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Full-Text Articles in Business Law, Public Responsibility, and Ethics
On The Ethics Of Selling Psychic Services, Jeffrey Moriarty
On The Ethics Of Selling Psychic Services, Jeffrey Moriarty
Philosophy Faculty Publications
In many places, it is possible to buy psychic services, including tarot card, palm, and mediumship readings. Yet we have powerful evidence that psychic abilities do not exist. This paper asks whether psychic services should be for sale. I begin by considering whether psychics deceive or mislead buyers. Next, I consider a harm-based argument against the sale of psychic services. Finally, I consider an argument in favor of their sale that appeals to expressive considerations. I conclude with a tentative policy recommendation: the sale of psychic services should be permitted. This is so even though much of the money spent …
An Ethical Discussion About The Responsibility For Protection Of Minors In The Digital Environment: A State-Of-The-Art Review, Charles Alves De Castro, Aiden Carthy, Isobel Oreilly Dr
An Ethical Discussion About The Responsibility For Protection Of Minors In The Digital Environment: A State-Of-The-Art Review, Charles Alves De Castro, Aiden Carthy, Isobel Oreilly Dr
Articles
Many ethical questions have been raised regarding the use of social media and the internet, mainly related to the protection of young people in the digital environment. In order to critically address the research question "who is responsible for ethically protecting minors in the digital environment?", this paper will review the main literature available to understand the role of parents, the government, and companies in protecting young people within the digital environment. We employed a holistic process that covers a state-of-the-art review and desk research. The article is divided into four sessions; (1) Government Policies from the European Union (EU) …
Monetary Incentives For Producing Counterfeit, Adulterated, And Misbranded Medicine: Case Studies And Examples, Heather R. Campbell, Robert A. Lodder
Monetary Incentives For Producing Counterfeit, Adulterated, And Misbranded Medicine: Case Studies And Examples, Heather R. Campbell, Robert A. Lodder
Pharmaceutical Sciences Faculty Publications
Background: Pharmaceutical fraud can be very profitable. Those working in pharmaceuticals are in a tempting position as the nature of the product and supply is complex, making detection of fraud difficult and expensive. However, a reliable pharmaceutical supply can often be a life-or-death situation for patients. Thus, when detection of fraud occurs, a Regulator's Dilemma often emerges (recall a drug for which a supplier is the sole source, or allow a substandard product to be sold)—generally resulting in pharmaceutical companies receiving minimal penalties even for the worst acts. Despite pharmaceutical companies' unique leverage over regulators and profitability, studies are rare …
Uri And Its Students: A Contract For The Provision Of A Safe Environment, Danielle Joan Beatrice
Uri And Its Students: A Contract For The Provision Of A Safe Environment, Danielle Joan Beatrice
Senior Honors Projects
DANIELLE BEATRICE (English; Philosophy; Business) URI and Its Students: A Contract for the Provision of a Safe Environment
Sponsor: Judith Swift (Communication Studies, Coastal Institute)
When students begin to attend college, they expect to be consumed with busy schedules, heavy workloads, and an exciting social life. Students do not anticipate being in dangerous situations. However, this does not mean that such situations do not occur. Therefore, it is essential to teach students to be active participants in educating themselves and their peers regarding prevention and response to emergency situations. My Honors Project aims to increase the awareness of safety-related issues …
The Law Of Black Mirror - Syllabus, Yafit Lev-Aretz, Nizan Packin
The Law Of Black Mirror - Syllabus, Yafit Lev-Aretz, Nizan Packin
Open Educational Resources
Using episodes from the show Black Mirror as a study tool - a show that features tales that explore techno-paranoia - the course analyzes legal and policy considerations of futuristic or hypothetical case studies. The case studies tap into the collective unease about the modern world and bring up a variety of fascinating key philosophical, legal, and economic-based questions.
Filling The Gap: Assessing Moral Permissibility Of Rejections In Dental Practices And Promoting Pro Bono Dental Work Through A Non-Profit Organization, Min Son
Richard T. Schellhase Essay Prize in Ethics
While the level of urgency in dentistry cannot compare to that in an emergency room, oral healthcare is a crucial part of overall health. Poor oral health can lead to systemic health conditions, such as heart and respiratory diseases, oral cancer, and diabetes. Therefore, the solution to health disparities may lie in addressing oral health disparities first. Nonetheless, most dentists are business owners of their own dental practices. Hence, they work in between business and patient care, sometimes facing associated conflicts. But they are obligated to make ethical decisions when the values between the two fields clash. The dental community …
What's In A Wage? A New Approach To The Justification Of Pay, Jeffrey Moriarty
What's In A Wage? A New Approach To The Justification Of Pay, Jeffrey Moriarty
Philosophy Faculty Publications
In this address, I distinguish and explore three conceptions of wages. A wage is a reward, given in recognition of the performance of a valued task. It is also an incentive: a way to entice workers to take and keep jobs, and to motivate them to work hard. Finally, a wage is a price of labor, and like all prices, conveys valuable information about relative scarcity. I show that each conception of wages has its own normative logic, or appropriate justification, and these logics can come apart. This explains some of the debate about wages and makes the project of …
On The Origin, Content, And Relevance Of The Market Failures Approach, Jeffrey Moriarty
On The Origin, Content, And Relevance Of The Market Failures Approach, Jeffrey Moriarty
Philosophy Faculty Publications
The view of business ethics that Christopher McMahon calls the “implicit morality of the market” and Joseph Heath calls the “market failures approach” has received a significant amount of recent attention. The idea of this view is that we can derive an ethics for market participants by thinking about the “point” of market activity, and asking what the world would have to be like for this point to be realized. While this view has been much-discussed, it is still not well-understood. This paper seeks to remedy this problem. I begin by showing, against some recent commentators, that McMahon’s view and …
Towards Quantifiable Metrics Warranting Industry-Wide Corporate Death Penalties, Joshua M. Pearce
Towards Quantifiable Metrics Warranting Industry-Wide Corporate Death Penalties, Joshua M. Pearce
Department of Materials Science and Engineering Publications
In the singular search for profits, some corporations inadvertently kill humans. If this routinely occurs throughout an industry, it may no longer serve a net positive social purpose for society and should be eliminated. This article provides a path to an objective quantifiable metric for determining when an entire industry warrants the corporate death penalty. First, a theoretical foundation is developed with minimum assumptions necessary to provide evidence for corporate public purposes. This is formed into an objective quantifiable metric with publicly-available data and applied to two case studies in the U.S.: the tobacco and coal mining industries. The results …
Oral History Conversation With Mark Berger, Jack Turner
Oral History Conversation With Mark Berger, Jack Turner
Philosophy 332: Business Ethics
No abstract provided.
Simplicity And Sustainability: Pointers From Ethics And Science, Mehrdad Massoudi, Ashwin Vaidya
Simplicity And Sustainability: Pointers From Ethics And Science, Mehrdad Massoudi, Ashwin Vaidya
Department of Mathematics Facuty Scholarship and Creative Works
In this paper, we explore the notion of simplicity. We use definitions of simplicity proposed by philosophers, scientists, and economists. In an age when the rapidly growing human population faces an equally rapidly declining energy/material resources, there is an urgent need to consider various notions of simplicity, collective and individual, which we believe to be a sensible path to restore our planet to a reasonable state of health. Following the logic of mathematicians and physicists, we suggest that simplicity can be related to sustainability. Our efforts must therefore not be spent so much in pursuit of growth but in achieving …
Oral History Conversation With Miguel Marshall, Nia Mair, Anthony Beinar, Chris Colarossi, Janet Herring
Oral History Conversation With Miguel Marshall, Nia Mair, Anthony Beinar, Chris Colarossi, Janet Herring
Philosophy 332: Business Ethics
No abstract provided.
Oral History Conversation With David Bruemmer, Brandon Chung, Roberto Rodriguez, Constance Olmert, Alec Weber
Oral History Conversation With David Bruemmer, Brandon Chung, Roberto Rodriguez, Constance Olmert, Alec Weber
Philosophy 332: Business Ethics
This oral history conversation is an interview with David Bruemmer.
Oral History Conversation With Amber Brandner, Bruno Kern, Andrew Carroll, Juan Rivera, Danika Murphy
Oral History Conversation With Amber Brandner, Bruno Kern, Andrew Carroll, Juan Rivera, Danika Murphy
Philosophy 332: Business Ethics
No abstract provided.
Oral History Conversation With Nick Sandoval, Kristina Overman, Parker Shultz, Courtney Coddington, Roc Beas
Oral History Conversation With Nick Sandoval, Kristina Overman, Parker Shultz, Courtney Coddington, Roc Beas
Philosophy 332: Business Ethics
No abstract provided.
Oral History Conversation With Stepheni Norton, Aderola Adedigba, Alaina Castrence, Evan Montag, Mitchell Williams
Oral History Conversation With Stepheni Norton, Aderola Adedigba, Alaina Castrence, Evan Montag, Mitchell Williams
Philosophy 332: Business Ethics
No abstract provided.
Oral History Conversation With Ms. Torrie Dunlap, Nicholas Roberti, Megan Woody, Michael Busch, Vam Djoukwet
Oral History Conversation With Ms. Torrie Dunlap, Nicholas Roberti, Megan Woody, Michael Busch, Vam Djoukwet
Philosophy 332: Business Ethics
No abstract provided.
Oral History Conversation With Stephen Foster, Randall Hanshaw, Janaye Perry, Jennie Morgan, William Hays
Oral History Conversation With Stephen Foster, Randall Hanshaw, Janaye Perry, Jennie Morgan, William Hays
Philosophy 332: Business Ethics
No abstract provided.
Oral History Conversation With Cecilia Sibony, Brianna Huffman, Kelly Brugler, Valerie Roa-Baez, Anil Nankani
Oral History Conversation With Cecilia Sibony, Brianna Huffman, Kelly Brugler, Valerie Roa-Baez, Anil Nankani
Philosophy 332: Business Ethics
No abstract provided.
Oral History Conversation With Deb Martin, Jintian Chen, Guanchou Shen, Gianna Rusca, Alex Magoon, Aalia Inamdar
Oral History Conversation With Deb Martin, Jintian Chen, Guanchou Shen, Gianna Rusca, Alex Magoon, Aalia Inamdar
Philosophy 332: Business Ethics
No abstract provided.
Oral History Conversation With Ben Alemu, Daniel Kurzweil, Amy Nguyen, Natalia Galan Bataller, Devin Aubert
Oral History Conversation With Ben Alemu, Daniel Kurzweil, Amy Nguyen, Natalia Galan Bataller, Devin Aubert
Philosophy 332: Business Ethics
This oral history gives insight into an entrepreneur's vision, experience and execution of his dreams to create a non-profit organization which engages teens in STEM research projects with mentors of similar ages.
Oral History Conversation With Ryan Sisson, Jeremy Shockley, Sydney Ceccato, Ian Morris
Oral History Conversation With Ryan Sisson, Jeremy Shockley, Sydney Ceccato, Ian Morris
Philosophy 332: Business Ethics
Oral history interview with Ryan Sisson.
Preparing Millennials As Digital Citizens And Socially And Environmentally Responsible Business Professionals In A Socially Irresponsible Climate, Barbara Burgess-Wilkerson, Clovia Hamilton, Chlotia Garrison, Keith Robbins
Preparing Millennials As Digital Citizens And Socially And Environmentally Responsible Business Professionals In A Socially Irresponsible Climate, Barbara Burgess-Wilkerson, Clovia Hamilton, Chlotia Garrison, Keith Robbins
Winthrop Faculty and Staff Publications
No abstract provided.
Environmental Sustainability For Business Success, Kailyn Cohen
Environmental Sustainability For Business Success, Kailyn Cohen
Richard T. Schellhase Essay Prize in Ethics
No abstract provided.
Risky Pay And The Financial Crisis: Who's Responsible?, Jeffrey Moriarty
Risky Pay And The Financial Crisis: Who's Responsible?, Jeffrey Moriarty
Philosophy Faculty Publications
According to an existing “environmental” narrative, the financial crisis of 2007-2009 was due in part to executive compensation packages in the financial services industry that incentivized excessive risk-taking. Also according to this narrative, those who have a duty to protect society – principally, government regulators, but also firms themselves – are open to blame for how executives were paid, and must take steps to change executive compensation. This narrative is important but incomplete. I offer a supplementary “agential” narrative. According to this narrative, executives are open to blame for the financial crisis for taking socially excessive risks. Moreover, since executives …
Against Pay Secrecy, Jeffrey Moriarty
Against Pay Secrecy, Jeffrey Moriarty
Philosophy Faculty Publications
Many firms keep pay secret. They do not make information about what their employees are paid available inside or outside of the firm, i.e., to other employees or to the public at large. Indeed, many firms discourage their employees from, or sanction them for, disclosing their pay. Against this, I argue that there are good moral reasons for firms to be transparent about pay. Pay transparency prevents injustice, promotes autonomy, and increases efficiency. After presenting the positive case for pay transparency, I defend it against objections, including the most common reasons firms give for keeping pay secret.
Accountable To Whom? Rethinking The Role Of Corporations In Political Csr, Jeffrey Moriarty, Waheed Hussain
Accountable To Whom? Rethinking The Role Of Corporations In Political Csr, Jeffrey Moriarty, Waheed Hussain
Philosophy Faculty Publications
According to Palazzo and Scherer, the changing role of business corporations in society requires that we take new measures to integrate these organizations into society-wide processes of democratic governance. We argue that their model of integration has a fundamental problem. Instead of treating business corporations as agents that must be held accountable to the democratic reasoning of affected parties, it treats corporations as agents who can hold others accountable. In our terminology, it treats business corporations as “supervising authorities” rather than “functionaries.” The result is that Palazzo and Scherer’s model does not actually address the democratic deficit that it is …
Corporations And Environmental Responsibility: Considering The Moral And Financial Implications Of Oil Spills, Fracking, And Controversial Pipelines, Sarah Becker
Richard T. Schellhase Essay Prize in Ethics
No abstract provided.
Oral History Conversation With Jason Buys, Marguerite M. Wallace, Akira Bannai, Devon Parikh, Jason Mendes
Oral History Conversation With Jason Buys, Marguerite M. Wallace, Akira Bannai, Devon Parikh, Jason Mendes
Philosophy: All Student Work
This is an oral history conversation with Jay Buys.
Oral History Conversation With Monserrat Perez Corral (Whatever It Takes), Brianna M. Boretto, Andrew Schlegel
Oral History Conversation With Monserrat Perez Corral (Whatever It Takes), Brianna M. Boretto, Andrew Schlegel
Philosophy: All Student Work
This is an oral history conversation.