Ethics

An astroturfing effort by a PR firm, working on behalf of retail giant Meijer, sought to unseat local officials who blocked the company’s effort to build a superstore in Acme Township

An astroturfing effort by a PR firm, working on behalf of retail giant Meijer, sought to unseat local officials who blocked the company’s effort to build a superstore in Acme Township

In most companies today, it truly seems as if ethics are as disposible as paper cups. If we don’t encourage companies to have codes of ethics and actually stick by them (and not vote to suspend them to partake in unethical activities, like Enron did), the corporate world is going to get out of control. As children, we are always told that we need to take responsibility for our actions; however, some Boards of Directors seem to believe in the “Do as I say, not as I do” mentality. Why should we, as consumers, have to worry about the companies that produce the products and services that we use on a constant basis? Hopefully, some industry leaders in the corporate world will read this article and realize how truly important ethics and ethical policies are.

Vitter was a repeat customer and will continue his illegal and immoral activity as long as he can go to his priest and be forgiven. He and his wife seem to feel that they deserve forgiveness from the American people but in the eyes of many, the hypocrisy is worse than the sin itself. We are a broadminded and forgiving nation, but when looking back on the self righteous attitudes of he and he wife during the Clinton/Lewinsky scandel, most of us feel no pity for these two.

A religious Liberal