The Precautionary Principle and International Efforts to Ban DDT

The Precautionary Principle and International Efforts to Ban DDT

INTRODUCTION In 1994, the U.S.-Canada International Joint Commission (IJC) recommended the phasing out of all organochlorines in the Great Lakes Basin, and did so in the strongest possible terms. Using the Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement of 1978 n2 (GLWQA) as its...
Morals and the Kiss-Cam

Morals and the Kiss-Cam

I heard two jock-talkers on Denver AM radio in August of 2018, complaining that the Dodgers “Kiss-Cam” was not nearly as spontaneous as people at Dodger Stadium might think. It turns out that the kiss-cam crew goes around to appealing people and families, has them...

The Right and Wrong of Non Disclosure Agreements

In the private sector, nondisclosure agreements (NDAs) can serve a very useful purpose. As Adam Hays put it in Investopedia: To maintain a competitive advantage, businesses must keep working projects, innovative ideas, or exciting new products secret lest they fall...
Emotional Support Animals, Airlines, and Ethics

Emotional Support Animals, Airlines, and Ethics

It was spring quarter at the University of Denver in 2008. I was giving a final exam in a freshman-level law and ethics class at the Daniels College of Business. I was taken aback when two women entered the classroom with small dogs. In over twenty years of teaching,...