professor's expertise in Shakespeare leads to top faculty honor | ASU News

 Jonathan Bate has played many parts — scholar of Shakespeare, author, professor, actor, director, playwright, critic, poet, radio presenter and one of the creators of the relatively new discipline of ecocriticism. He was knighted in 2015 for his schol

Miscellaneous | Interesting & Helpful Information

Addressing equity and ethics in artificial intelligence

Algorithms and humans both contribute to bias in AI, but AI may also hold the power to correct or reverse inequities among humans.

News | News

PODCAST | How About A Little AI Fire, Scarecrow?

Listen now | Before we get into this morning’s segment on The Captain's America: Third Watch with Matt Bruce – in which we talk about the unholy connection between Vice President Kamala Harris and Artificial Intelligence, among other things, I wa

News | News

The Separation of Powers Is A Thing

The unmitigated arrogance of Senate Democrats is on full display as they – once again – try to sideline the US Constitution to claw more power to themselves. This time it comes in hearings that the Senate Judiciary Committee is holding to “order”

Books | Books

Two Free Months of After Dinner Conversation: an ethics & philosophy magazine | Workplace Coach Blog

Two free months of After Dinner Conversation; a magazine that publishes stories, like mine, that have an ethics or unique philosophical message

Books | Books

Intriguing magazine focused on stories that illuminate ethical issues | Workplace Coach Blog

Compelling short stories with an ethical punch.

Business & Finance | Business & Finance

The Difference Accountability Makes - Workplace Coach Blog

Accountability and what it takes

News | News

Obama-Era Ethics Chief Excoriates Biden Administration for Nepotism Hires

The Director of the United States Office of Government Ethics under President Obama is going on record saying that the Biden...

News | News

Creating a Human-Monkey Hybrid? Just Because You Can Doesn't Mean You Should

Ethical questions have been raised after scientists successfully grew monkey embryos containing human cells for the first time. The feat...

News | News

IG Report: Ethics Questions About Elaine Chao's Use of DOT Resources

Former Transportation Secretary, Elaine Chao, routinely used her position and agency staff to benefit family members who own and run a...

News | News

Google Fires Founder of Its Artificial Intelligence Ethics Program

The behemoth tech giant Google has fired the head of its Artificial Intelligence ethics program. Google executives claim she violated company policy by moving files outside of the company building. Margaret Mitchell tweeted Friday she had been let go by G

Advice & Self-Help | Advice & Self-Help

When Your Boss Asks You to Lie - Workplace Coach Blog

Maintaining your ethics when your boss asks you to lie. How to tell the truth and keep your boss happy at the same time--in the short run.

News | News

Maxine Waters Funneled Over $1 Million In Campaign Funds To Her Daughter, So Far

Controversial and hyper-partisan US Rep. Maxine Waters (D-CA, has now funneled more than $1.13 million in payments for “services rendered”

News | News

Amid Turmoil, SEC Names Wife of Disgraced FBI Agent Peter Strzok as Division Director

In the wake of the Security and Exchange Commission’s questionable inaction regarding the GameStop event, the regulatory agency has hired

News | News

Biden’s Pick To Run Unemployment Let Nigerian Fraudsters Steal $600 Million From Washington State

The President has named the former head of the State of Washington’s Employment Security Department (ESD) to a position overseeing

News | News

How’d He Know? Pelosi’s Husband Makes Huge Tesla Buy Right Before Biden Announced Green Vehicle Policy

US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s husband, Paul Pelosi Sr., made a $1 million Tesla stock buy just before it was

Politics | Politics

Nancy Pelosi’s Recent Stock Purchase Raises Important Ethics Issues For All Of Congress

According to the disclosure, Pelosi (or her husband, Paul, who runs a venture capital firm) purchased call options at a stake price of $500. Since the calls were bought last month, shares of Tesla have risen from $640.34 to over $890. The call options are

Miscellaneous | Judaism

Can I Use Vaccines Made From Fetal Tissue or Non-Kosher Animals? - Ethics & Morality

We will start off with the question of non-kosher ingredients and work our way to vaccine made with fetal tissue.

Business & Finance | Business & Finance

Manager Secretly Works a 2nd Job During Paid Work Hours - Workplace Coach Blog

Manager secretly moonlights/daylights; can he be fired?

Advice & Self-Help | Advice & Self-Help

My Manager Wants Me to Compromise My Ethics - Workplace Coach Blog

When your manager wants you to do the wrong thing, how do you keep your job?

Advice & Self-Help | Advice & Self-Help

I told a little white lie; my boss hasn't figured it out - Workplace Coach Blog

Ethics, lying and doing the right thing.

Business & Finance | Business & Finance

Twilight Ethics - Workplace Coach Blog

Ethical breaches. What do they cost? Can you afford yours?

Politics | Politics

BREAKING: Congress Releases Messages Showing Tlaib Asked Campaign For Personal Money, Announces Investigation Into Her |

The House Ethics Committee announced on Thursday that it is investigating Democrat Rep. Rashida Tlaib (MI) 0ver internal messages that she allegedly sent in 2018 asking her congressional campaign for money for personal expenses, which is a potential crime

Health & Fitness | Health

Training Physicians as Healers, July 18 - AMA Journal of Ethics

George Washington University has taken the lead in preparing trainees to meet patients’ spiritual needs by integrating spirituality into its curriculum.

Psychology | Health & Wellbeing

Polluted Air Can Cloud Your Morality, Lead To Unethical Behavior - Study Finds

The findings of a recent study show that exposure to air pollution, or even just the belief that you've been exposed to polluted air whether you have or not, can compromise a person's sense of morality.

Entertainment | Entertainment

The true ethical lessons of the Kobayashi Maru test in Star Trek

Just what are cadets to learn from the Kobayashi Maru scenario in Star Trek? While it’s the perfect foreshadowing and opening for Star Trek II: The Wrath Of Khan, with its discussion of death and sacrifice, and is later used to show the cockiness of Kirk and the rigidity of Spock in the 2009 reboot, is there more to the test than just a narrative device?