Here are a few notable excerpts from Michael Josephson's presentation at the Distinguished Speaker Series, as the Daily 49er reported in Thursday's paper. Josephson visited Cal State Long Beach on Wednesday afternoon at the Carpenter Performing Arts Center. Josephson's talk was called "Ethics in America."
On the "disease of low expectations" of well-known figures:
"Jayson Blair almost single-handedly took down The New York Times."
"Arthur Andersen? There is no Arthur Andersen anymore."
On Martha Stewart from his "Corporate Hall of Shame":
"The first Paris Hilton."
On the younger generations, using information gathered from a survey conducted by Josephson Institute of Ethics called the "2006 Report Card on the Ethics of American Youth":
"I don't think we've raised moral mutants. Instead, we are creating a society where [bad] behavior is tolerated."
On "The Solution" to the moral dilemmas society is facing:
"Son, I'm no worse than anyone else."
"I know, dad. But I thought you were better."
(As the Daily 49er points out, Josephson quoted Arthur Miller's "All My Sons" where the central character explains the unethical things committed in life to his son.)
To read the entire report of his visit, please click on the link below.
Admit it. You want to read it. Ethics matter at CSULB.
10/11, Daily 49er Article
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