President & CEO Magazine interviews me on how CEOs and Directors should deal with political and cultural controversies in broader society. [Click here to access podcast]

Dear Ethics Talk: I manage a café in a college town. Some students recently threatened to start a boycott if we don’t post signs stating that our bathrooms are unisex/gender-neutral (they currently aren’t). We get a lot of evening and Sunday traffic from nearby churches, so we don’t want to upset those churchgoers who may be more traditional. The owner also worries that if we give in on the bathrooms, the students will find something else to threaten us over, like who posts w

Dear Ethics Talk: My company has fewer than 25 employees. A healthy employee base gives us low health-plan premiums. One of my co-workers (Joe), though, is a closet smoker. Should I tell our benefits administrator? We’re so small a company Joe might figure out that I was the one who snitched. Signed: Butt-inski Dear Butt-inski: You don’t know for sure if Joe lied on his health-insurance forms. If he did, that’s wrong. But let’s temper justice with mercy. Maybe Joe wants to qu