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Right-wing bloviators spewing bile and calling it “news” have been a fixture on the political scene for quite a few years now. And they’ve had influence far beyond the numbers of “true believers.” While it’s hard to understand why anyone would pay attention to these mouthy masters of misrepresentation (take that, Spiro Agnew!), we see [...]
I just did, and I hope you will too. http://www.standfordemocracy.org/ratify/?r_by=21779-1224363-q_0LmAx And while “you’re in the zone,” If you haven’t yet signed the Business Ethics Pledge, you may do so at http://business-ethics-pledge.org.
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Worldwide, SRI now accounts for 1 of every 9 dollars invested. However, even though Africa was a pioneer in this field (not just with the Sullivan Principles but also the Johannesburg Stock Exchange’s first-in-the-world SRI index), it has lagged—but rapid growth appears to be imminent.
Tags: arbenz coup guatemala·cia·Mossadeq coup iran·ron robins·socially responsible investing·sri·sullivan principles
A self-styled “Don Quixote,” Juan Del Rio ran for County Board of Supervisors in a conservative district near San Diego. These are his reflections just before the election (he lost, but the Democrats cumulatively got enough votes to force a November vote). Guest blog by Juan Del Rio May 28, 2010 Dear friends and supporters, [...]
Tags: don quixote·juan del rio·progressive politics·san diego county supervisor election
Is it possible for Sarah Palin to get any more distasteful? Here’s another example of her viper-like turning on old allies when they cross her, as Geoffrey Dunn writes in Huffington Post: But perhaps the nastiest and most duplicitous passages of all in Going Rogue are those directed at Andree McLeod, the longtime Republican watchdog [...]
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This just in: Proponents of single-payer health care, a/k/a Medicare for All–the system used by almost every developed country in the world–will not get our promised floor vote after all. If I were in Congress right now, I’d vote no. The bill has gotten weaker, more complicated, and more expensive with every turn. As I [...]
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Last time I checked, there’s something here in the United States of America called the First Amendment that protects the right to speak and write. Somehow, that right did not extend to Elliot Madison, a New York City activist who was arrested in Pittsburgh on the first day of the G20 summit for—get this!—tweeting that [...]
Tags: Elliot Madison·false arrest·first amendment·free speech·G20·police repression
Exactly how did Bernie Madoff steal his billions? Why are Halliburton’s hands so dirty? What happened with corruption cases in the rebuilding of Iraq? Following a link from EthicsWorld’s e-newsletter, I came to a single URL that has multiple stories on corruption: http://www.ethicsworld.org/publicsectorgovernance/corruptioninvestigations.php#sec. This is what we’re up against, those of us who believe in [...]
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Name: Shel Horowitz
Location: Hadley, Massachusetts, United States |
A blog about business ethics from Shel Horowitz, expert on Green principles and business ethics as success drivers. This blog covers the intersections of ethics, politics, media, marketing, and sustainability.
About Shel: Copywriter, marketing and publishing consultant, speaker, and award-winning author of seven books. The three most recent are Principled Profit: Marketing That Puts People First, Grassroots Marketing for Authors and Publishers, and Grassroots Marketing: Getting Noticed in a Noisy world.
Shel specializes in affordable, ethical, and effective marketing for authors, publishers, small businesses, nonprofits, and community groups.
He's currently engaged in a campaign to get 25,000 people to sign--and spread--the Business Ethics Pledge: www.business-ethics-pledge.org
Government Thugs…Or Right-Wing Crazies
August 10th, 2010 · 1 Comment · censorship, Diversity, Ethics in Government, General Commentary, Politics, propaganda
The ruling that e-readers are out of compliance with ADA is the typical heavy-handed over-response of large government entities. No malfeasance, just bureaucratic inability to see past a one-size-fits-all solution.
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Tags: ADA·americans with disabilities act·e-books·e-readers·Massachusetts General Law Chapter 40B·right-wing conspiracy theories