Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac Returning to Risky Investments
It's Back to the Future for Government-Sponsored Mortgage Entities The Federal National Mortgage Association (Fannie Mae) and the Federal...
Bespoke Tranche Opportunity: It’s déjà vu all over again
Investment Firms Create the Next Risky Financial Product à la Collateral Debt Obligations We’ve been there before. The movie “The Big...
Questions about Wall Street Ethics Persist
Is it time to bring back Glass-Steagall? On September 10, 2008, one day after Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. stock lost nearly half its...
Starbucks Brewing Red Cup Controversy
Why People Are So Frothed Up About Starbucks From time to time an ethics student of mine writes an excellent blog for the course and I...
Why do Ethical People Go Beyond the Law in Decision-Making?
Laws set Minimal Standards of Behavior while Ethics set Higher Norms of Behavior Many people make the mistake of thinking following the...
Pfizer Tax Inversion Raises Many Ethical Questions
Do Corporations Have an Ethical Obligation to Pay their 'Fair Share' of Taxes? You say you have a U.S. corporation and want to reduce...
An Exploration of the “Rightness’ of Today’s College Student Protests
The Role of University Administration in Student Dissent Racial tensions at the University of Missouri that started back in October have...
The Lost Art of Respect for Authority
The Challenges for Respect, Civility and Morality in Society It used to be that we respected police, teachers, legislators and our...
Big Pharma: Where is the corporate social responsibility in High Drug Prices?
Are Big Pharma Drug Prices Out of Control? Imagine you just went to your local pharmacy and were told that the cost of a life-saving drug...
How should we deal with disruptive students in schools?
Parents: Get with it. Teachers: Use it as a teachable moment. Students: Wise up before it is too late Last Friday about 100 students at...