The committee discussed creating an oversight process after a councilor claimed she received inappropriate texts from a colleague.
News, On Campus, Academics
Salem Tackles Childhood Malnutrition Through Social Enterprise
Child hunger and malnutrition is a grave problem, but the solution is within reach, according to Navyn Salem, founder and CEO of Edesia Nutrition.
Opinions, Column
Playing Games in Situationship Culture
The Boston College student is marked by a competitive spirit—a spirit not confined to the classroom. Although we consider ourselves men and women for others, we also seek success for ourselves.
Opinions, Editorials
Boston College Has a Responsibility To Make Its Investment Portfolio More Transparent
Boston College’s profile of its $3.7 billion endowment is short, vague, and far from informative. The University has a moral responsibility to change this.
News, On Campus
Gravity Payments Founder Talks Ethics in Business
The Portico Program and the Winston Center for Leadership and Ethics hosted a lecture titled “Doing What’s Right” on Nov. 19. The forum featured Dan Price, founder of Gravity Payments, who talked about his decision to use his business for social change.
Column, Opinions
Nicomachean and Nicotine Ethics: Considering the Morality of the JUUL
Would our theology professors have anything to say about using refilled pods? Would our philosophy professors even care?
News, On Campus
Jenkins Lectures on the Ethics of Food, Alternative Food Movements
“Daily food demand in the wealthiest countries—mostly because of the demand for animal-based foods—requires producing around 8,000 calories of food to deliver 3,500 to each person, of which 25 percent is wasted,” Jenkins said. “But that seems to be the diet people want, for as incomes rise, humans everywhere are demanding more meat and more disposable products with empty calories.”
News, On Campus
Poverty is Caused by a Failure of Ethics, Not Economy, Sachs Says
“Capitalism is a system that is absolutely susceptible to grave injustice,” Sachs said.
News, On Campus
Doctors Evaluate Problematic Pharmaceutical Industry Practices
The publication process for pharmaceutical research lacks transparency.
Arts, Column
The Arts and Moral Bankruptcy
Can someone enjoy the artistic works of people of questionable character? Exploring questions like this, one may find just how intensely linked the art is linked to the artist.
