Perfectly Legal, But Wrong
When “perfectly legal” is a lame excuse for doing the wrong thing
Society and Politics
Kasky vs. Nike and the quarrelsome question of corporate free speech
The year of 2001 probably was not Nike, Inc., finest moments given that misleading statements that it made to the press and to the public about its operations in Southeast Asia labor activist opened a whole can of worms about whether the First Amendment applies to corporations making false or misleading statements.
After the U.S. Supreme Court agreed to review the decision, numerous business interests aligned with Nike’s appeal. Twenty-eight organizations and the U.S. government filed briefs as “friends of the court” to argue that Nike’s statements should be fully protected by the First Amendment.
The Kavanaugh Nomination: A Look Back
It is “perfectly legal” to nominate someone to the U.S. Supreme Court whose views on various important matters are far to the right of most Americans. But lying is wrong, and Kavanaugh’s temperament is questionable, given his florid and politicized denials in response to Professor Ford’s testimony.
The 2008 Meltdown: Why the Guilty Wall Street Folks Were Never Punished
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/ablj.12033
Morals and the Kiss-Cam
Spontaneous, or faked, live or perceived as lewd, the Kiss Cam may be a spotlight on what’s perfectly legal, but a little wrong, in our society.
The Right and Wrong of Non Disclosure Agreements
Use of NDAs is common in the private sector, but using the same tactic in the public sector, as President Trump is attempting to do, may be extremely questionable.
Emotional Support Animals, Airlines, and Ethics
It was spring quarter at the University of Denver in 2008. I was giving a final exam in a freshman-level law and ethics class at the Daniels College of Business. I was taken aback when two women entered the classroom with small dogs. In over twenty years of teaching,...
Incivility: How deep does it go?
Can’t anyone be “civil” anymore? From shout radio to the talking heads who –– for many years now ––interrupt each other on television “talk shows,” civility seems radically out of fashion, When then-candidate Donald Trump led chants of “Lock her up” or railed against...
Five key things to know about the Panama Papers
1. What are the Panama Papers? The Panama Papers are a massive trove of e-documents leaked (or possibly hacked) from a Panamanian law firm, Mossack Fonseca. The firm has 40 offices worldwide, and at least 80% of its business involves creating “shell companies” in tax...