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Category Archives: CSR & Ethics
Death by Pizza Delivery: Domino’s Korea
During most of the 80′s (starting in 1984), customers of Domino’s Pizza in the U.S. enjoyed the benefits of a catchy promise of speedy delivery: Domino’s promised to deliver your pizza in “30 Minutes Or It’s Free.” The only problem: …
Groupon Super Bowl Ad: Unethical
A collective gasp could be heard at one particular moment last night during the Super Bowl. No, I’m not talking about the gasp following Nick Collins’ 37 yard touchdown run in the first quarter. I’m talking about the gasp that …
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China’s Green Laws for Business
In 2008, China passed green legislation aimed at companies operating in China. The legislation had a major impact on Western firms who thought their carbon intensive operations could avoid government regulation by being based in China. According to research from Carnegie …
Critical Thinking in Business Ethics, Part 2: Argument Analysis
This is the 2nd in a series of postings on the role of critical thinking in business ethics. (Coincidentally, a story has been in the news recently about how poorly most US college students do at acquiring critical thinking skills …
Ethics & Corporate Taxes
How much tax do corporations pay? Ask most people and I’m guessing they’ll say “not enough.” But seriously, how many people know what the actual corporate tax rate is? And then complicating things, there are the loopholes, those little tricks …
Sustainability Rankings, the Global 100, and Greenwashing
What’s so sustainable about the Global 100 “World’s Most Sustainable Companies”? Not much, as far as I can see. The ranking was released just a few days ago, as reported here by Helen Coster for Forbes: Ranking The World’s Most Sustainable …
Pepsi Makes the Best of a Super Bowl-Free Sunday
Talk about making a silk purse out of a sow’s ear. PepsiCo has managed to make a win out of not sponsoring the biggest advertising event of the year. See the story here, by Jennifer Preston of the NYT: Pepsi Bets on …
God-Washing Davos
Can religion save the soul of the world’s economic system? What does religion have to do with ethics? In particular, what does religion have to do with business ethics? There’s certainly no necessary connection. You’ll notice an utter lack of theological …
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