Grappling with the Gray

If you get your work done in half the time, is the other half of your time really yours?That's the question that drives the discussion when Mark Brown, Deb Coviello, and Dr. Robyn Odegaard join the ethics panel for this archive episode of Grappling with the Gray.Here is our topic:In May, 2023, St. Louis Circuit Attorney Kim Gardner announced that she would resign from her position

Should there be a presumption of privacy in public always, never, or sometimes?That's the question driving the discussion when Mark Brown, CSP, Mark O'Brien, and K Kimi Hirotsu Ziemski join me to Grapple with the Gray!And here is our topic:In the wake of October 7, Columbia University has taken center stage amidst concerns about campus anti-Semitism. After a May 31 open forum addre

How do we weigh quantifiable costs against intangible benefits? That's the question that drives the conversation when Catherine Fitzgerald, Sven Lauch, and Stewart Wiggins join the ethics panel to Grapple with the Gray.A recent documentary about the Blue Angels profiles the extraordinary discipline required to fly fighter jets in formation a mere 12 - 18 inches apart from one anoth

Are the rich getting too much richer, and is there a limit to how much the poor will take?That's the question that will drive the conversation when Mark O'Brien, Jolanta Pomiotlo, and Kirsten Yurich join the ethics panel to Grapple with the Gray.Here is our topic:According to a recent report, median pay packages for CEOs rose to $16.3 million through 2023, up 12.6%. Meanwhile, wage

Are we neglecting old relationships in hope of profiting from new ones?That's the question that drives the discussion when Jennifer H. Elder, CSP, CPA, Jim Ristuccia, and Jon Strickler join the ethics panel to Grapple with the Gray.Here is our topic:Recently, I had enough of Charter Communications. My monthly fees kept going up, service got worse, and AT&T came around with fast

At what cost can we expect others to take responsibility for our own well being?That's the question that the ethics panel takes up when Giovanni Gallo, Nick Gallo, and Diane Helbig join me to Grapple with the Gray.Here is our topic:A woman posted online how she likes to bake more than she likes to eat. Although she typically shares her culinary creations with friends and family, on

Is our confusion between panic and panacea leading us into social chaos?That's the question that underlines the conversation when Christopher Bauer, PhD, CSP, CFS, 🟦 Melissa Hughes, Ph.D., and Mary Beth Molloy join the ethics panel to Grapple with the Gray.Here is our topic:Recently, Oprah Winfrey apologized for the part she played in promoting unhealthy and unrealistic diets.Sh

Do we prevent ourselves from getting anything by trying to get everything?That's the question that underlies the discussion when Jeff Koziatek, 🟦 Mark O'Brien, and Annette Taylor join the ethics panel to Grapple with the Gray.Here is our scenario:On May 1st, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis signed a bill prohibiting the production and sale of lab-grown meat. When I read the headlin

When do some people's problems become everybody's problems?That's the question driving the conversation when 🟦 Jeff Ikler, Sarah Kalmeta, and S. Scott Mason join the ethics panel to Grapple with the Gray.Here is our topic:“With the stroke of his pen,” said Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey, “Joe Biden is attempting to saddle working Missourians with a half trillion d

Is doing the wrong thing ever the right thing?That classic ethical question underscores the conversation when Kimberly Davis, Peter Winick, and K Kimi Hirotsu Ziemski join the ethics panel to Grapple with the Gray.True story:An elderly Jewish man with late stage cancer was given only a few weeks to live by his doctors. His final wish was to spend his last days in Israel and be buri