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The Right Thing
A vending machine gives you a soda pop for free. Are you obliged to track down the owner and pay for the product? Jeffrey L. Seglin, a lecturer in public policy and director of the communications program at Harvard’s Kennedy School, tackles dilemmas submitted by readers and keeps folks on the straight and narrow. The answers aren't always easy, but Seglin has the experience to offer solid, down-to-earth advice.
The Right Thing Samples
Taking responsibility for our credentials
Scott Thompson, the CEO of Yahoo, earned an accounting degree from Stonehill College in Easton, Mass.
Giving hope to hopeless employees
"Some people are hopeless cases." That's what a reader wrote me after recounting his efforts to provide assistance to a young employee. The reader was the boss of a "rather brash" young employee who fancied himself a good writer.
Is the juice worth the squeeze?
On April 26, Joel Ward scored the winning goal for his Washington Capitals in a National Hockey League playoff game against the Boston Bruins. Almost immediately, dejected Bruins fans began tweeting racist comments about Ward.
Must my civility be yours?
Last fall, I received an email from a columnist in Toronto who noticed that I used a column she had written as one of the online readings for a class I teach on column on and opinion writing.
Can this fence inspire good neighbors?
A reader from Southern California and her husband are replacing the old fence around three sides of their property. Originally, the escape of a neighbor's dog who is a "notorious digger" was blamed for the fence construction.
The father, the mother and the daughter who cares
The elderly parents of a reader in the Southwest are suffering from dementia. The reader's father is responsible for taking care of his wife most of the time because he does not permit the caretakers his daughter has hired to help him.
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