Last But Not Least: Ethics Challenges and Responses

Regulator to join Comcast after OK of NBC deal
By JOELLE TESSLER, AP Technology Writer
Wed May 11, 6:06 pm ET

Do you think Baker’s joining Comcast was appropriate?

Any thoughts on how to ensure that no undue influence by industry on government occurs?

Please comment below with

your opinions on these questions

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No Guarantees: The “Fall” of Johnson & Johnson
by David Gill



David Gill

 Some readers may recall (and participated in) the third in a series of collaborative forums with the Greater Greenville Chamber of Commerce on April 20, 2009: The Six Essential Questions for Ethical Excellence (and the Answers too!) The Rutland Institute for Ethics sponsored the speaker, David Gill, and also brought him on campus to conduct a working session with Resident Life.

David authored It’s About Excellence, Building Ethically Healthy Organizations. Attendees at the event at the chamber received a copy of his book. He has also contributed to this e-newsletter in the past (check the blog archive on the left margin for Volume 2, Issue 1, January 2010) David remains a good friend of the institute and we take this opportunity to share a recent article of his, No Guarantees: The “Fall” of Johnson & Johnson.


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Ethics Newsline®
April 25, 2011
Commentary: Three Cups of ... Well, We Thought It was Tea
by Rushworth M. Kidder

“If they're like children and adults around the world, they would probably identify five values -- honesty, respect, fairness, compassion, and responsibility -- as the core of their own ethical standards. They would need no coaching; these values, it appears, form a bedrock underlying cultures everywhere.”