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Is it okay to “exaggerate” on a resumé or during an interview?

05/30/2013

The Ethics of Looking for a Job During the past few months I’ve counseled my students on job interviewing and have observed some behavior that concerns me. Most students know an outright lie is wrong such as overstating one’s GPA, making up jobs that do not exist, or falsifying recommendation... Read more →

Posted at 03:00 AM in Business ethics | Permalink | Comments (0)

Tags: business ethics, ethics of interviewing, ethics sage, interviewing tips, lying on resumé, workplace ethics, workplace ethics advice

Are Quotas a Morally Justifiable Action?

05/27/2013

A blog response to Should Quotas be set to Expand Board Opportunities for Women? I have previously blogged about the difficulty women have “Breaking through the Glass Ceiling” and “Should Quotas be set to Expand Board Opportunities for Women?” I recently received a blog comment from a reader named Verity... Read more →

Posted at 03:00 AM in Business ethics, Womens' issues in the workforce | Permalink | Comments (2)

Tags: affirmative action, ethics sage, glass ceiling, quotas, quotas in boardroom, women in the boardroom, women's issues, women's role in corporate governance, workplace ethics

Are Family Leave Policies a Good Thing

05/22/2013

Yahoo’s CEO extends Family Leave Policy after Giving Birth Last month Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer extended the paid parental leave policy of the company for both new mothers and fathers at Yahoo who can now take eight weeks of paid parental leave, and the mothers can take an additional eight... Read more →

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Tags: business ethics, ethics sage, family leave, Marissa Mayer, paid parental leave, workplace ethics

Is Whistleblowing an Ethical Practice?

05/20/2013

A response to 'Is Whistleblowing an Ethical Practice?' by Ranjana Lal, a student at the Open Polytechnic of New Zealand From time to time I receive a blog response that is more in the way of an essay commenting on one of my blogs. Typically, these essays are part of... Read more →

Posted at 01:00 AM in Business ethics | Permalink | Comments (0)

Tags: business ethics, deontology and whistleblowing, ethics of whistleblowing, ethics sage, the morality of whistleblowing, utilitarianism and whistleblowing, whistleblowing, whistleblowing and loyalty, workplace ethics

Raising Ethical Issues in the Workplace

05/15/2013

Loyalty to Others vs. Doing the Right Thing in the Workplace What should you do if you believe an ethical violation has occurred in the workplace? Should you be silent and rationalize the action as a one-time offense? Should you blow the whistle on wrongdoing? Or, what are the middle... Read more →

Posted at 03:00 AM in Business ethics, Social media | Permalink | Comments (4)

Tags: advice, business ethics, ethics in workplace, ethics sage, Giving Voice to Values, hot lines, loyalty in workplace, misappropriation of assets, values-based decision-making, whistleblowing, workplace ethics, workplace retribution

Workers with Disabilities Awarded $240 Million for Long-Term Abuse

05/08/2013

Respect and Fair-Treatment Key Ethical Values in Disabilities Lawsuit and EEOC Award On Wednesday, May 1, 2013, a Davenport, Iowa jury today awarded the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) damages totaling $240 million - the largest verdict in the federal agency's history - for disability discrimination and severe abuse.... Read more →

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Tags: business ethics, disabilities discrimination, EEOC disabilities lawsuit, ethics sage, Henry's Turkey Service, Hill County Farms, turkey evisceration, workers with disabilities, workplace ethics

Social Media’s Effects on the Next Generation

05/01/2013

Ethical Relativism, Cyber-bullying, and Disrespect threatens our ‘Civil Society’ Has social media done more harm than good for everyone who’s “grown up digital?” I believe social media has led to a moral crisis with our younger generation; and how that must be turned around in the classroom, through parenting, and... Read more →

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Tags: cyber-bullying, ethical oblivion, ethical relativism, ethical slippery slope, ethics black hole, ethics sage, Generation Y, millenials, moral apathy, moral blindness, moral ozone, next generation, social media, Steven Mintz Cal Poly, workplace ethics advice

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