International Labor Day is an ideal occasion to reflect upon work conditions, and especially, the problem of unemployment, particularly acute in some European countries such as Greece and Spain. According to the Eurobarometer survey published at the end of April, approximately half of European workers (53%) believe they have good working conditions in their county. […]
Smart Ways to Give Voice to Your Values at Work
How often do you find yourself in situations in the business world that go against your value system? And how often have you been able to make those values heard and respected? Most of us would probably answer “a lot” to the first question and “not very often” to the second. A common error: understanding ethics […]
Economic Freedom in the World: Is it Ethically Significant?
In our culture figures and ranking are quite central, and the economic freedom is not an exception. There are several indexes which try to ranking countries through models nurture by statistic often taken from the World Bank, the International Monetary Fund and the Economist Intelligence Unit. Two of these indexes are probably the best-known worldwide. In general, their […]
The Right to Reputation Versus Freedom of Expression
Everyone has a right to his or her own good name and reputation. This is true because all human beings possess innate dignity that goes beyond our personal histories of success and failure, and our ethical or unethical actions. But why is it so difficult to put this fundamental principle of social coexistence into practice, […]
