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Author Archives: John Hooker

  • A couple of years ago, I decided to create a small business in Africa. I knew that it would be challenging, since the continent has a reputation [...]

    Bribery in Africa

    April 5, 2011
  • A couple of years ago, I was part of project team that traveled to a client’s facility in South Korea.  It was our company’s first [...]

    Padding the per diem

    April 4, 2011
  • In reality, when making an ethical decision, do people really apply the generalization, utilitarian, and virtue tests to help them finalize their [...]

    Psychological egoism

    April 4, 2011
  • Dilemma: At my first firm, I was assigned to a client as the associate auditor for their four companies. As I was reviewing the records of one of [...]

    Auditor looks too closely?

    April 4, 2011
  • Is it ethical to steal office supplies for your personal use? Contributed by MS. To comment on this dilemma, leave a response.  For anonymity, [...]

    Stealing office supplies

    April 4, 2011
  • After college, I went to work at an IT consulting company as a technical consultant/software developer. We did custom development for large [...]

    Bug in the software

    April 4, 2011
  • The number of elderly people has significantly increased in China, and as a result, more are injured or become ill on the street. In the past, [...]

    Good Samaritan risk

    April 3, 2011
  • How should companies and professionals treat people who have a past criminal history but who have paid their debts to society by serving out [...]

    Hiring a convict

    April 2, 2011
  • As an engineer, I developed a good working relationship with subordinates (who were union members) by earning their respect and trust over time. [...]

    Concealing layoff infomation

    March 31, 2011
  • Is going to war and killing humans ethical? Contributed by DH. To comment on this dilemma, leave a response.  For anonymity, omit your email [...]

    Ethics of war

    March 30, 2011

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