Business leaders are often concerned that unethical activities at work may be hidden and undiscoverable, making them difficult to identify and stop. As one executive pointed out to me, few employees will tell you what unethical activities are plaguing the company....
Ethics Articles
Industry leaders join Daniels as Executives in Residence
Six new industry leaders will join the six current Executives in Residence at the University of Denver’s Daniels College of Business. The Daniels Executive in Residence Program exists to encourage meaningful engagement in the life of the College by senior executives...
Can Trump Voters Get the Laws and Ethics They Want?
What did Trump supporters want? Among other things: more blue collar jobs, deporting illegal immigrants, making abortions illegal again, replacing Obamacare, cutting taxes, and undoing regulations. Trump’s repeated slogan to “Drain the Swamp” was a clarion call to...
Comments on Recent Events in Political Campaigns
Doug Schoen, long-time Clinton pollster and adviser, withdrew his support for Hillary Clinton last weekend. He did so because he thinks all the investigations will create a constitutional crisis and paralyze her administration, if elected. Not so, Judge Andrew...
Arthur Brooks tells DU Audience that Capitalism is Good for the Poor
Within minutes of taking the stage in DU’s Reiman Theater at the Daniels College of Business, Arthur Brooks announced he was going to prove that free enterprise is good for poor people and dangerous for rich people. Brooks, president of the American Enterprise...
Developing Character with Ethics Boot Camp
It’s a Friday night at the University of Denver. Students have just completed their second week of classes. It’s 80 degrees and sunny. It seems like the perfect night to go out. Instead, about 350 students spent nearly six hours on Friday and six more on Saturday...
Bruce Klaw receives award for his research
The Academy of Legal Studies in Business awarded Assistant Professor Bruce Klaw the 2016 Hoeber Memorial Award for Excellence In Research. The award recognizes the best article of the year published in the Journal of Legal Studies Education, which is one of the two...
Associate Professor Kevin O’Brien Weighs in On Chipotle Trademark Dispute
A Boston-based burger restaurant, Tasty Burger, has become embroiled in a trademark dispute with Chipotle, which plans to open up a series of burger joints under the name Tasty Made. Chipotle has yet to launch any Tasty Made stores, but plans to debut the brand in...
Daniels Professor Calls for New Law to Stop Insider Trading
Current insider trading law in the United States allows cheaters to win, says Bruce Klaw, assistant professor in the department of business Ethics and Legal Studies at the University of Denver’s Daniels College of Business. According to Klaw, this “fundamentally...