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(Issue 51) Do you find your work meaningful, making use of your abilities? Or is your work boring or meaningless? Please describe your work in one or both of these ways. Read responses

 

(Issue 48) Has your job, or the job of a colleague, been changed or eliminated by technology? Do you have a job that didn?t exist 10 years ago but does now because of technology? Tell us about it. Read responses

 

(Issue 47) Should a company consider the personal ethics of an employee when making a promotion decision? Read responses

 

(Issue 46) It has been almost five years since the current wave of ethical scandals hit U.S. companies starting with Enron. Since that time, many new laws have been passed. Are we now less vulnerable to corporate corruption? Why or why not? Read responses

 

(Issue 45) As wireless capability grows, more people are finding "hot spots" that have been left open by neighbors or nearby businesses. Is there an ethical problem in taking advantage of this "free access?" Why, or why not? Read responses

 

(Issue 43) Technology has enabled variable product pricing based on your personal profile. You could be charged more (or less) than your neighbor because your buying habits have been captured by the online retailer. Are there limitations that should be placed on this practice by the sellers? By the law? Read responses

 

(Issue 42) Two prominent CEOs have recently been given significant prison terms: Bernie Ebbers (WorldCom) and Dennis Kozlowski (Tyco). What difference do you think this will make in the behavior of business leaders in the future? Read responses

 

(Issue 41) Often religion is regarded as a taboo subject in places of business. Yet since religion is the source for making decisions of right and wrong for many people, should this taboo be reconsidered in light of the ethical failures in business? If so, what guidelines would you suggest? Read responses

 

(Issue 40) Does good ethics make good business? All the time, mostly, or sometimes? Why? Read responses

 

(Issue 39) What one recommendation would you make to company managers who want to help build a more ethical company? Read responses

 

(Issue 37) What do you find to be your major source of workplace stress? What do you do about it? Read responses

 

(Issue 36) What is government's proper role in legislating ethical behavior for business? Read responses

 

(Issue 34) What approach would you recommend for addressing the piracy issues in software, music, video, etc.? Read responses

 

(Issue 33) Do you see business globalization as a good trend for the world, or one worth protesting? Why? Read responses

 

(Issue 32) Is the separation of powers between the Chairman and the CEO a vital part of maintaining an ethical company? Read responses

 

(Issue 31) Does IT remain a strategic force for business, or is it just another tool for business to use? Read responses

 

(Issue 30) Is maximizing shareholder value the right objective and purpose for business? Why or why not? Read responses

 

(Issue 29) How did your university or business school education affect the values and ethics you bring to your company and career? Read responses

 

(Issue 28) Have you ever experienced, or created, a technology solution in business that increased costs--or difficulties for employees or customers? Read responses

 

(Issue 27) Is it possible for unethical companies--and individuals--to change and become ethical? How? Read responses

 

(Issue 26) In what ways have information and telecommunications technologies affected, for better or worse, the ethical challenges faced by organizations? Read responses

 

(Issue 25) How does the size of a company affect the ethical challenges it faces? Does a small company have an easier time maintaining its ethical health? Read responses

 

(Issue 24) What must happen for business to recover public trust after the headline problems of Enron, Andersen, Global Crossing, Tyco, and other businesses this past year? Read responses

 

(Issue 23) How and why is corporate culture important? What are the most important traits of a healthy organizational culture in your view? Read responses

 

(Issue 22) Why should companies and employees be ethical? How would you add to, subtract from, or modify IBTE's "Nine Good Reasons" (Ethix 22, page 11)? Read responses

 

(Issue 21) Has the time come when corporations must become transparent and ethical to be economically successful? Read responses

 

(Issue 20) How has September 11 affected your perspective on the globalization of business? Read responses

 

(Issue 19) How has the "knowledge management" movement affected you and your company? Are there any significant ethical issues at stake in KM? Read responses

 

(Issue 18) In what ways does your company expect you to be "connected" to your work when you are away from the office? Does it allow you to use company electronic resources (computers, fax machines, copy machines, phones) for personal use? Read responses

 

(Issue 17) In addition to financial compensation, what are the most important ways of treating employees as valuable? What policies, mechanisms, and practices are the keys to valuing and empowering people? Read responses

 

(Issue 16) What are the primary ethical issues and challenges we must face up to in the emerging biotechnology realm (genomics, bioengineering, etc.)? Who should take responsibility here? What are the first steps to be taken? Read responses

 

(Issue 15) What responsibilities, if any, should corporations have to their communities? How should these be balanced with accountability to their shareholders? Read responses

 

(Issue 14) What do you do to maintain balance and boundaries for yourself and your family in this fast-paced, always connected economy? Read responses

 

(Issue 13) Are there genuine moral/ethical concerns raised in your mind by globalization? What and why? Read responses