Business Kiara Goodwine | 4 Aug 2020 Moral Distinctions between Crisis Capitalizers What characteristics might reveal the difference between profiting during a crisis and profiting off of one?
Business Matthew S.W. Silk | 3 Aug 2020 The Short- and Long-Term Ethical Issues of Working from Home The return of pre-industrial working conditions promises upheaval. What challenges should we expect? What gains might we hope for?
Is There an Ethical Duty to Buy American? Is our unwavering belief that we should support domestic products above all others anything more than jingoism? 17 Jul 2020 | Benjamin Rossi
AMC, Face Masks, and Avoiding Political Controversy We bemoan politicization, but we must acknowledge that our policies and statements send a message even if unintentional. 22 Jun 2020 | Kenneth Boyd
Is Now the Time for an Economics Code of Conduct? In the absence of a substantial ethical code of conduct, it's difficult to assess the weight that economic recommendations should have in the realm of public policy. 28 Apr 2020 | Matthew S.W. Silk
U-Haul's Anti-Smoking Workplace Wellness UHaul's new nicotine-free hiring policy masquerades as a wellness initiative, but is it merely discrimination by any other name? 16 Jan 2020 | Tucker Sechrest
Mindfulness, Capitalism, and the Ethics of Compassion Mindfulness has found a second life, but appears divorced from its roots. What does the co-opting of the technique mean? 13 Dec 2019 | Desmonda Lawrence
Black Friday and Ethical Consumption Being an ethical consumer requires more than purchasing sustainable products fairly made. 29 Nov 2019 | Nina Stular
McKamey Manor: The House of No Consent Haunted houses, like McKamey Manor, put unusual pressure on our traditional understanding of consent and autonomy. 31 Oct 2019 | Evan Butts
Incentive, Risk, and Oversight in the Pork Industry Recent deregulation in the slaughterhouse will effectively mean no one is watching the watchmen. What does true oversight require? 25 Sep 2019 | A.G. Holdier
Toronto vs. Chick-Fil-A: Only About Chicken? When corporations express ideological positions can we truly separate what it is to be a patron from what it is to be a supporter? 18 Sep 2019 | Kenneth Boyd
Jay-Z and Colin Kaepernick: Is It Business or Personal? What responsibility, if any, does JAY-Z have with regards to Colin Kaepernick and his partnership with the NFL? 3 Sep 2019 | Byron Mason II
Jay-Z and the NFL: Hypocrisy or Suite Participation? What, if any, obligation does Jay-Z, as a high-profile advocate for social justice and a recognizable brand, have to not condone or distract from the NFL's many public relation problems? 2 Sep 2019 | Kenneth Boyd
What’s In a Name? The Morality in “Meat” Recent legal challenges to the use of 'meat' and 'milk' labels for alternatives (from Tofurky to soymilk and even in vitro meat) lack legal weight and moral reason. 21 Aug 2019 | Rachel Robison-Greene
Corporate Responsibility and Human Rights: DNA Data Collection in Xinjiang A coercive data collection campaign in China raises questions about corporate complicity. What obligation, if any, do companies have when their goods are being used to cause harm or violate others' rights? 16 Aug 2019 | Luka Ignac
The California Housing Crisis and Collective Action California's housing shortage touches on everything: entitlement, privilege, fairness, justice, gentrification, subsidiarity, class conflict and free-riders. 2 Aug 2019 | Tucker Sechrest
Plant-Based Meat Substitutes, Sensational Reporting, and Information Literacy The media's treatment of recent plant-based meat rollouts fails to give the significant moral gains their due. 16 Jul 2019 | Rachel Robison-Greene
Farmworker Abuse and Agricultural Exceptionalism Farmwork has been treated much differently than other forms of labor. Is this difference justified or is it time for change? 9 Jul 2019 | A.G. Holdier
Do Women’s Soccer Players Deserve Equal Pay for Equal Play? In assessing the different sides of the debate there are a number of relevant factors at play from relative commercial value to social message and even historical injustice. 3 Jul 2019 | Alfred Archer
Sephora and Diversity Training Diversity training is being used more and more often in the wake of incidents of racial bias. Is it more than a mea culpa? 12 Jun 2019 | Kenneth Boyd
Does Care Require Personhood? The Ethics of Robot Caregiving Emerging healthcare technologies like Rudy, Addison, and PARO should prompt us to reassess the healthcare industry and to contemplate the difference between service and care. 7 Jun 2019 | Rachel Robison-Greene
Establishing Liability in Artificial Intelligence Algorithms are capable of causing harm, but it isn't easy to identify who should be held accountable when they do. 3 Jun 2019 | Meredith McFadden