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Url:http://jeffreyseglin.blogspot.com
Author(s):Facebook User
Language:English
Tags:ethics, new york times syndicate, seglin
Description:Blog for weekly newspaper ethics column by Jeffrey L. Seglin distributed by The New York Times Syndicate.
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SOUND OFF: TAKE A BOW
When he visited Emperor Akihito of Japan in November, President Barack Obama bowed as he shook the emperor's hand. The State Department said that diplomatic protocol mandated the bow, which is a tr...more
2009-12-06
THE RIGHT THING: WE WISH NEARLY ALL OF YOU A MERRY CHRISTMAS
"Holidays can be so good, and yet so bad!," writes a reader from southern California. "If families get along, great, it's all wonderful. But what about if they don't?"Some members of my reader's fa...more
2009-12-06
THE RIGHT THING: WALKING A FINE LINE
"What are one's ethical obligations," wonders a reader from Columbus, Ohio, "when someone else is doing something wrong?"My reader was driving along a fairly busy two-lane road, dutifully observing...more
2009-11-29
SOUND OFF: GREATER THAN ZERO
After initially suspending a first grader and requiring him to spend 45 days at an alternative school for having brought a camping knife to school _ he planned to eat his lunch with the knife's for...more
2009-11-29
SOUND OFF: OPRAH'S KARAOKE CHALLENGE
Singer BeBe Winans taped several appearances on Oprah Winfrey's talk show. After promotions showing Winans aired, however, as well as one of the taped shows, some viewers complained about his appea...more
2009-11-22
THE RIGHT THING: DINING BY THE CLOCK
Every other Sunday, a reader in southern California heads to Hometown Buffet restaurant, the local franchise in a national chain that serves more than 160 million people a year at its buffet-style ...more
2009-11-22
THE RIGHT THING: TAKING THE HIT
About a month ago I was sitting at my desk at my home office in Boston when the phone rang. It was my insurance broker."Mr. Seglin," my broker said, "we just got a call that your parked car has bee...more
2009-11-15
SOUND OFF: OUT OF THE PAST
On Sept. 26 Swiss authorities arrested Oscar-winning director Roman Polanski, a French citizen who was wanted in the United States on an old conviction for having sex with a 13-year-old girl: In 19...more
2009-11-15
SOUND OFF: NEWLY MINTED ETHICS
Disgraced former New York Times reporter Jayson Blair, whose fabrications and plagiarism wreaked havoc on his readers, on his colleagues and on the newspaper industry as a whole, has tried to shift...more
2009-11-08
THE RIGHT THING: `HERE'S MONEY FOR X, BUT NOT FOR Y'
According to a survey conducted by The Chronicle of Philanthropy, the largest charitable organizations in the country are expecting their greatest drop in donations in the 17 years the journal has ...more
2009-11-08

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