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Category Archives: Ethics
The Decline Of The Generations
The further we get from Mount Sinai, the greater the moral decline. Barry Rides posts: By the year 2050, America’s nursing homes and shopping malls will be filled with elderly women who have pierced clits and tattoos on their lower … Continue reading
Posted in Ethics
Tagged children of the future, gay dude, marilyn manson, moral decline, shopping malls, three six mafia
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Why Be Good?
In the summer of 1995, I wrote Dennis Prager a letter (15 months earlier, I moved to Los Angeles to work for him, the job fell through) asking for his permission to develop his ideas on how to be a … Continue reading
Posted in Dennis Prager, Ethics, Personal
Tagged Dennis Prager, history of porn, how to be a good person, radio show, writing a book
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Pico-Robertson’s Ethics Commission Sharpens Its Focus
Here’s the original plan. I haven’t seen anyone sporting these ethics certifications. Now the rabbis are struggling with auditing. If businesses want to do stuff off the books, the rabbis won’t be able to audit that. How will they find … Continue reading
Posted in Ethics, Kashrut
Tagged business ethics, ethics commission, government investigation, overtime hours, way business works
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Luke Ford, Marc Gafni Discuss Hate Sites
Marc Gafni talks about the satanic drive to defame. Full discussion here:
Posted in Anti-Semitism, Blogging, Ethics, Marc Gafni
Tagged ford, hate sites, luke ford, marc gafni
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Which Shul Will Be The First To Get The Coveted ‘Peulat Sachir’ Hecsher For Kosher Ethics?
If the Modern Orthodox rabbis in Pico-Robertson enforce this code of ethical business conduct on their congregants, YICC and Beth Jacob will lose most of their machers. These guys work hard. They’re tough. They don’t always worry about ethical niceties … Continue reading
Posted in Ethics, Modern Orthodox, Pico/Robertson
Tagged Beth Jacob, ethical business conduct, machers, orthodox rabbis, YICC
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Certifying Ethics
Big Red emails: A belated Chag Sameach. I think this Kosher Business Ethics [certification] is for the birds. To me it seems like a reaction to a few recent events. First and foremost, the Rubashkin debacle. There is no question … Continue reading
Posted in Ethics, Pico/Robertson
Tagged chag sameach, conservative congregations, good housekeeping, housekeeping seal, orthodox jew, sachir
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I’m Tired Of The Fluffy Treatment The Jewish Journal Gives ‘Progressive’ Orthodox Judaism
The rabbis must be happy when they can have one of their own write these stories. That way they won’t be asked any tough questions. This is what I call unethical journalism — having someone you control report on you. … Continue reading
Posted in Beth Jacob, Bnai David-Judea, Daniel Korobkin, Ethics, Jewish Journal, Jewish Journalism, Modern Orthodox, Pico/Robertson, YICC
Tagged judea congregation, nai david, postville iowa, rabbi elazar, rabbi yosef, state and federal labor laws
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Too Sick To Treat?
Rabbi Gil Student writes: I’ve been very busy for the past few months and haven’t been able to follow every major story. However, I knew something had happened about a Mr. Golubchuk in Canada, who was very sick and the … Continue reading
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Tagged agudath israel of america, corporate attorneys, gil student, Jonathan Rosenblum, media blitz, pro bono research
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How Do You Make Good People?
For the past two months, I’ve had a part-time job — picking up kids from school and driving them home. This time in the car with a load of terrorists (if I don’t give them everything they want, they will … Continue reading
Posted in Ethics, Personal
Tagged acquaintances, babysitter, belief, common sense, Dennis Prager, divine command, goyim, history of sex, Jews, life hell, moral code, moral education, necessary ingredients, notions, orthodox jews, part time job, pervert, prerequisites, seat belts, seatbelts, socialism, sodomize, spinning globe, travails, weirdo
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The Difficulties of Being a Moral Leader in an Unjust World
I just Googled "Moral Leader" and found out I was number ten in Google. Here’s the number two result: Jim Sterba, professor of philosophy at University of Notre Dame, gave this presentation at a panel on Global Ethical Leadership, May … Continue reading
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Tagged ethical leadership, Ethics, Google, injustice, injustices, jim sterba, moral leader, moral leaders, notre dame, partial justice, perspectives, social and political philosophy, triumph, university of notre dame, unjust world
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