Tag: Steven Mintz

Steven Mintz Comments On My Post – “Business Confidence Ratings”

On By southwerkIn business ethics, Capitalism, ethics, Philosophy of Business

Steven Mintz commented on one of my posts. The comment is below. I pass on comments from time to time, and my suspicion is that I will have the pleasure of doing so many times in this gentleman’s case. He has his own web site.

I just saw the movie “Inside Job” that explores the failures in the banking industry and how it created the financial services-driven recession in 2008. I highly recommend the movie to learn more about how and why the banking and financial services industry was able to bring down the economy. After seeing the movie I wonder why the bank confidence level isn’t even lower!

I have recommended the film myself. Here is the trailer –

You should read Steven Mintz, he knows his subject. He fights for ethics. He calls his site, The Ethics Sage.

James Pilant

Steven Mintz AKA Ethics Sage Comments On My Post – The Legacy Of An Inspirational Teacher Is Felt Throughout The Ages.

On By southwerkIn business ethics, Teaching

The post ended on an explanatory note about league tables. These are the English variation of our school rankings under No Child Left Behind (an abomination of a law). Steven Mintz begins his comment at that point.

I couldn’t agree more about “league tables.” Newsweek reported the best high schools in the U.S. in June 2010 and based its selections on how hard school staffs work to challenge students with advanced placement college-level courses and tests. Nowhere in the ranking is the fact that the best high schools are those that serve all of the students not just the very best among them. As a college professor I find it to be disturbing that so many students lack a strong work ethic and motivation to learn for learning sake. How do we measure whether a high school instills these values that are so important to success in college and to create the thirst for lifelong learning? We also should recognize that what a teacher should and does accomplish in the classroom may not be known for years. Perhaps Henry Adams said it best: “A teacher affects eternity; he can never tell, where his influence stops.”

The Ethics Sage (Steven Mintz) can be found here. I recommend his web site. It is on my blog roll.

(The Ethics Sage’s current post deals with Jeff Skilling (Enron) and his appeal which if successful could release him from prison.)

James Pilant