The U.S. Government's Encyclopedia of Ethical Failure

Every few years the U.S. Department of Defense publishes a short book that contains amazing stories about real crime, cheating scientists, drug dealers, ...

Financial Leaders Have Lost Their Moral Compass

An online survey conducted by New York law firm Labaton Sucharow of 250 financial professionals revealed the following:

• 52 percent felt it likely their competitors had engaged in unethical or illegal activity to gain a market edge.

Tom Hanks Admits He often Lies to People

After Reader's Digest nominated the actor Tom Hanks as "the most trusted man in the world" (in 2013), on the Late Show David Letterman asked ...

Brutally Honest Rejection Letters

The website Business Insider ran an article titled "7 Brutally Honest Job Rejection Letters." Here are two examples of how not to confront someone. ...

Judge Cites Himself for Contempt of Court

A Michigan judge handed down an unusual ruling. Judge Raymond Voet has a clearly posted policy in his courtroom that electronic devices causing a disturbance ...

Pro Baseball Pitcher Returns $500,000

Jeremy Affeldt, a (now retired) relief pitcher for the San Francisco Giants, discovered a clerical error that caused him to be overpaid by half a million ...

Candy Isn't Bad for You … Says Study Funded By Candy Companies

According to a study funded by the National Confectioners Association, candy-eating really isn't as bad as you've heard. The study claims that ...

Wal-Mart Employee Finds and Returns $20,000

In the fall of 2012, Bismark Mensah, a recent immigrant to the U.S. from Ghana, was working part-time job as a "courtesy associate" at a Wal-Mart ...

10 Crazy Business Expenses

As reported in Business Week, an expense-management firm called Certify provided their list of the most shameless items employees attempted to use as ...

Runner Allows Competitor to Win the Race

On December 2, 2012, a Spanish long-distance runner named Ivan Fernandez Anaya was competing in a cross-country race in the Spanish countryside. Anaya ...