Ethics is under attack. Headline after headline citing conflicts of interests from incoming elected officials, allegations of unpatriotic behavior as well as allegations of inappropriate behavior from ...

Socrates used to wonder whether virtue could be taught. But his concerns would have seemed priggish to most people today -- certainly to most academics. Of course virtue and ethics can be taught.

Ethical lapses are in the news again. Former CEOs on trial. Journalists receiving secret payments. Congress revising its ethics rules to protect one of its own. In such a troubling environment, we ...

Why do people lie, cheat and steal? Why do “good” people do bad things – actions they know they shouldn’t take and do anyway? How much of someone’s antisocial behavior is the result of individual ...

The new fall semester is upon us, and at elite private colleges and universities, it’s hard to find a trendier major than Computer Science. It’s also becoming more common for such institutions to ...

Some people believe that ethics cannot be taught, that people are the product of their upbringing or nature and cannot be changed. But studies show that ethics can be taught throughout a lifetime. And ...

The nonprofit believes preparing students for a digital future is less about expanding access to devices than about ensuring technology use is grounded in purpose, understanding and meaningful ...

I remember watching the 1991 gulf war on television while I was working toward my Ph.D. in philosophy at Brown University. On philosophical grounds, I concluded that the war was justified. My study of ...

How can each generation do better than the one that came before? What does “doing better” even mean? These questions are at the heart of all parents’ decisions about their children, at the core of ...

Considering accountants deal with the intimate financial details of individuals and businesses, it’s important that they abide by strict ethical standards. “Ethics are the ‘why’ before the ‘how’ — why ...