Last week was the 13th anniversary of ItsEthicsStupid.com, (I’m exhausted), and it began after a comment that was consistently repeated after my talks: Your message could not be more timely.” Sadly, that remains truer than ever. The following three stories come from a 2020 top ten list, compiled by Jaclyn Jaeger for “Compliance Week,” an online resource for compliance managers...

Two stories about the coronavirus vaccine caught my attention. Embed from Getty Images In a recent letter to New York Times ethicist, Kwame Anthony Appiah, one reader writes: “I work for a hospital, but in an administrative job. I do not interact with patients. I have worked from home since March. I am not at high risk for contracting Covid-19...

For too long, Social media has become a haven for third-party shares of misinformation, false conspiracies and blatant lies. As belief turns to anger, and anger to hate, some have become radically motivated, violent extremists. While many of these companies have taken some steps to stem the tide of hate and violence, our worst impulses have rapidly overtaken and divided...

The last four years has seen a dramatic erosion of facts and truth, one of the essentials of our democracy. In its place are conspiracy theories, misinformation and blatant lies....