Ethics News / Jun 2019

A recent roundup of commentary on ethical issues currently affecting organizations. “5 Signs That Your Family Business Might Have an Ethics Problem” (Harvard Business Review) This story outlines both the ways in which family-owned businesses are well-placed to resist the temptation to put profit over values, and the signs that […]

Ethics News / May 2019

A recent roundup of commentary on ethical issues currently affecting organizations. “Experts say ‘predatory’ essay writing firms are thriving, and there’s no law to stop them” This CBC piece goes undercover in the dark world of custom essay writing, and interviews professors and academic integrity specialists at Ryerson about the […]

Ethics News / Apr 2019

A recent roundup of commentary on ethical issues currently affecting organizations. “What’s so bad about bribery?” This piece from the Globe & Mail is by UofT philosopher Mark Kingwell. It explores the ethics of bribery, and asks what differentiates high-level bribery in international business from more mundane forms of influence […]

Ethics News / Mar 2019

A recent roundup of commentary on ethical issues currently affecting organizations. “Microsoft workers’ letter demands company drop Army HoloLens contract” (TheVerge.com). Here’s yet another interesting piece in what seems to be a trend: tech workers objecting on ethical grounds to the work their company does. Read article > “Jeffrey Skilling, […]