Ethics
Everyday Ethics
You are a minister and an outspoken opponent of gambling. After a community kitchen meal for the poor, you find a crumpled lottery ticket on the floor by the coat rack. Out of curiosity you check the numbers on the Internet and discover it’s a winner.
What do you do?
By Connie denBok and Bob Giuliano September 2009
Everyday Ethics
Your church’s Sunday school is on the rebound. Another new student arrives in your classroom. She’s a troubled foster child with a history of being expelled from school and bounced from home to home. Despite your efforts to help her integrate, she is becoming increasingly disruptive. Other children have stopped coming. What do you do?
By Ken Gallinger and Ruth McQuirter Scott July 2009
Feature
How that patch of earth outside your church can be part of a more equitable food system
By Katrina Simmons June 2009
Everyday Ethics
A wealthy member of the congregation where you are a minister plans a gift that will sustain the church for many years. There’s a catch: he wants you to cancel “Spirituality and Suds” pub nights that are popular with young adults from the church and the community. Do you turn off the tap?
By Lee Simpson and Kevin Little June 2009
Everyday Ethics
The fire inspector has ordered some costly upgrades at the financially struggling church where you work as an administrator. A parishioner who has been unemployed for several months offers to do the work at a good price. But he wants to be paid in cash so his employment insurance benefits aren’t affected. Do you agree?
By Connie denBok and Bob Giuliano May 2009
Feature
Our economy was sick before the recession took hold. The crisis presents a chance to imagine a healthier and more sustainable future.
By Larry Krotz May 2009
Everyday Ethics
A close friend tells you about the new man in her life. You’re a receptionist in a law office where he is a client. From office gossip you’ve heard the man has a past history of domestic violence. You know the rules about lawyer-client confidentiality, but your conscience says you should warn your friend. Do you?
By Ken Gallinger and Ruth McQuirter Scott April 2009
Feature
Tens of thousands of people are living testimony to the benefits of harvesting vital organs from the dead. Yet the ethics of organ donation are surprisingly complex.
By Richard Wright April 2009
Everyday Ethics
You are an independent taxi driver. One morning, you back out of the driveway into the side of an illegally parked FedEx van. No one sees it happen. Your car is okay but the van is clearly damaged. You now risk losing your cab due to skyrocketing insurance rates. Do you report the mishap?
By Lee Simpson and Kevin Little March 2009
Everyday Ethics
A colleague has gone on short-term disability following the flare-up of an old back injury. You are both in the running for the same promotion, one that you feel you deserve and one that you need so you can make ends meet. One day you spot your colleague zipping down the ski hill. What do you do?
By Connie denBok and Bob Giuliano February 2009
Everyday Ethics
Your church gym helps keep local youngsters healthy and off the streets. It badly needs refurbishing, and your church has no money. A sporting goods merchant offers $10,000 but wants a small sign advertising his store displayed somewhere in the gym. Do you accept?
By Ken Gallinger and Ruth McQuirter Scott January 2009
Everyday Ethics
You have recently remarried. Although you have custody of your children, they remain very close to their father. Christmas is looming, and you know he is alone. The kids desperately want him to be part of your celebrations. Your new partner is decidedly less enthusiastic. What do you do?
By Lee Simpson and Kevin Little December 2008
