Archive for the ‘Case Studies’ Category

The decision to “blow the whistle” involves complex interactions of worker’s ethical obligations to the public, employer and to himself.

November 20th, 2011 by admin | No Comments | Filed in Business Ethics, Case Studies, Corruption, Organizational Ethics

According to this article from the Jerusalem Post,”Whistle-blowing is one of the most fascinating topics in business ethics. The decision to “blow the whistle” on perceived misconduct involves complex interactions of the worker’s ethical obligations to the public, to the employer and to himself. The potential whistle-blower can be a low-level or high-level employee.”

What Paterno Teaches Us About Ethics

November 11th, 2011 by admin | 1 Comment | Filed in Case Studies, Ethical Development, Organizational Ethics, Trust

A Forbes article considers the lessons to be learned from this sad episode

Journalism’s ethical and civic purpose?

November 9th, 2011 by admin | 1 Comment | Filed in Case Studies, Democracy, Organizational Ethics

John Lloyd, Bruce Page and Matthew Taylor debate the current crisis in UK news media and ask: is it time to re-assert journalism’s ethical and civic purpose?

How One Whistleblowing Miner Took On Big Coal

September 14th, 2011 by admin | No Comments | Filed in Business Ethics, Case Studies

From the Huffington Post

Dan Ariely: Beware conflicts of interest

September 1st, 2011 by admin | No Comments | Filed in Case Studies

In this short talk, psychologist Dan Ariely tells two personal stories that explore scientific conflict of interest: How the pursuit of knowledge and insight can be affected, consciously or not, by shortsighted personal goals. When we’re thinking about the big questions, he reminds us, let’s be aware of our all-too-human brains.

A Lesson from Warren Buffet about Ethical Blind Spots

June 1st, 2011 by admin | No Comments | Filed in Business Ethics, Case Studies

This is an excerpt from a book by Max Bazerman ,the Jesse Isidor Straus professor of business administration at Harvard Business School and his new book Blind Spots: Why We Fail to Do What’s Right and What to Do About It.
Iwould be interested in hearing about other blind spots you may have discovered .

Once upon a time…

August 2nd, 2010 by admin | No Comments | Filed in Case Studies, Social Media

Those of us engaged in the practice and  profession of ethics must  have consummate communication skills. Indeed  ethics development is anchored in dialogue. To be  effective we must possess excellent  writing and presentation qualities.

No one has thought more about how to make effective presentations than the folks at Presentation Zen Their  point is  that  presentations should be delivered less like performances or speeches and much more like conversations.Their advice, if followed, will no doubt enhance the dialogue that  is essential to our discipline.

We would be interested in your own presentation  experiences and lessons learned.

Applied Shakespeare

June 7th, 2010 by admin | No Comments | Filed in Case Studies

I am currently working on the design and delivery of  values and ethics learning events and   have been exploring the field for innovative and nontraditional examples.

I came   across the Findhorn Foundation the other day, who describe themselves as a spiritual community, ecovillage and an international centre for holistic education. What really caught my attention was that the course they are offering this summer on ethics  required no prior knowledge of Shakespeare, the play Macbeth, or the theatre!

According to the course description participants will be invited on 5-day mythodrama journey. The workshop is focused on the leadership question of  Ethical Ambition and Courageous Leadership, and draws lessons from the Scottish play, Shakespeare’s Macbeth

I would encourage you to share your own  examples of innovative teachers or teachings.