Famous Ethics Scandals
Known as "batterygate," this tech company was accused of reducing the performance of phone batteries after software updates.
What is Apple?
This federal agency is responsible for enforcing workplace safety regulations in the United States.
What is OSHA (Occupational Safety and Health Administration)?
The university is part of this athletic conference, which it joined in 2011.
What is the Big Ten Conference?
This co-founder of Microsoft pledged to donate most of his wealth to charity and founded a philanthropic organization focused on global health and education.
Who is Bill Gates?
This global civil rights icon spent 27 years in prison for opposing apartheid before leading South Africa with a commitment to reconciliation.
Who is Nelson Mandela?
Bernie Madoff ran this type of defrauding scheme, losing investors around $65 billion.
What is a Ponzi scheme?
In an attempt to break up an illegal monopoly, the US government went after this Albuquerque-based tech company in 2001.
What is Microsoft?
This former Nebraska football coach, who later became a U.S. congressman, led the Huskers to three national championships.
Who is Tom Osborne?
Founder of this outdoor clothing brand, Yvon Chouinard is an environmentalist and businessman who donated his entire company to a trust to fight climate change.
What is Patagonia?
This leader of India used nonviolent resistance and civil disobedience to fight for independence from British rule.
Who is Mahatma Gandhi?
11 workers were killed at this BP oil rig explosion in 2010 in the Gulf of Mexico.
What is Deepwater Horizon?
A contract that cannot be legally enforced because it lacks one of the required elements, such as mutual consent or consideration, is known as this.
What is a void contract?
The university's State Museum, home to the famous "Elephant Hall," contains one of the largest fossil collections of this prehistoric animal.
What is the mammoth?
As the founder of Ben & Jerry’s, this entrepreneur ensured his company upheld social and environmental responsibility while making ice cream.
Who is Ben Cohen (or Jerry Greenfield)?
This ancient Greek philosopher developed the concept of the "Golden Mean," emphasizing balance and moderation in ethical decision-making.
Who is Aristotle?
This German car manufacturer cheated emissions tests, leading their cars to emit up to 40 times the nitrogen dioxide limit while driving.
What/who is Volkswagen (VW)?
This frequently abbreviated federal law aims to eliminate corruption and racketeering from legitimate businesses and is most associated with remedying organized crime.
What is RICO/Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act?
The university was founded in this year, making it one of the oldest public universities west of the Mississippi River.
What is 1869?
This media mogul and former talk show host has donated millions to education, women's empowerment, and global humanitarian efforts.
Who is Oprah Winfrey?
This ancient Greek philosopher wrote The Republic, where he explored justice and the ethical role of leaders in society.
Who is Plato?
This "big three" credit agency experienced a major security breach in September of 2017, potentially affecting 145 million American users.
What is Equifax?
This act, passed in 1890, was the first federal law to prevent monopolies and promote competition in the marketplace.
What is the Sherman Antitrust Act?
This Pulitzer Prize-winning author and University of Nebraska alum is best known for O Pioneers! and My Ántonia.
Who is Willa Cather?
Business leader and CEO Jim Sinegal was famous for paying employees well above minimum wage and prioritizing worker benefits at this wholesale company.
What is Costco?
This nurse and social reformer revolutionized healthcare during the Crimean War and established modern nursing ethics.
Who is Florence Nightingale?