Articles

Workplace Issues

Spiritual Ministry to the Business Community

Background and proposals on providing spiritual support in the workplace.
Max Oliva, S.J.

24/7 Workplace Connectivity: A Hidden Ethical Dilemma

An exploration of the effect of digital technology on workers' health and relationships
Charles F. Piazza

The Transformation of Work

Summary of a presentation by Edward Lawler highlighting findings from his book "The New American Workplace."
Anne Federwisch

Fiddling With the Free Market

Are there ethical reasons to try to guide the invisible hand?
William Sundstrom

Unocal in Burma

Background to a suit in federal court alleging that members of a minority Burmese group had been subjected to relocation, forced labor, torture, murder, and rape on the Yadana pipeline project
Manuel Velasquez

E-mania: Ethical Approaches to E-mail Overload

E-mail behavior raises questions about how we treat each other and how we treat common resources.
Miriam Schulman

Global Labor Rights and the End of the Multifiber Arrangement

Universities must decide whether to allow logo items to be made in countries that don't protect workers.
Miriam Schulman

Is It Ethical to Shop at Wal-Mart?

Wal-Mart is frequently the target of criticism for its employment practices and its effect on the larger economy and community. How should consumers evaluate these issues?
Bob Brownstein, Jeffrey Seglin

The Case of the Underwater Options

An acquisition raises questions about fairness and an employee's right to know in this fictionalized case about a biotech start-up.
Miriam Schulman

Work-Life Balance

Providing time for family at a start-up company.
an interview with Warren Anderson

Blurred Lines

What is company time?
an interview with a Young Entrepreneur

Hurry, Hurry

The role of rushing in ethical lapses.
an interview with Gina Pastega

Who is a Customer?

Hyping vs. lying at a start-up company.
an interview with Umang Gupta

LittleBrother is Watching You

New technologies allow employers to check whether employees are wasting time at recreational Web sites or sending unprofessional e-mails. But when do an employer's legitimate business interests become an unacceptable invasion of worker privacy?
Miriam Schulman

Time to Go Home

Long work hours have ethical ramifications.
Miriam Schulman

Treatment of Emplolyees in High-Tech Start-Ups

Weakness rather than evil accounts for many instances of unethical behavior.
Denis J. Moberg