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The F.T.C. vs. the Singing Pirate’s Not-So-Free Credit Reports

November 16, 2009, 8:35 am

The government is running TV commercials designed to look like the commercials that try to confuse consumers into using a costly credit service rather than the government's free service. Continue...

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TGIF Ethics Round-up: Killer Whales, Palin-Hatred, MagicJack and More

February 26, 2010, 8:50 am

A killer whale in peril, a political figure and her baby abused, a website intimidated, climate scientists rebuked, and angry employees seek revenge. Continue reading →

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Rebate Ethics

May 23, 2010, 1:51 pm

Consumers who fall victim to their own human frailties shouldn't blame the stores for offering rebates. They should blame who they see in the mirror for accepting a deal they should know isn't as good...

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Book Publicity Ethics

August 6, 2010, 1:48 pm

Author Jennifer Belle wants to sell her book, and is willing to trick people in order to persuade them to buy it. Continue reading →

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Vanity Size Ethics

September 10, 2010, 4:52 pm

Many manufacturers of men's pants routinely mislabel their products' waist measurements, representing waist sizes as less, and sometimes considerably less, than they really are. Continue reading →

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Stupid Ethics Tricks: Buns, Mascots, Mottos and Maher

September 22, 2010, 1:05 pm

The ethics of Bill Maher, Subway, football mascots, and Kentucky Fried Chicken. Continue reading →

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Getting Scrod* in Boston: The Ravages of Seafood Fraud

October 23, 2011, 11:13 am

A good question to ask the Republican presidential candidates might be for them to square the existence of widespread seafood fraud, estimated by the National Fisheries Institute by to cost diners and...

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