The documentary on the financial crisis points to the importance of perspective and focus in ethical decision making.
Casual corruption
Raj Rajaratnam strategically corrupted other business people to fuel his insider trading. He’s been prosecuted, but why haven’t there been more convictions?
How much could ‘free’ cost?
Freemium internet services pose an ethical dilemma when users adopt them behind the backs of their companies’ IT staffs. Is the marketing method of these services unethical?
Complexity and simplicity
Narrow focus doesn’t always deliver the best answers: they are just the other side of complexity.
See no evil…
Our brains may filter out information when our focus is directed elsewhere, but we are still responsible for that information.
Ethical Towers of Babel
Does diversity of cultures and values create a barrier to ethical decision making?
Is condescension unethical, or just bad business?
Special training and knowledge means special obligations to acknowledge the importance of others.
Most don’t cheat on taxes
87% of respondents to an IRS Oversight survey said they don’t think it’s OK to cheat on taxes. In other news, 13% of survey respondents were later audited.