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Bret Favre, Meet Derek, LeBron, and Tiger

The latest addition to the pantheon of fallen idols is Bret Favre, the star NFL quarterback now suffering through the humiliating final season that was more or less guaranteed by his inability to...

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The Dilemma of the Legless High School Pitcher

Is a high school baseball coach unethical to cut a talented pitcher with metal legs? Or are critics asking him to be unethical, granting special privileged because of the boy's disability? Continue...

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The Message or the Messenger: The Mysterious Foundation For A Better Life

What is the Foundation for a Better Life, and should we trust its message? Continue reading →

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“The Star Thrower” and Ethics

I hadn't read the original version of "The Star Thrower." I'm glad I did. Continue reading →

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My 15 Hollywood Cures For A Paterno-Penn State-Sandusky Hangover, Part 1

As I try to get over my own Penn State ethics hangover, I'll share with you the thirteen movies that I will turn to as I try to recharge my enthusiasm, inspiration, and hope. Here are #1 though 7:...

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My 15 Hollywood Cures For A Paterno-Penn State-Sandusky Hangover, Part 2

The second half of the fifteen ethics movies I'm using to recharge the batteries drained by Joe Paterno. Continue reading →

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Ethics Message of the Week: Henry Rollins

An inspiring and ethical video of taste and power, from artist/singer/ thinker Henry Rollins. Continue reading →

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Credit Ethics: New Ethics Alarms Policy

In the wake of the Mary Frances Prevost Affair, new rules on Ethics Alarms. Continue reading →

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Ethics Quote of the Week: Wellesley High School Teacher David McCullough

A high school teachers tells graduates that they aren't as special as they have been told. I'm not sure his speech is as special as HE'S been told, either, but it's worth hearing. Continue reading →

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Trust and “The Paradoxical Commandments” of Dr. Keith

"Give the world the best you have anyway.". Continue reading →

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Ethics Quote Of The Day: Lou Gehrig, July 4, 1939

74 years ago, baseball great Lou Gehrig rose above his own tragedy, by refusing to see it as one. Continue reading →

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Michael De Beyer, Like Don Bedwell, An Exemplary Ethics Hero To Inspire Us

People like Don Bedwell and Micheal De Beyer can can inspire us to build such a world, or if that seems too ambitious, at least a kinder, more generous one than we live in now. Continue reading →

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Ethics Hero: Pasco High School (Dade City, Fla.)

A story of kindness, and it's not a movie. Continue reading →

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Ten Movies For Independence Day Weekend

I hope you can catch at least one of these inspiring films this weekend, to remind you about some great things about the U.S. Continue reading →

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“Bang The Drum Slowly,” My Old Friend, and Me

Today I find myself in the shoes of pitcher Henry Wiggen, the narrator of “Bang The Drum Slowly.” Continue reading →

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Comment of the Day: “’Bang The Drum Slowly,’ My Old Friend, and Me”

An eloquent and sensitive reader's evocative reflection prompted by my recent post following the sudden, but really not so sudden, death of an old friend over the weekend. Continue reading →

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Ethics Tales: How Julia Sand Saved A President And Changed The Nation

She was one small, disabled woman who couldn't vote or hold office, yet she was, it seems, able to play a major role in bringing about crucial government reform, and persuading a President followed her...

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The Seventh Annual Ethics Alarms Awards: The Best of Ethics 2015, Part II

Well, those are the ethics highlights in a very unethical year. Continue reading →

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Post-Election Morning Ethics, Early Edition [UPDATED]

Ethics observations following an amazing night in American history... Continue reading →

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Holiday Ethics Assigment: Quick! Watch These 25 Great Old Ethics Movies Again...

25 movies to keep you from acting like The New York Times editors, Jill Stein, and the cast of "Hamilton"... Continue reading →

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