The Upside of Recession? It Shows Who Your Friends Are So, how are you doing in this recession? Whether you are doing well or not so well, have you measured your current financial situation against friendship? In “Economic Parables: The Monetary Teachings of Jesus Christ,” I argued that the economy reflects who we are as individuals and as a society. [...]

By David Cowan What started out as a financial crash has started to hit the real economy hard, and some are looking for easy salvation. As we contemplate in our Advent season with Christmas just ahead, the stores are not so full, jobs being cut, the idea of lots of presents under the tree and a joyous Christmas seems distant [...]

This Week’s Video: David Cowan on Serving Two Masters. Order “Business Ethics Today: Stealing.” Click HERE for a recap of the 2011 Business Ethics Today: Conference.

Our thanks to Dr. Andrew Peterson, president of RTS Virtual, for bringing an excellent posting from David A. Skeel.  Skeel is a S. Samuel Arsht Professor of Corporate Law at the University of Pennsylvania Law School. See Was it Immoral for American Airlines to File for Bankruptcy? The Center would add for your discussion the following questions: 1. The historical [...]

In follow up to the recent Infiniti car ads, you may also consider the following: There were two ads done by the same agency for the Infiniti winter event.  Our LAST BLOG touched on the ad labeled “Competitive.”  The other ad is labeled “Inspired.” Both video’s with a bit of background can be found HERE. From a business ethics perspective [...]

Clearwire update! Wall Street Journal reported today that Clearwire Corp. made the interest payments noted in the first article on time! (To view the original blog post click HERE) While the latest report credits the payment to an agreement with Sprint Nextel Corp., we should not miss the fact that management made it happen and fulfilled the terms of the [...]