A short animated video about how athletes at UNC received special treatment that ultimately disadvantaged them.

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In the run up to the 2016 presidential election, the Bullock Texas State History Museum hosted State of Deception: The Power of Nazi Propaganda. Ethics Unwrapped at the McCombs School of Business filmed Propaganda: Ethics & the Media at the exhibit to educate people about the biases and pressures that led to the rise of the Nazi party in the…

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The Me Too Movement ignited the conversation on sexual harassment and sexual assault when it went viral in 2017. The Ethics Unwrapped project at the McCombs School of Business made this video to examine the impact of the movement and capture the current conversation surrounding these issues.

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When making ethical decisions, the one consideration that a theory favors over all other considerations is called the Fundamental Moral Unit. Western philosophy identifies the individual as the FMU; feminist theories tend to use relationship and maintaining the connections among people; Eastern and indigenous theories put natural or spiritual systems as the core to be…

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BY JESSICA GUO The third of three Company Snapshots, these research-based pieces by guest author Jessica Guo look at aspects of successful companies that can be examined for strategy and information of benefit to both active businesses and the academics that study them. See our first company snapshot examining culture and values at Costco and our second company snapshot looking at how values…

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BY JESSICA GUO The second of three Company Snapshots, these research-based pieces by guest author Jessica Guo look at aspects of successful companies that can be examined for strategy and information of benefit to both active businesses and the academics that study them. See our first company snapshot examining culture and values at Costco. Company Snapshots: “Don’t Buy Our Products” – Ethics at…

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An Ethical Systems Book Review BY DAVID NEWMAN Cultivating Conscience: How Good Laws Make Good Peopleby Lynn Stout (public library)Summarized by David Newman Overview Conscience, or unselfish prosocial behavior, is a real and powerful force. A growing body of empirical evidence shows how conscience both shapes our lives and is shaped by our society. Yet for decades, scholarly…

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An Ethical Systems Highlighted Syllabus BY ETHICAL SYSTEMS Download syllabus for Values Based Leadership, taught at Northwestern University-Kellogg School of Management in 2015 by Adam Waytz.  Download

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An Ethical Systems Highlighted Syllabus BY ETHICAL SYSTEMS Download syllabus for Behavioral Legal Ethics, taught at University of Tennessee in 2017 by Paula Schaefer. Download

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BY JESSICA GUO The first of three Company Snapshots, these research-based pieces by guest author Jessica Guo look at aspects of successful companies that can be examined for strategy and information of benefit to both active businesses and the academics that study them. Additional Company Snapshots will be published on Mondays for the next two weeks. Company Snapshots: At Costco, Culture…

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