A new study calls into question earlier research suggesting that people of higher socioeconomic status are less generous and more selfish than others.

Commentary: The tech industry's most interesting ideas always show up at the annual confab in Las Vegas, but sometimes we have to ask what the heck they were thinking.

Claiming to be “color blind” just means you’re blinding yourself to the realities of racism and racial prejudice in all its forms.

Like so much else, the act of informing on bad actors for good reasons has become tainted.

Vox’s Jamil Smith talks with journalist and author Eyal Press about “dirty work” — the jobs Americans do that, as Press explains, can lead workers to perform morally compromising activities unwittingly. They discuss examples of this kind of work (drone pilots, meat packers, prison aides), talk about its relation to the term “essential workers” that gained prominence during the pandemic, and explain how certain jobs highlight the disparities of class, race, and gender in American society. Host: Jamil Smith (@JamilSmith), Senior Correspondent, Vox Guest: Eyal Press (@EyalPress), author; journalist References: Dirty Work: Essential Jobs and the Hidden Toll of Inequality in America by Eyal Press (FSG; 2021) “What does it mean to take America’s ‘jobs of last resort’?” by Jamil Smith (Vox; Apr. 22) Empire of Pain: The Secret History of the Sackler Dynasty by Patrick Radden Keefe (Doubleday; 2021) The Social Network, dir. David Fincher (2010) The Jungle by Upton Sinclair (1906) The Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison…

Scott Galloway repeatedly asks us to square our worship of technology and innovators with what we know is and is not good for us and society. He wants us to face the slow but certain damage we allow corporations to inflict, every day, on our kids and ourselves. Standing on a firm foundation of facts and insight, he asks the hardest and most consequential questions of our time. Dolores Huerta worked side by side with Cesar Chavez for decades. She stood next to Robert Kennedy the night he was shot. She convinced 18 million people to boycott grapes. These back to back conversations, recorded on the set of Kelly’s PBS show, Tell Me More, are part wake up call and part roadmap. To watch all episodes of Tell Me More, go to pbs.org/kelly.

Tens of thousands of tonnes of unwanted clothing from Europe and the US are being dumped in the Atacama Desert every year.

This report explores Black workers in the private sector in three parts: participation in the economy; experience in companies; and actions for advancement.

Get an exclusive early listen to The Dream, hosted by Jane Marie, which digs into the under-explored world of multi-level marketing schemes.

The women selling leggings on Facebook were the real prey, as the new Amazon series LuLaRich shows.

In this episode, Rabbi Jonathan Sacks speaks to the world-renowned political philosopher Michael Sandel about how we can return to a politics of the common good. Producer: Dan Tierney Series Editor: Christine Morgan

Financial expert Ray Dirks (played by Jeffrey Wright) exposed one of the biggest corporate crimes of all time - and yet he was the one who ended up in front of the Supreme Court. Whistleblowers often face intimidation from those they bring to justice, but also face hostility from their co-workers, new employers, the authorities and even the public. Why are we suspicious of “tattletales” and what can we do to make vital whistleblowing easier? Read more about Tim’s work at http://timharford.com/ Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com

The United States has the world’s strongest laws against forced labor in supply chains. What’s preventing U.S. businesses from eradicating it from their products once and for all?

On September 13, thousands of HP inkjet printers stopped working and displayed this error message: “The following ink cartridges appear to…

At least eight pharmaceutical companies sell a decades-old drug that treats gallstones, but the competition has done little to keep its price down.

Comprehensive, up-to-date news coverage, aggregated from sources all over the world by Google News.

Somewhere, right now, a cash-strapped parent or budget-limited patient with a severe allergy will skip acquiring an EpiPen.

Tesla may pride itself on making the world a better place through eco-friendly electric cars, but it's not immune to ethical concerns. Mercury News has discovered that at least one of Tesla's contractors has been using sub-contracted, low-paid labor (as little as $5 per hour) from eastern Europe to work on the automaker's facilities. The partner companies have avoided offering overtime pay and even compensation for injuries -- one man is suing his employers after he fell three stories while working on a Tesla paint plant in Fremont. The practices let those contractors finish crucial factory...

Charging extra for safety features is nothing new, but actively disabling them for missed payments may be the future.

The harm principle:Your freedom ends where it harms others. pic.twitter.com/htaitV23wJ— Ethics in Bricks (@EthicsInBricks) April 17, 2021

In 2019, I made a painful decision. But to the algorithms that drive Facebook, Pinterest, and a million other apps, I'm forever getting married.

"The more we view ourselves as self-made and self-sufficient, the less likely we are to care for the fate of those less fortunate than ourselves." - Michael Sandel https://t.co/rhCGj8OtCU

If it's free, you're the product. https://t.co/g9jQ8tP76v

"Act in such a way that you always treat humanity, whether in your own person or in the person of any other, never simply as a means but always at the same time as an end."- Immanuel Kant pic.twitter.com/MziImZkAE6— Ethics in Bricks (@EthicsInBricks) March 10, 2021

This week we're looking at how a tragic fire played a role in the creation of the Fair Labor Standards Act, and how it affects independent contractors now.

The surprisingly entertaining story of how the U.S. got itself into a housing crisis.