Browsing Archive: December, 2009

Faking Perfection

Posted by The Minnesota Student Leadership Seminar Team on Monday, December 14, 2009, In : Real World Ethics 
On the Responsibility Project blog, Kathy McManus introduces an intriguing question on whether the wave of air-brushed, photoshopped, lip-synched, perfect performances of Kelly Clarkson, Jennifer Hudson, and Yo Yo Ma are a new form of responsibility.

The editor of the magazine that featured a photoshopped Kelly Clarkson on the cover insisted that a magazine cover needs to be perfect and reflect "the essence of you at your best."  The producer of Jennifer Hudson's lip-synched performance of th...
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Minnesota's Future...

Posted by Minnesota Student Leadership Seminar Team on Sunday, December 6, 2009,
This video created by The Center For Academic Excellence who are also responsible for the Minnesota Schools of Character (MNSOC) awards program. 

Well worth your time, consideration, and action.


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Be a Tiger?

Posted by Minnesota Student Leadership Seminar Team on Sunday, December 6, 2009, In : Real World Ethics 
What is the most important thing about the recent revelations of Tiger Woods and his infidelities? 

It is how we respond to them.

ProEthics points out In their blog Ethics Alarms, that there is a big danger letting Tiger Woods off the hook too easily. (see the entire post here:  http://ethicsalarms.com/2009/12/06/tiger-woods-ethics-part-ii-yes-it-matters/

If society wants to be civilized and to provide a stable structure for children to grow and thrive, it must not accept Woods-style misconduc...
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