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Author Archives: John Hooker

  • Is it ethical for Western companies to pay low wages when they move their factories to developing nations? Contributed by DL (high school [...]

    Low wages in overseas factories

    February 6, 2014
  • I was going to pay a person through PayPal and asked what the total was with tax. I was told there was no tax if paying through PayPal. I asked, [...]

    Paying tax on PayPal

    February 1, 2014
  • Several news sources reported this story in May 2011.  Josh Ferrin had just bought a house when he found $45,000 in small bills, squirreled away [...]

    Money found in attic

    December 28, 2013
  • The Affordable Care Act (Obamacare) requires me to have health insurance, or else pay a penalty.  The penalty is $95 or 1% of income (whichever [...]

    Obamacare: buy insurance or pay penalty?

    November 26, 2013
  • Is it ethical to manufacture and sell assault weapons to civilians? Contributed by an ethics instructor. To comment on this dilemma, leave a [...]

    Sell assault weapons?

    March 27, 2013
  • Hi.  I’m John Hooker, an emeritus professor of business ethics at Carnegie Mellon University.  I created this blog to provide a forum for [...]

    Welcome

    September 30, 2012
  • An ethical dilemma that I’ve experienced ever since I’ve entered college was the use of amphetamines such as Adderall and Vyvanse, in order [...]

    Using study drugs

    March 28, 2012
  • An ethical dilemma that I have faced is whether to continue playing my current varsity sport that helped me get into the school, or quit and [...]

    Obligation to play varsity sports?

    March 28, 2012
  • While staying at a resort, my friends and I rented jet skis.  I  crashed my ski into my friend’s while attempting to spray water on to [...]

    Damaged rental skis

    March 28, 2012
  • My prospects for finding a summer job were dim until my friend John helped get me a job with his retail employer, Dollar General.  It was my [...]

    Coworker involved in thefts

    March 28, 2012

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