Category Archives: business ethics

For the day that’s in it …

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Growing up in Ireland in the 1960s, I was told my fair share of stories about St. Patrick, Ireland’s patron saint, whose feast day is being celebrated all over the world today. The story that stuck with me is about the Easter fire.
The then custom in Ireland was that the High King and [...]

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Pennies from heaven

Michael O’Leary, Ryanair’s CEO has an in-your-face reputation, or as my mother might put it, no class. When he suggested last week that passengers might have to pay to use the washroom on flights, I thought this is as low as it gets.
One of the functions of a business is to make money. O’Leary has [...]

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