What do you gain by lying?
The short answer to the question is: nothing—and besides, you will lose a lot. I have written about honesty before, but a comment from...
Government fails at its job: Nationalization of Trans Mountain pipeline
The Canadian (yes, Canadian, not Venezuelan …) government has just nationalized the yet-to-be-completed Trans Mountain oil pipeline expansion (TMX) by buying its assets from...
Why businesspeople need moral principles
I recently received feedback from the students in my MBA business ethics course earlier this year. While a number of them were enthusiastic in...
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Why avoiding taxes is moral
The recent leak of the Panama Papers—which consist of confidential banking documents that report names of thousands of offshore corporations and their shareholders—created a...
Are the rich getting richer and the poor poorer?
The long-standing argument of the Left is that the rich are getting richer and the poor poorer, presumably because the former “exploit” the latter....
Self-interest vs. the “common good”
A common exhortation heard today is: Set self-interest aside and act for the “common good.” Businesspeople in particular are accused of selfishness and are...