This is not a time for a Moral Moratorium, but for Moral Imagination
by Prof Deon Rossouw | Published on 29 April 2020 for The Ethics Institute monthly newsletter Crisis always has the potential of bringing out the best and the worst in human beings. We have already seen much of both in the current Corona…
The main culprits of weak ethical cultures
by Prof Leon van Vuuren and Dr. Paul Vorster | Published on 25 March 2020 for The Ethics Institute monthly newsletter The Ethics Institute recently conducted research to determine the extent to which organisational ethical culture…
COVID-19 is Humanity’s ‘Finest Hour’
by Dr. Paul Vorster  | Published on 25 March 2020 for The Ethics Institute monthly newsletter Humanity now faces a threat second to none. As of writing this article there have been 424 802 infections with 18 962 deaths due to the SARS…
Ethical failures to blame for the poor state of SOEs
by Dr. Paul Vorster and Nicole Konstantinopoulos| Published on 26 February 2020 for The Ethics Institute monthly newsletter South Africa is in trouble. State-owned enterprises (SOEs), which have the responsibility to ensure that crucial…
Regaining trust is a long and arduous journey
by Prof Deon Rossouw | Published on 27 January 2020 for The Ethics Institute monthly newsletter 2020 did not start well for South Africa. There was load-shedding during the school holidays, despite President Ramaphosa’s promise to the…
One (ethical) swallow does not make a summer, but it might be a sign of things to come…
by Prof Deon Rossouw | Published on 4 December 2019 for The Ethics Institute monthly newsletter By December, it is not unusual to find people fatigued after the toil of the year, yet, this time around, there is also a prevailing sense of…
What stands in the way of building a professional public service?
by Kris Dobie | Published on 25 October 2019 for The Ethics Institute monthly newsletter Discussions of ethical challenges in the public sector frequently lead to discussions of the ‘political-administrative interface’, which seems to be a…
Gender-based violence is a values problem
by Liezl Groenewald | Published on 25 September 2019 for The Ethics Institute monthly newsletter As a string of monstrous acts of gender-based violence dominate the conversation in South Africa, we feel a desperate need to see it end. To…
What’s so great about equality?
by Grace Garland | Published on 25 September 2018 for The Ethics Institute monthly newsletter In South Africa, and indeed probably any democracy around the world, the idea of ‘equality’ is held up as a core goal for society. This is not…
The paradox of being a whistle-blowing hero
by Liezl Groenewald | Published on 27 August 2018 for The Ethics Institute monthly newsletter South Africans owe a debt of gratitude to a handful of courageous individuals who stood up against state capture and put their lives and careers…
Governance form vs function
by Prof Deon Rossouw and Parmi Natesan | Published on 27 July 2018 for The Ethics Institute monthly newsletter, along with a joint press release with the IoDSA One of the most persistent challenges relating to governance is the tendency to…
The danger of a bad precedent
by Dr Paul Vorster | Published on 25 June 2018 for The Ethics Institute monthly newsletter It is interesting to observe the fiasco currently playing out around now ex-South African President Jacob Zuma. In February, Zuma resigned from…