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Deciding Right and Wrong: The Ethicist Speaks
Deciding Right and Wrong: The Ethicist Speaks This article was originally published in Related Matters, newsletter of the UMass Family Business Center. Unafraid to be either entertaining or controversial, Randy Cohen had much of the audience roaring with laughter—at least those who didn't walk out to protest his barbs directed at the Bush White House. Cohen, who writes the Ethicist column for the New York Times Magazine and is now syndicated in 48 papers, describes himself as an "accidental ethicist"—without any formal training. He has to convince his readers "not by authority, but by argument." He spoke to the University of Massachusetts Family Business Center, April 15, 2003, in Northampton, Massachusetts, was the first time he'd spoken to any family business gathering. He used to be a writer for Dave Letterman, and he says that was excellent training.

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