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What Do Our College Students Learn?
I wrote a three part series (part 1) (part 2) (part 3) on the latest study showing that college students are not learning critical thinking skills. I pointed out that…
Benjamin Franklin, Business Ethics And How To Approach An Opponent!
An excerpt from The True Benjamin Franklin Author: Sydney George Fisher Franklin was by nature a public man; but the beginning of his life as an office-holder may be said…
Benjamin Franklin, Business Ethics and Bearing Grudges
An excerpt from Benjamin Franklin by John Torrey Morse, Jr. In Philadelphia Franklin soon found opportunity to earn a living at his trade. There were then only two printers in…
Why Moral Philosophers Aren’t More Moral Than the Rest of Us (via Ockham’s Beard)
This is a fun article. Of course, as an ethics teacher I should probably worry, but I will continue to have faith that I will do okay. I am still…
Net neutrality – Who really benefits? (via Now we’re EtherSpeakin’)
This article focuses on the key issue in the FCC ruling. The issue is whether or not the decision actually favors consumers. I hold the FCC decision in contempt. I…
Will the Government Ever Attempt to Enforce the Law Against the Bank of America?
Bank of America is teetering on the edge of collapse. It has received enormous aid from the federal government in bailouts, loans and preferential treatment to the tune of trillions…
Ethics Bob has a book out!!
The Ethics Challenge The newspapers (and our blog) are full of unethical politicians; the sports pages full of rule-breaking players and parents; the business news full of sleazy companies and…
If a Highway Robber Has to Go to Jail, Why Does the Elite on Wall Street Get to Stay Home?
Will Wall Street Ever Face Justice? – NYTimes.com Four years after the disintegration of the financial system, Americans have, rightfully, a gnawing feeling that justice has not been served. Claims…
Wall Street Suffers “Hard Times”
A few weeks ago there was a controversy over grants given to Planned Parenthood by the Susan Komen foundation. The vice president confronted by complaints that poor women would lose…
What’s a Little Corn Syrup Between Friends?
When I developed high blood pressure, I had to start eating healthy. It was a shock to find out how much it cost to eat healthy. The food in the…
Borowitz Report
- Greece No Longer a Nation; Announces Plan to Become Social NetworkATHENS (The Borowitz Report) – After struggling for months with an intractable financial crisis, Greece announced today that it would cease to exist as a sovereign nation and would instead reboot itself as a social network. The new entity, FetaBook, is expected to raise much-needed billions in an upcoming IPO. The social network formerly known as Greece [... […]
- A Letter from Mark ZuckerbergMENLO PARK, CA (The Borowitz Report) – On the eve of Facebook’s IPO, Founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg published the following letter to potential investors: Dear Potential Investor: For years, you’ve wasted your time on Facebook. Now here’s your chance to waste your money on it, too. Tomorrow is Facebook’s IPO, and I know what some of you […]
- Hoping for Knockout Punch, CIA Sends JP Morgan Execs to Infiltrate Al-QaedaWASHINGTON (The Borowitz Report) – In a covert mission designed to destroy what remains of al-Qaeda, the CIA has been infiltrating the terror network with executives from JP Morgan Chase, the banking giant. The mission, which the intelligence agency had hoped to keep secret, came to light this week when al-Qaeda dismissed two of its top […]
- Read Andy Borowitz’s New Bestseller with This Free AppYou don’t have to own a Kindle to read Andy Borowitz’s #1 bestseller, An Unexpected Twist. Now you can read it on any device by downloading this free app here. Then download Andy’s book here. The critics rave: “Andy Borowitz is the funniest human on Twitter, and that’s not mean praise… This funny book has a sneaky emotional […]