http://www.examiner.com/x-2134-DC-Ethical-Issues-Examiner?cid=exrss-DC-Ethical-Issues-Examiner en-us Mon, 23 Nov 2009 04:06:37 -0700 Sun, 25 Oct 2009 17:34:18 -0700 BlogCFC http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss http://www.examiner.com/x-2134-DC-Ethical-Issues-Examiner~y2009m10d25-NY-swine-flu-vaccine-order-tabledfor-now?cid=exrss-DC-Ethical-Issues-Examiner  In New York state, it is only ethical to force people to inject themselves with viruses (attenuated or not) swimming in a noxious soup of adjuvant if there’s enough virus soup to ensure everyone in the target population is subjected to fo... New York NY swine flu vaccine Patterson Spitzer Sun, 25 Oct 2009 17:34:18 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-2134-DC-Ethical-Issues-Examiner~y2009m10d25-NY-swine-flu-vaccine-order-tabledfor-now?cid=exrss-DC-Ethical-Issues-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-2134-DC-Ethical-Issues-Examiner~y2009m10d23-Cheney-Libby-Bush-reunion-and-a-Service-Before-Self-award-Priceless?cid=exrss-DC-Ethical-Issues-Examiner  Cheney giving "Service Before Self" Award(AP  Hamburg) Appended to a Jason Linkins article on HuffPo about the event at which Dick “Vietnam Draft Dodger” Cheney scolded Mr. Obama for supposedly “dithering&rdquo... Cheney Bush Bush Criminal Rat Pack banks Lewis "Scooter" Libby New York NY DC NYC Fri, 23 Oct 2009 12:06:46 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-2134-DC-Ethical-Issues-Examiner~y2009m10d23-Cheney-Libby-Bush-reunion-and-a-Service-Before-Self-award-Priceless?cid=exrss-DC-Ethical-Issues-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-2134-DC-Ethical-Issues-Examiner~y2009m10d21-Roman-Catholic-Church-Jewish-under-the-skin-but-acting-like-Muslims?cid=exrss-DC-Ethical-Issues-Examiner Pope Pius XII (Wiki commons) I have altered the headline slightly; a reader pointed out that not all Muslims are terrorists, and that is so. Nor, of course, are all Roman Catholics conservative wingnuts, nor all Anglicans disaffected. However, it s... Pope Benedict XVI Muslims Roman Catholic Anglican Episcopal Pius XII Islam Wed, 21 Oct 2009 11:52:55 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-2134-DC-Ethical-Issues-Examiner~y2009m10d21-Roman-Catholic-Church-Jewish-under-the-skin-but-acting-like-Muslims?cid=exrss-DC-Ethical-Issues-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-2134-DC-Ethical-Issues-Examiner~y2009m10d20-Is-Pope-Benedict-XVI-poaching-souls-via-a-sneak-attack-on-Anglicans?cid=exrss-DC-Ethical-Issues-Examiner Pope Benedict XVI waving from the "Popemobile" in October 2009. AP/Andrew Medichini I’m not sure it’s ethical to call the current Pope by the name Benny the Rat as a recent comment on a HuffPo article about a new “program... Religion Obama Catholic Pope Benedict XVI Holocaust Vatican bishop scandal President Obama Caroline Kennedy Inquisition clergy Christian abortion fetus Christians Barack Obama Roman Catholic Tue, 20 Oct 2009 15:02:10 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-2134-DC-Ethical-Issues-Examiner~y2009m10d20-Is-Pope-Benedict-XVI-poaching-souls-via-a-sneak-attack-on-Anglicans?cid=exrss-DC-Ethical-Issues-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-2134-DC-Ethical-Issues-Examiner~y2009m10d19-Its-global-warming-stupid-EPA-and-US-Chamber-of-Commerce-try-for-a-PC-PR-coup?cid=exrss-DC-Ethical-Issues-Examiner Maldive Islands politicians' PR move against global warming AP/Mohammed Seeneen It would have been unethical, of course, for the U.S. Chamber of Commerce not to deny the hoax press release saying it had switched its position on climate change. (On ... Cheney Bush Blue Skies business ethics Clear Skies EPA bailout money banks excesses bank bailout corporate greed capitalism Constitution endangered species greed Dubya Bill Clinton consumer protection cheats oil gluttons gluttony global warming climate U Mon, 19 Oct 2009 11:39:22 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-2134-DC-Ethical-Issues-Examiner~y2009m10d19-Its-global-warming-stupid-EPA-and-US-Chamber-of-Commerce-try-for-a-PC-PR-coup?cid=exrss-DC-Ethical-Issues-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-2134-DC-Ethical-Issues-Examiner~y2009m10d14-Kid-set-on-fire-The-c-word-Swastikas-Octomom-Two-endless-wars-No-health-care?cid=exrss-DC-Ethical-Issues-Examiner Paradise for teen thugs? Deerfield Beach, FL (Wiki Commons) Every age and every society seems to have had its share of problems and often those problems seemed to be the worst, the terminal ones that would finally end human life on the planet as we ... Cheney health insurance Bush Obama business ethics thugs single mothers insurance Maryland legislature military Vietnam Suleman CEOs banks Bank of America Right wing Octomom bank bailout corporate greed Big Pharma health care reform President Obama elect Wed, 14 Oct 2009 08:57:24 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-2134-DC-Ethical-Issues-Examiner~y2009m10d14-Kid-set-on-fire-The-c-word-Swastikas-Octomom-Two-endless-wars-No-health-care?cid=exrss-DC-Ethical-Issues-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-2134-DC-Ethical-Issues-Examiner~y2009m10d12-BofA-How--to-keep-bailout-money-from-aiding-suffering-homeowners?cid=exrss-DC-Ethical-Issues-Examiner Bank of America, Washington, DC (Wiki Commons) A lengthy article in the Washington Post today chronicles the problems Bank of America (BofA) is having in identifying those eligible for mortgage revisions under federal law with federal money that wil... business ethics compassion card check bill RICO violations Reagan CEOs bailout money banks Ken Lewis Bank of America excesses bank bailout corporate greed credit card companies capitalism Nixon Senator Christopher Dodd Credit C.A.R.D. Act lender abuses g Mon, 12 Oct 2009 09:09:23 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-2134-DC-Ethical-Issues-Examiner~y2009m10d12-BofA-How--to-keep-bailout-money-from-aiding-suffering-homeowners?cid=exrss-DC-Ethical-Issues-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-2134-DC-Ethical-Issues-Examiner~y2009m10d9-ObamaNobel-The-only-ethical-response-is-gratitude?cid=exrss-DC-Ethical-Issues-Examiner President Barack Obama (AP Photo)The announcement of the Nobel Peace Prize going to Mr. Obama is probably the very best gift this country has ever received from anyone at anytime since the founding of the nation. It says everything the bloggers have ... Bush Rumsfeld FDR Roosevelt Right wing Condoleeza Rice Conservatives President Obama Ashcroft wingnuts Barack Obama Nobel Fri, 09 Oct 2009 08:58:55 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-2134-DC-Ethical-Issues-Examiner~y2009m10d9-ObamaNobel-The-only-ethical-response-is-gratitude?cid=exrss-DC-Ethical-Issues-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-2134-DC-Ethical-Issues-Examiner~y2009m10d8-Brooke-Astor-avenged-Long-live-philanthropy?cid=exrss-DC-Ethical-Issues-Examiner "Let them eat cake" changed the world (Wiki Commons)It reads like an Agatha Christie mystery, except that, fortunately, philanthropist Brooke Astor died of old age and not at the hands of her son, Anthony Marshall, or anyone else who l... business ethics excesses capitalism greed Civil War cheats Greatest Generation gluttony Confederacy Alzheimer's Brooke Astor Anthony Marshall Thu, 08 Oct 2009 13:44:08 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-2134-DC-Ethical-Issues-Examiner~y2009m10d8-Brooke-Astor-avenged-Long-live-philanthropy?cid=exrss-DC-Ethical-Issues-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-2134-DC-Ethical-Issues-Examiner~y2009m10d8-BET-rewards-Michael-Vick-with-bully-pulpit?cid=exrss-DC-Ethical-Issues-Examiner Rescued dog with bite scars (AP)Michael Vick, convicted abuser and killer of dogs for profit who spent 18 months in jail and has already begun playing for a Northeastern football team that shall remain nameless in this column, is now getting a reali... Cheney corporate greed Michael Vick dogfighting oil Vick OJ Simpson NFL BET Thu, 08 Oct 2009 09:00:36 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-2134-DC-Ethical-Issues-Examiner~y2009m10d8-BET-rewards-Michael-Vick-with-bully-pulpit?cid=exrss-DC-Ethical-Issues-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-2134-DC-Ethical-Issues-Examiner~y2009m10d6-Hollywood-waiter-vs-Jane-Adams-or-viciousness-in-America?cid=exrss-DC-Ethical-Issues-Examiner Working for peanuts in America, and getting trashed for it (Wiki Commons)This is not a column about ethics. Just so you know. It is a column about the inexcusable lack of compassion in this country at the moment. It’s hard to understand ... business ethics compassion capitalism greed gluttony Jane Adams Hollywood waiter Ingels Tue, 06 Oct 2009 09:50:55 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-2134-DC-Ethical-Issues-Examiner~y2009m10d6-Hollywood-waiter-vs-Jane-Adams-or-viciousness-in-America?cid=exrss-DC-Ethical-Issues-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-2134-DC-Ethical-Issues-Examiner~y2009m10d6-Death-by-hamburger-Sure-becauses-the-USDA-is-missing-in-action?cid=exrss-DC-Ethical-Issues-Examiner Eating one might get you to Paradise too soon (Wiki commons)When I was a small child, my grandmother would take me with her to the grocery store, the butcher shop and the green grocer. There was no supermarket anywhere close to the neighborhood in Ne... business ethics food poisoning corporate greed capitalism E. coli USDA Cargill hamburger Tue, 06 Oct 2009 08:31:45 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-2134-DC-Ethical-Issues-Examiner~y2009m10d6-Death-by-hamburger-Sure-becauses-the-USDA-is-missing-in-action?cid=exrss-DC-Ethical-Issues-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-2134-DC-Ethical-Issues-Examiner~y2009m9d23-Insurance-company-Alligators-biting-off-anything-they-can-with-no-interference-from-regulators?cid=exrss-DC-Ethical-Issues-Examiner American alligator with large deer (Wiki commons)There is only one argument in favor of universal health care that’s needed. It is this:When the business of sustaining life is offered in an unregulated environment to a bunch of MBAs who are wi... health insurance insurance health care reform greed Wed, 23 Sep 2009 13:30:38 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-2134-DC-Ethical-Issues-Examiner~y2009m9d23-Insurance-company-Alligators-biting-off-anything-they-can-with-no-interference-from-regulators?cid=exrss-DC-Ethical-Issues-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-2134-DC-Ethical-Issues-Examiner~y2009m9d22-Greeders-Anonymous-Twelve-step-program-to-fix-the-bankers-and-credit-trolls?cid=exrss-DC-Ethical-Issues-Examiner Wino? Or banker? (Wiki Commons) In cogitating about what to do with the bankers, whose unending greed has both become apparent and is crippling the nation, it occurred to me: Try them for Living While Under the Influence of Greed, and sentence them... business ethics Bankruptcy bailout money banks Bank of America bank bailout American millionaires corporate greed credit card companies greed "white victimization" cheats gluttons gluttony AA Twelve Steps alcoholic addict money Tue, 22 Sep 2009 10:29:27 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-2134-DC-Ethical-Issues-Examiner~y2009m9d22-Greeders-Anonymous-Twelve-step-program-to-fix-the-bankers-and-credit-trolls?cid=exrss-DC-Ethical-Issues-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-2134-DC-Ethical-Issues-Examiner~y2009m9d21-Join-the-credit-card-revolt-it-would-be-unethical-not-to-while-banks-gorge-and-people-suffer?cid=exrss-DC-Ethical-Issues-Examiner   A quick note: Watch a new YouTube just up today (see below) by Ann Minch, whose first video did bring a reaction from Bank of America, and with whom she has now come to an agreement. She is still in the fight for the long haul, however, and is... banks Bank of America corporate greed credit card companies Credit C.A.R.D. Act consumer protection Ann Minch Mon, 21 Sep 2009 13:39:35 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-2134-DC-Ethical-Issues-Examiner~y2009m9d21-Join-the-credit-card-revolt-it-would-be-unethical-not-to-while-banks-gorge-and-people-suffer?cid=exrss-DC-Ethical-Issues-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-2134-DC-Ethical-Issues-Examiner~y2009m9d21-Twelve-needless-deaths-an-hour-among-unisured-An-ethical-mandate?cid=exrss-DC-Ethical-Issues-Examiner Are we a nation of Cains? (Ghent altarpiece, Wiki Commons) On Thursday, Sept. 17, a study by Harvard Medical School was released. Taking into account many more factors than previous studies that claimed one American dies every 30 minutes because of ... health insurance National Health Homeland Security Bush Greenspan Religion business ethics insurance Halliburton compassion AIG immigration Bankruptcy bailout money Right wing bank bailout American millionaires Jesus corporate greed health care reform Co Mon, 21 Sep 2009 06:06:24 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-2134-DC-Ethical-Issues-Examiner~y2009m9d21-Twelve-needless-deaths-an-hour-among-unisured-An-ethical-mandate?cid=exrss-DC-Ethical-Issues-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-2134-DC-Ethical-Issues-Examiner~y2009m9d18-Quote-of-the-week-Evangelicals-make-dangerous-neighbors?cid=exrss-DC-Ethical-Issues-Examiner Available by clicking here. Former smokers, knowing the damage they did to their bodies and the terrible pains of quitting an addiction, are among the most dedicated anti-smoking activists around. Just so, Frank Schaeffer, raised as a Christian evan... Religion Ann Coulter smoking ban ideologues Holocaust Intelligent Design creationists hero employee Conservatives Republican Christian fetus God Christians wingnuts culture Hannity Holocaust Museum von Brunn the rapture liars birthers Joe Wilson teabagge Fri, 18 Sep 2009 14:24:26 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-2134-DC-Ethical-Issues-Examiner~y2009m9d18-Quote-of-the-week-Evangelicals-make-dangerous-neighbors?cid=exrss-DC-Ethical-Issues-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-2134-DC-Ethical-Issues-Examiner~y2009m9d17-Mr-Obama-demonized-by-dangerous-animals-Disrespectful-disloyal-opposition?cid=exrss-DC-Ethical-Issues-Examiner Dangerous scorpion (Wiki Commons) Below is one of the best comments yet on the rightwing meltdown over the very fact of Mr. Obama. It refers to a column demonizing Mr. Obama as Mr. Obamabortion, and excusing the reprehensible conduct of Joe Wilson: ... health insurance Bush Obama insults Vietnam Right wing Ted Kennedy health care reform President Obama healthcare privilege teabagging greed Republican abortion wingnuts Universal Health Care Dubya birth birth certificate birthers patriotism ObamaCare hea Thu, 17 Sep 2009 13:01:03 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-2134-DC-Ethical-Issues-Examiner~y2009m9d17-Mr-Obama-demonized-by-dangerous-animals-Disrespectful-disloyal-opposition?cid=exrss-DC-Ethical-Issues-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-2134-DC-Ethical-Issues-Examiner~y2009m9d16-Kanye-West-Is-rudeness-unethical-Or-just-unfortunate?cid=exrss-DC-Ethical-Issues-Examiner Kanye West in 2007 (AP/Beaty file photo) Now that being a celebrity is not an unfortunate adjunct to excelling in some art or another and is a job description all on its own, people like Kanye West seem to think they are some special kind of human. ... Michael Vick Kanye West Burt Reyolds Phil Spector Rihanna rehab Wed, 16 Sep 2009 18:42:53 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-2134-DC-Ethical-Issues-Examiner~y2009m9d16-Kanye-West-Is-rudeness-unethical-Or-just-unfortunate?cid=exrss-DC-Ethical-Issues-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-2134-DC-Ethical-Issues-Examiner~y2009m9d16-Wall-Street-Journal-says-US-income-disparity-not-badfor-the-top-1-percent?cid=exrss-DC-Ethical-Issues-Examiner Workin' in a coal mine, goin' down down down (AP Photo) It should come as no surprise, in our money worshipping society, that the Wall Street Journal uses the least reputable statistics in its articles as long as those statistics support its mission... business ethics Enron AIG bailout money banks Bank of America bank bailout American millionaires corporate greed capitalism Cassano greed "white victimization" cheats gluttons gluttony death panels Wall Street Journal Monsanto England Brooklyn Wed, 16 Sep 2009 10:35:02 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-2134-DC-Ethical-Issues-Examiner~y2009m9d16-Wall-Street-Journal-says-US-income-disparity-not-badfor-the-top-1-percent?cid=exrss-DC-Ethical-Issues-Examiner