Grappling with the Gray

Welcome to Grappling with the Gray, a forum for promoting the development of an ethical mindset and ethical decision-making to help us clearly see both sides of complex issues and better navigate the moral challenges of everyday life. Visit https://www.gwtg.live/Login#/ to join our community. This episode's ethics challenge: Last year, the inaugural "Dash for Cash" event at a junior...

Welcome to Grappling with the Gray, a forum for promoting the development of an ethical mindset and ethical decision-making to help us clearly see both sides of complex issues and better navigate the moral challenges of everyday life. This week's scenario: You’re walking down the hallway of a corporate office building.  The elevator door opens in front of you, and out of the elevator steps yo...

This episode's ethics challenge: Anyone even tangentially associated with education is familiar with the phenomenon of grade inflation.  Where a C used to stand for competent but uninspired work, it now stands in place of D or F, either of which is viewed as an academic nuclear button.  Participation trophies are the norm in baseball and soccer, lest some children feel less accomplished than...

Here’s this week's episode's ethics challenge: A 30-year old, attractive, fluent English speaking woman from central Africa published a memoir detailing her abduction and forced marriage as a teenager.  Subsequently, she escaped and found refuge in America, where she distinguished herself in college and graduate school.  As a speaker and writer, she has brought attention to the plight of...

Welcome to Grappling with the Gray, a forum for promoting the development of an ethical mindset and ethical decision-making to help us clearly see both sides of complex issues and better navigate the moral challenges of everyday life. You can’t be ethical until you’ve fully examined and understood both sides of any issue. Few things in life are black and white.  That’s why we have to learn to Grap...

Welcome to Grappling with the Gray, a forum for promoting the development of an ethical mindset and ethical decision-making to help us clearly see both sides of complex issues and better navigate the moral challenges of everyday life. You can’t be ethical until you’ve fully examined and understood both sides of any issue. Few things in life are black and white.  That’s why we have to learn to Grap...

Welcome to Grappling with the Gray, a forum for promoting the development of an ethical mindset and ethical decision-making to help us clearly see both sides of complex issues and better navigate the moral challenges of everyday life. You can’t be ethical until you’ve fully examined and understood both sides of any issue. Few things in life are black and white.  That’s why we have to learn to Grap...

Welcome to Grappling with the Gray, a forum for promoting the development of an ethical mindset and ethical decision-making to help us clearly see both sides of complex issues and better navigate the moral challenges of everyday life. You can’t be ethical until you’ve fully examined and understood both sides of any issue. Few things in life are black and white.  That’s why we have to learn to Grap...