Friday, January 1, 2016

The Big Short and Concussion: A System on Steroids

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Want a glimpse of the "powers that be," American-style? Three films--"The Big Short," "Concussion," and ...
Wednesday, December 30, 2015

On the Financial Crisis of 2008: Why Business Ethics Failed

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I submit that the academic field of business ethics failed in not being able to anticipate the fraud and exploited conflicts of interest th...
Thursday, October 1, 2015

Pope Francis Addresses the U.N.: A Religious Rationale for Reducing Carbon Emissions

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Pope Francis declared to more than 100 world leaders and diplomats at the United Nations in late September 2015 that a "right of the e...
Tuesday, September 29, 2015

Business Implications of Power in Mergers: The Case of the New United Airlines

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Ideally, a merger combines the best features of one company with those of another company such that the whole is of greater value than the ...
Sunday, September 27, 2015

Great Lakes Water in the U.S.: Treating a Union as a State

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Squabbling amongst states in a federal system may be an inherent feature of federalism. How much the jealousies and petty interests manifes...
Tuesday, September 22, 2015

A Subtle Conflict of Interest in Obama’s Nominee for FDA Commissioner

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Robert Califf, U.S. President Barak Obama’s nominee in 2015 to head the federal Food and Drug Administration (FDA), had received consulting...
Saturday, September 19, 2015

Bank of America Board Ignores a Binding Resolution: Fiduciaries Seizing Power from Shareholders

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Corporate board directors have a fiduciary duty to act in the shareholders’ financial interest. What if a board’s directors think they know...
Friday, September 18, 2015

Pope Francis Puts Up A Syrian Refugee Family: An Opportunity to Clean House

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During wars, houses of worship have become temporary hospitals meeting very practical needs. Caring for the suffering is particularly close...
Wednesday, September 16, 2015

Gay Marriage: God’s Law, Legal Reasoning, and Ideology

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Mixing religion, jurisprudence, and ideology together is one potent drink. Ingestion can cause palpable heart-burn as well as migraine head...
Monday, September 14, 2015

Why the E.U. is Compromised in Handling the Refugee Crisis

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At least four E.U. states, including Hungary, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, and Poland, rejected a federal plan on September 11, 2015 that ...
Saturday, September 12, 2015

Corbyn as Labour Party Leader in Britain: Are Increased Deficits Implied or Avoidable?

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The notion that a political party oriented to redressing the widening economic inequality during the years following the financial crisis o...
Friday, September 11, 2015

Moral Grounds Found Sufficient to Deny Employees Contraception Coverage: Is Morality Distinct from Religion?

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In addition to religious organizations and their respective affiliates being excluded from having to include contraceptives in employee hea...
Wednesday, September 9, 2015

Fewer Blue-Collar Lawmakers in Maine’s Legislature: Public Financing Cut by the U.S. Supreme Court on Free Speech Grounds

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In 1996, Maine became the first American state to enact a public financing system for statewide elections. Voters passed a referendum by w...
Sunday, September 6, 2015

Pope Francis On Taking In Refugees In Europe: A Basis For An Alternative Approach To Christianity

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As tens of thousands of refugees from the Middle East were seeking refuge in the E.U., Pope Francis “called on every parish, religious comm...
Thursday, September 3, 2015

Capitalism in Vietnam: War as Overrated

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Going to war might seem like the most expedited course to achieving geopolitical aims, even when they in actuality predominately economic i...