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Are you ethical? Join Rabbi Yonason Goldson and his panel of thinkers as they grapple with a new ethical challenge each week. Only by contemplating all sides and every angle can we improve ethical decision-making, build more trusting relationships, and help create a more ethical world.
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Can the greater good become an excuse for doing bad? That's the question that drives the conversation when ☘️Mark O'Brien, S. Scott Mason, and • Kirsten Yurich join the ethics panel to Grapple with the Gray. Here is our topic. Revenue from state lotteries goes to support a host of social causes, including education, environment, and veterans, among others. However, Fortune Magazine reported last year that: “The average adult living in the poorest 1 percent of zip codes spends almost...
How many of the issues we fight about are worth fighting about? That’s the question that drives the conversation when Krista Crawford, Ph.D., MBA, SPHR, Josh Green, and Jolanta Pomiotlo join the ethics panel to Grapple with the Gray. Here is our topic: In a recent article, Politico quoted former First Lady Betty Ford as saying that if the White House West Wing is the “mind” of the nation, then the East Wing — the traditional power center for first ladies — is the “heart.” The implication ...
Why are we so enthusiastically embracing our own dumbness? That's the question that drives the conversation when Deb Coviello, Stewart Wiggins, and K Kimi Hirotsu Ziemski join the ethics panel for another episode of Grappling with the Gray. Here is our topic: You look over the report written by a team of your employees and smile inwardly. It’s professionally formatted, with table of contents, meaningful-sounding headlines, and compelling bullet points. But as you begin reading through it,...
Do sides matter any more? That's the question that will drive the discussion when Kimberly Davis, Naya Lekht, PhD, and ☘️Mark O'Brien join the ethics panel to Grapple with the Gray. Here is our topic: Writing last week in the Wall Street Journal, Cal State University political science Professor Kevin Wallsten cited a national survey he conducted last year. Asked about “using violence to stop a speech” promoting a “personally offensive” position, 80% percent of Americans responded “never ac...
Does bad behavior ever justify bad behavior? That's the question that drives the conversation when Natalie Renee Parker and N. Wyman Winbush II, Captain USNR-Retired, MBA join the ethics panel to Grapple with the Gray. Here is our topic: Congressional gerrymandering has been going on in America for over a century. Originally, it was used to marginalize black voters by lumping them into homogenous districts, thereby diluting their political influence state- and country-wide. Lately, it’s be...
“Have you ever pretended to hold more progressive views than you truly endorse to succeed socially or academically?” That’s the question posed by The Hill, which drives the conversation as Ida Tetlock, Stan B. Walters, and Annie Yatch join the ethics panel to Grapple with the Gray. Here is our topic: In confidential interviews with 1,452 undergraduate students at Northwestern University and the University of Michigan, 88 percent of respondents answered yes. The pressure to conform can be ...
Are we over-generalizing about identity groups? That's the question that drives the conversation when Sean Flaherty, Sarah Kalmeta, and Bronson Taylor join the ethics panel to Grapple with the Gray. Here is our topic: Six years ago, Starbucks introduced a new model: mobile-only pickup stores targeting Gen Z’s taste for frictionless experience. Last week, CEO Brian Niccol declared the experiment a failure, announcing that all these stores would be shuttered or converted by the end of next y...
Can empathy be taken too far? If so, where's the line? These are the questions that drive the conversation when Jennifer Elder, Jeff Ikler, and Tomer Yogev join the ethics panel to Grapple with the Gray. Here is our topic: On Memorial Day, Delta Flight 694 from Detroit to Los Angeles diverted to Minneapolis to provide emergency medical care… not for a passenger, but for a passenger’s pet dog. An airline spokesman told Newsweek that, "The safety of our customers and people comes befo...
When we know the solution, why does it continue to elude us? That's the question that drives the conversation when Paul Edwards, 🟦 Melissa Hughes, Ph.D., and K Kimi Hirotsu Ziemski join the ethics panel to Grapple with the Gray. Here is out topic: My colleague Tim Richardson posted about his trip to a big box store, where he forgot to unload a case of beverages from his cart into the car. He was 40 miles away when he realized his mistake. He called the store and explained what happened. T...
Is a little deception ever a good thing? That's the question that drives the conversation when 🎙️William C. Attaway, ☘️Mark O'Brien, and • Sue Tinnish, PhD join the ethics panel to Grapple with the Gray. Here is our topic: On June 20, President Trump told the world he would decide "within the next two weeks" whether to strike Iran. Two days later, B-2 stealth bombers dropped 30-ton bombs in an effort to cripple Iran’s nuclear program. "It was a head fake," a Trump adviser told Axios. "He ...
How far can we stretch truth in advertising? That's the question that drives the conversation when Christopher Bauer, PhD, CSP, CFS, Nancy J. Capistran, PCC, CPC, and S. Scott Mason join the ethics panel to Grapple with the Gray. Here is our ethics challenge: In Paducah, Kentucky, neighbors called police reporting a 9-year-old who set up a roadside stand in front of his house. He held up a sign advertising not lemonade by “Ice Cold Beer.” Officers arrived to find young Colton Ray proudly ...
How can we explain toxic trends in opposite directions? That's the question that drives the conversation when Kimberly Davis, Jennifer Hyland, and Peter Winick join the ethics panel to Grapple with the Gray. Here is our topic: In this week’s headlines, Inc.com highlighted a viral April 12 post that described the Robert W. Baird investment bank as “The Epitome of a Sweatshop.” In response, the Wall Street Journal reported bosses bullying into working 110-hour weeks, ignoring the firm’s no-w...
What happens when employees perceive a scalpel as an axe? That's the question that drives the conversation when Tom Gegax joins me to Grapple with the Gray and Kirsten Yurich sits in as cohost. Here is our topic: Employee performance, especially in large companies, is likely to follow the bell curve. A few superstars, a lot of solid performers, and a few underperformers. Amazon has developed an innovative way of dealing with the third group: it’s called the Pivot Program. Employees who do...
How much does the government need to know to do its job? That's the question that drives the conversation when Krista Crawford, Ph.D., MBA, SPHR, Sarah Kalmeta, and Jolanta Pomiotlo join the ethics panel to Grapple with the Gray. And here is our topic: Paul Whelan, a 55-year-old retired U.S. Marine, was freed from Russia last summer after being imprisoned on false espionage charges for more than five years. After the first year of his detention, his employer cut his job and his insurance c...
When the problem is always someone else's fault, is there any hope of finding a solution? That's the question that drives the conversation when Deb Coviello The Drop In CEO™, Diane Helbig, and ☘️Mark O'Brien join the ethics panel to Grapple with the Gray. Here is our topic: A recent headline in Politico declared: “Republicans have hated universities for years. Anti-war protests gave them a reason to punish them.” We can debate the merit of conservative criticisms of American universities....
Which is worse: conscious bias or unconscious bias? That's the question that drives the conversation when Paul Glover, 🟦 Melissa Hughes, Ph.D., and Annette Taylor join the ethics panel to Grapple with the Gray. Here is our topic: On March 10th, Washington Post columnist and Associate Editor Ruth Marcus resigned after four decades with the paper. She accused Chief Executive and Publisher Will Lewis of killing her column criticizing owner Jeff Bezos' announcement that the opinion section wil...
How can we explain society simultaneously becoming insensitive and hypersensitive? That's the question that drives the conversation when Mark Brown, CSP, Kimberly Davis, and Kirsten Yurich join the ethics panel to Grapple with the Gray. Here is our topic A recent article in National Review by Kayla Bartsch laments how the concept of RSVP has died an ignominious death among her fellow Gen Z-ers. She writes: “Whereas stories of old emphasized the importance of honesty and integrity —...
Is justice served if you talk your way out of court? That's the question that drives the conversation when Christopher Bauer, PhD, CSP, CFS, Jennifer H. Elder, CSP, CPA, and Jeff Koziatek join the ethics panel to Grapple with the Gray. Here is our topic: Jewish folklore tells of a poor man who finds a billfold with $700 in it. At his synagogue, he reads on the notice board that a wealthy congregant has lost his billfold and is offering a $100 reward for it. He spots the owner and gives him...
Are we engineering our way toward disaster? That's the question that drives the conversation when Catherine Fitzgerald, Stewart Wiggins, and K Kimi Hirotsu Ziemski join the ethics panel to Grapple with the Gray. Here is our topic: The tragic air crash of January 29 over Washington, DC, followed two days later by a second crash over Philadelphia, has left us all feeling both heartbroken and decidedly less safe. According to the Associated Press, National Transportation Safety Board member ...
When we know what the problem is and we know how to fix it, why isn't it getting fixed? That's the question that drives the conversation when Sam Ardery, ☘️Mark O'Brien, and Kelly Paxton - Pink Collar Crime Expert join the ethics panel to Grapple with the Gray. Here is our topic: The horror of California wildfires has seized attention all across the country. Over 40,000 acres burned, over 12,000 homes and buildings destroyed, two dozen deaths, families displaced, and lives shattered. Addi...
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