Economy Nov 17 Washington Commanders sued by DC for cheating fans out of ticket money By Stephen Whyno, Associated Press
Nation Jan 13 Watch 6:12 Why Astros sign-stealing scandal is a ‘major black mark’ against baseball Major League Baseball says teams may not use modern technology to carry out an age-old practice: decoding the signs opposing catchers and pitchers use to communicate. The Houston Astros’ general manager and field manager were both fired Monday for an…
Education Nov 05 Watch 6:15 Why colleges are reconsidering their reliance on standardized tests for admission A college admissions scandal involving several celebrities has cast an ugly spotlight on how entry into higher education can be gamed. Standardized tests like the ACT and SAT are a key point in the saga, and they now face renewed…
Nation Nov 09 Watch 5:38 How will the Russian sports cheating scandal affect future Olympic games? An independent commission of the World Anti-Doping Agency has uncovered systemic cheating by Russian track and field athletes in international sports, much of it at the behest of the Russian government. The report recommended a lifetime ban for five runners. By PBS News Hour
Nation Sep 22 Watch 7:07 Volkswagen comes clean on emissions cheating German automaker Volkswagen has revealed that as many as 11 million of its diesel-powered cars worldwide could be affected by software designed to dupe emissions tests. The software, which only switches on during emissions tests, leaves the cars emitting up… By PBS News Hour
Oct 29 More than 2,000 Chinese students caught cheating on national pharmacist test By Anna Christiansen China was shaken earlier this month by an elaborate cheating scam, involving high tech methods and more than 2,000 pharmacy students. Continue reading
Aug 08 Watch Atlanta Starts New School Year Under Cloud of Cheating Scandal Students and teachers return to Atlanta classrooms for the start of a new school year Monday, but a major cheating scandal is still raising big questions. Learning Matters Television's John Tulenko reports. Continue watching
May 20 Ask Behavioral Economist Dan Ariely Your Questions About the Economic Crisis and Human Behavior Editor’s Note: Dan Ariely, a noted behavioral economist at Duke University and author of Predictably Irrational, is different from many of his economist colleagues. Ariely studies irrationality in economic behavior — despite the fact that economics is largely… Continue reading
May 20 Watch Behavioral Economist Examines Interplay of Money, Morality and Rationality In the latest in economics correspondent Paul Solman's Making Sense series, behavioral economist Dan Ariely mulls decision-making mechanisms in finance and they ways in which many people rationalize their unethical actions. Continue watching
Dec 31 Are Ethics Taught in Finance and Business? By Business Desk Question/Comment: At one point during your report on teaching job skills to at-risk urban youth, I noticed a wall behind a student displayed a list of qualities to embrace: be honest, be accountable, among others. It almost seems cruelly… Continue reading