Grappling with the Gray
Are you ethical? Only by investigating all sides and contemplating every angle can we improve ethical decision-making, build more trusting relationships, and help create a more ethical world. Join our panel of leaders and thinkers as we grapple with a new ethical challenge each week.
Episodes
115 episodes since 2022
Grappling with the Gray #105: Ground Control to Major Tom?
Is it still funny when the joke's on you?That's the question that drives the conversation when John E. McGlothlin, 🟦 Mark O'Brien
September 18, 2024
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Episode 105
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42:15
Grappling with the Gray #104: Back to the bronze age?
What happens when technical performance clashes with technical problems?That's the question that drives the conversation when Sam Ardery,
September 11, 2024
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Episode 104
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44:20
Grappling with the Gray #103: Trust taken too far?
Is it ever beneficial to intentionally send the wrong message?That's the question that drives the conversation when Richard Bistrong,
September 04, 2024
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Episode 103
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39:22
Grappling with the Gray #102: The beam in your I?
How responsible am I for other people's irresponsible behavior?That's the question that drives the conversation when Jeff Koziatek,
August 28, 2024
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Episode 102
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35:29
Grappling with the Gray #101: Stalking the perfect employee?
When does character assessment become invasion of privacy?That's the question that drives the conversation when Deb Coviello The Drop In CEOâ„¢,
August 21, 2024
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Episode 101
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34:28
Grappling with the Gray #100: Opting out of the Ten Commandments?
Thank you for your support in reaching episode 100 of Grappling with the Gray!Celebrate with me as three of my stalwart recurring guests -- Kimberly Davis,
August 14, 2024
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Episode 100
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49:49
Grappling with the Gray #99: The rules of lawlessness?
Can compliance demands undermine a healthy and ethical culture?That's the question driving the conversation when 🟦 Carolyn Lebanowski,
August 07, 2024
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Episode 99
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46:21
GWTG Archive Episode #23: Secret identity?
When you do the wrong thing for the right reason, it is still the wrong thing?Is it possible to apply the principle of fairness so even-handedly that it leads to unfair outcomes?Since mercy is the suspension of justice, how do w...
July 30, 2024
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30:59
GWTG Archive Episode #49: Two-timing the boss?
If you get your work done in half the time, is the other half of your time really yours?That's the question that drives the discussion when Mark Brown, Deb Coviello, and Dr. Robyn Odegaard join the ethics panel for this archive episode ...
July 24, 2024
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35:30
Grappling with the Gray #98: Watching me watching you?
Should there be a presumption of privacy in public always, never, or sometimes?That's the question driving the discussion when Mark Brown, CSP, Mark O'Brien, and
July 10, 2024
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Episode 98
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49:43
Grappling with the Gray #97: Flying too high?
How do we weigh quantifiable costs against intangible benefits? That's the question that drives the conversation when Catherine Fitzgerald,
July 03, 2024
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Episode 97
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43:41
Grappling with the Gray #96: Paycheck to paycheck?
Are the rich getting too much richer, and is there a limit to how much the poor will take?That's the question that will drive the conversation when Mark O'Br...
June 26, 2024
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Episode 96
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44:42
Grappling with the Gray #95: Out with the old, in with the new?
Are we neglecting old relationships in hope of profiting from new ones?That's the question that drives the discussion when Jennifer H. Elder, CSP, CPA, Jim Ristuccia, and Jon Strickler join the ethics panel to Grapple with the Gray....
June 19, 2024
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Episode 95
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40:59
Grappling with the Gray #94: Have my cake and eat it, too?
At what cost can we expect others to take responsibility for our own well being?That's the question that the ethics panel takes up when Giovanni Gallo, Nick Gallo, and Diane Helbig join me to Grapple with the Gray.Here is our to...
June 05, 2024
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Episode 94
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39:02
Grappling with the Gray #93: Ain't that a-shaming?
Is our confusion between panic and panacea leading us into social chaos?That's the question that underlines the conversation when Christopher Bauer, PhD, CSP, CFS,
May 29, 2024
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Episode 93
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44:42
Grappling with the Gray #92: Meat me in the middle?
Do we prevent ourselves from getting anything by trying to get everything?That's the question that underlies the discussion when Jeff Koziatek,
May 22, 2024
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Episode 92
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42:00
Grappling with the Gray #91: Who pays down the debt?
When do some people's problems become everybody's problems?That's the question driving the conversation when 🟦 Jeff Ikler, Sarah K...
May 15, 2024
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Episode 91
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47:45
Grappling with the Gray #90: Pearls before Swine?
Is doing the wrong thing ever the right thing?That classic ethical question underscores the conversation when Kimberly Davis, Peter Winick, and K Kimi Hirotsu Ziemski join the ethics panel to Grapple with the Gray.True story:
May 08, 2024
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Episode 90
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46:26
GWTG Archive Episode #46: What's good about it?
What happens when we sabotage our own efforts to promote values by sending contradictory messages?That's the ethics challenge the panel takes up when Natalia Alvarez, Ph.D., JC Glick, and Lovelda Vincenzi join me to Grapple with the Gra...
May 01, 2024
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37:49
Archive episode #52: Do two lefts make a right?
This is one of my all time favorite conversations. Enjoy this episode from the archives!Here is our topic:About five years ago, I was driving home from Dallas, Texas, when I pulled up to a toll booth in Oklahoma. Being som...
April 24, 2024
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34:31
Grappling with the Gray #89: When the chips are down?
When does fun and games become deceitful manipulation? That's the topic the ethics panel takes up when Paul Edwards, Cather...
April 17, 2024
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Episode 89
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41:08
Grappling with the Gray #88: What color is your collar?
White collar vs. blue collar criminals: Who deserves to serve more time?That's the question the ethics panel takes up when JC Glick, 🔆 A...
April 10, 2024
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Episode 88
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39:41
Grappling with the Gray #87: Untrusted and over-verified?
Which is worse: suspicion or gullibility? And do we actually have to choose?Those are the questions that drive my conversation with the incomparable Cy Wakeman when she join...
April 03, 2024
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Episode 86
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