The COVID-19 pandemic may help by bringing a clearer understanding why business needs a moral defense from its leaders and that such defense must be based on the principle of individual rights.
Jaana Woiceshyn
Jaana Woiceshyn taught business ethics and competitive strategy for over 30 years at the Haskayne School of Business, University of Calgary, Canada, where she is now an emerita professor.How to Be Profitable and Moral” is her first solo-authored book.
Visit her website at profitableandmoral.com.
Why The COVID-19 Economic Lockdowns Must End
A wholesale economic lockdown in a pandemic does not protect but violates rights.
Government Regulation Does Not Make us Safe—Capitalism Does
So which is more effective in keeping us—as customers and employees—safe: the government bureaucrat with no personal incentive, or the businessman, whose profits and reputation depend on the safety and satisfaction of his employees and customers?
De-Globalization vs. Global Capitalism: Lessons From the COVID-19 Pandemic
If we want economic prosperity and human flourishing, we need to understand capitalism and advocate for it globally—and to shun countries like China that continue to violate individual rights.
How a South Korean Biotech Company Created COVID-19 Testing Kits In Three Weeks
To understand how Seegene accomplished the fast development and production of the testing kits, we must grasp the four crucial values at play—values that we cannot afford to lose, even during a pandemic: reason, independent thinking, production, and freedom.
Government Price Control of Pharmaceutical Drugs
The government should have no business in controlling drug prices or regulating drug development.
“Shareholder Capitalism” vs. “Inclusive Capitalism”: A False Alternative
Freeman depicts capitalism as a system where businesses focus on maximizing short-term stock price.
Is Capitalism Dead?
On CEOs celebrating the “death” of capitalism.
The Virtue of Rational Egoism
For the majority of people, virtuous egoism is an oxymoron: they don’t think it is possible to be virtuous and pursue self-interest at the same time.
“Sustainable” Finance
Sustainable finance as imposed through government regulation harms human flourishing by violating the investors’ freedom to choose.
Uber Resists So-Called “Gig Work” Law
The government’s restricting Uber’s, its drivers’ and riders’ freedom of choice is immoral.
How To Be Profitable and Moral In 2020
Self-interest rests on what human flourishing requires: adhering to reality in one’s thinking and action by the means of observation and logic
Anti-Capitalist Green Reich Against Black Friday
Green totalitarianism is a real threat, and companies that appease and are willing to follow down that path—like the German companies who collaborated with the Nazis—are contributors to it.
Capitalism Benefits Everyone
Capitalism is not a system advantaging the wealthy. It is a system of competition, innovation, and wealth creation which leads to win-win outcomes and flourishing for all.
Climate Alarmism, Fossil Fuels and Apocalyptic End of the World Scenarios
With climate alarmism and “extinction” protests now in the mainstream, it is no wonder that most people consider the alleged man-made catastrophic climate change an established fact, and advocate curtailing carbon “pollution” or even banning fossil fuels altogether.
Capitalism: The Whipping Boy of Leftists
Capitalism is truly the pro-human social system superior to its alternatives.
Legalization of the Canadian Cannabis Market
The principle of freedom trumps government regulation. In Ayn Rand’s words: “Freedom is the fundamental requirement of man’s mind.”
We Should Want More Billionaires Not Less
Economic prosperity is not achieved by taxing the “rich”—such as the plans to wipe out billionaires—and giving some of their wealth to those who have been less productive and therefore have less wealth.
The Virtue of Production
Business, the activity of producing and trading goods and services, demands a great deal of moral virtue, and businesspeople are not lowly materialists but moral creators.
No More Altruism! Rejecting the Ethics of Self-Sacrifice
The first part of this post’s title is a quotation from a student in my business ethics class. She had said that to her teenagers after learning about rational self-interest, or egoism, in the course and reading How to Be Profitable and Moral. More exactly, she had...
Peace, Love, Energy
What does the oil and gas industry have to do with peace and love?
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