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How Should Companies Memorialize 9/11?
The day has passed, but it’s a question that’s sure to arise again — just under a year from now, and the year after that, and so on. What can, or should, businesses do with regard to a relatively...
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Stem Cell Fraud
Stem cell science is pretty sexy. And as the saying goes, “sex sells.” And if something sells, someone is liable to make a buck off it, whether it’s right to do so or not. See this opinion piece (in...
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Which Oil is the More Ethical Oil?
It’s a clever marketing strategy. But is there really such a thing as ethical oil? In today’s National Post, the Fraser Institute‘s Mark Milke argues that there is, and that “the ethical oil tag is...
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Ethical Complexity and Simplification in Food Choices
As I pointed out a few days ago, shopping ethically is hard. Right on cue, a flurry of news items followed to drive that point home. First, a story about how — say it ain’t so! — local food isn’t...
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The True Cost of Conflict of Interest
What does conflict of interest cost? It was recently reported that certain employees of the Chicago Public Schools food services department were going to be required to undergo ethics training, after...
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McDonald’s and the Ethics of Olympic Sponsorship
McDonald’s has been taking some heat over its continuing sponsorship of the Olympics. The fast-food chain recently announced that it would remain a top sponsor of the Olympic games through 2020. The...
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Organic Foods and Bad Behaviour
Is labelling foods as “organic” a positive thing or not? The Environmental Working Group certainly thinks so. To support this notion, the EWG has just released its annual “dirty dozen” list, consisting...
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Pharma and the Spirit of Competition
Once again, the pharmaceutical industry is under attack, and once again it is for all the wrong reasons. The problem this time is this: many of the new generation of blockbuster drugs are...
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Food Labels that Matter
Product labels are important, both practically and ethically. Reading the label is a key way to make sure the thing you’re buying meets your needs. Labels on products can help inform consumers about...
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Herbal Remedy Scam
It’s a quality control problem at best, and outright fraud at worst. A recent study by researchers at the University of Guelph used genetic analysis to study a range of commercial herbal remedies and...
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