Google pays out $500 Million to Settle Criminal Investigation Google draws over 1 billion visits to its websites each month, making it the world's largest Web property. You may have heard that search giant Google Inc. has agreed to pay $500 million to settle a Justice Department investigation into allegations... Read more →
Principles of Cyber Ethics Education Today young people learn all too often that ethics is relative to who they are, what they believe, and their personal situation. Long gone are the days when well-established societal ethical values are taught: honesty, integrity, respect, responsibility, and civic virtue to name a few.... Read more →
Globally-Dictated Policies by US Multinationals Threaten Economic Development in the US This is the second of a two-part blog on corporate social responsibilities (CSR). In the first blog I looked at the definition and various perspectives on just what it means to say a corporation has social responsibilities and new... Read more →
What Does it Mean to Say a Corporation Has Social Responsibilities? This is the first of a two-part blog on corporate social responsibilities (CSR). In this blog I look at the definition and various perspectives on just what it means to say a corporation has social responsibilities and new regulations... Read more →
You Can’t Legislate Civility Civility is a matter of ethical behavior and can’t be legislated. We can’t regulate uncivil behavior in part because it would never stand the free speech requirement in our Constitution. In other words, we can’t legally prevent someone from being a jerk. The ancient Greeks identified... Read more →
A Pledge For Online Video Responsibility – A Video Code Of Ethics By Grant Crowell Source: A Pledge For Online Video Responsibility - A Video Code Of Ethics http://www.reelseo.com/pledge-for-online-video-responsibility/#ixzz1VU5EP7fd ©2008-2011 ReelSEO Video Marketing I have been involved in developing a code of ethics in the form of a pledge to... Read more →
Cyber-Bullying Video Says it All I remember growing up there were bullies in my school. They might steal your lunch, shove you or call you names. While harmful, these actions rarely, if ever, led to someone contemplating taking his or her own life. Things were so tame relatively speaking back... Read more →
Can California Afford Proposition 13 Tax Constraints? Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa is treading where others have feared to go – Proposition 13. Some call it the third rail of California politics. Prop. 13 was introduced in 1978, with the original intention to serve as tax protection for homeowners. However,... Read more →
Obama Family Vacation Sets a Proper Tone for All Families President Obama has been a frequent target of critics since he took office almost three years ago for his “frequent” vacations. Now, with the President and his family set to depart for Martha’s Vineyard, the outcries are beginning. How can... Read more →
What to Do if You Are the Target of a Workplace Bullier This is the first of a two-part series on bullying. This blog, which was originally posted on my Workplace Ethics blog, deals with workplace bullying. My next blog will deal with Cyber-bullying. Workplace Bullying refers to repeated, unreasonable... Read more →