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Category Archives: Ethics on the job

  • As an employee of a technology company, I help to build tools that accelerate the pace of engineering and science. Our clients include [...]

    Manufacturing weapons

    September 5, 2015
  • I had a coworker with a drinking problem. The problem was so severe that he frequently arrived at work already drunk.  On one occasion, he [...]

    Coworker is a drunk driver

    August 14, 2015
  • Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), or Doctors Without Borders, offers physicians from wealthy countries the opportunity to utilize their medical [...]

    Donation or personal service?

    February 22, 2015
  • Uber customers frequently complain about surge pricing. On one hand, surge pricing makes sense from a supply and demand standpoint. On the other [...]

    Surge pricing by Uber and Lyft

    February 17, 2015
  • We have seen a number of publications, ranging from Denmark’s Jyllands-Posten to France’s Charlie Hebdo, displaying cartoons that are [...]

    Offensive cartoons

    January 22, 2015
  • A large, family-owned corporation [i.e., Hobby Lobby] is deciding whether its company-sponsored health insurance should cover morning-after [...]

    Hobby Lobby

    September 30, 2014
  • I have worked for 5 years at a company and I am seeing signs that the business is failing. I have lots of ideas about how to make the company [...]

    Qutting to start own business

    March 14, 2014
  • 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
  • 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
  • In my country, companies often don’t strictly control use of the company credit card, even though it is for authorized purchases only.  [...]

    Using the company credit card

    March 28, 2012

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