NewsPronto

 
Men's Weekly

.

USA Conversation

The Conversation USA

The Conversation USA

How business students learn to make ethical decisions by studying a soup kitchen in one of America’s toughest neighborhoods

  • Written by Tim Swift, Professor of Management, St. Joseph's University
imageGuests line up for a hot meal at St. Francis Inn on Kensington Avenue in North Philadelphia.Timothy Swift, CC BY-SA

For the past decade I have volunteered at St. Francis Inn, a soup kitchen in the Kensington neighborhood of Philadelphia.

Kensington, for those not from Philly, has long had a reputation for potent but affordable street drugs....

Read more: How business students learn to make ethical decisions by studying a soup kitchen in one of...

More Articles ...

  1. More than a feeling – thinking about love as a virtue can change how we respond to hate
  2. Addiction affects your brain as well as your body – that’s why detoxing is just the first stage of recovery
  3. Swarms of AI bots can sway people’s beliefs – threatening democracy
  4. Hesitation is costly in sports but essential to life – neuroscientists identified its brain circuitry
  5. Trump administration losing credibility with judges and grand juries – a former federal judge explains why this is ‘remarkable and unprecedented’
  6. Living in space can change where your brain sits in your skull – new research
  7. The rise of ‘Merzoni’: How an alliance between Germany’s and Italy’s leaders is reshaping Europe
  8. Green or not, US energy future depends on Native nations
  9. Martha Washington’s enslaved maid Ona Judge made a daring escape to freedom – but the National Park Service has erased her story from Philadelphia exhibit
  10. ‘Proportional representation’ could reduce polarization in Congress and help more people feel like their voices are being heard
  11. Distrust and disempowerment, not apathy, keep employees from supporting marginalized colleagues
  12. What is and isn’t new about US bishops’ criticism of Trump’s foreign policy
  13. Why is US health care still the most expensive in the world after decades of cost-cutting initiatives?
  14. Reading to young kids improves their social skills − and a new study shows it doesn’t matter whether parents stop to ask questions
  15. Historically Black colleges and universities do more than offer Black youths a pathway to opportunity and success – I teach criminology, and my research suggests another benefit
  16. Local governments provide proof that polarization is not inevitable
  17. How a 22-year-old George Washington learned how to lead, from a series of mistakes in the Pennsylvania wilderness
  18. RNA is key to the dark matter of the genome − scientists are sequencing it to illuminate human health and disease
  19. Mapping cemeteries for class – how students used phones and drones to help a city count its headstones
  20. Why eating cheap chocolate can feel embarrassing – even though no one else cares
  21. ‘Which Side Are You On?’: American protest songs have emboldened social movements for generations, from coal country to Minneapolis
  22. As Jeff Bezos dismantles The Washington Post, 5 regional papers chart a course for survival
  23. Why Christian clergy see risk as part of their moral calling
  24. Held captive in their own country during World War II, Japanese Americans used nature to cope with their unjustified imprisonment
  25. Valentine’s Day cards too sugary sweet for you? Return to the 19th-century custom of the spicy ‘vinegar valentine’
  26. Philadelphia was once a sweet spot for chocolatiers and other candymakers who made iconic treats for Valentine’s Day and other holidays
  27. Infusing asphalt with plastic could help roads last longer and resist cracking under heat
  28. How do scientists hunt for dark matter? A physicist explains why the mysterious substance is so hard to find
  29. Americans are asking too much of their dogs
  30. Fifteen years after Egypt’s uprising, how faith and politics reshaped a generation
  31. How the law can add to child sex trafficking victims’ existing trauma
  32. Sixth year of drought in Texas and Oklahoma leaves ranchers bracing for another harsh summer
  33. Why ‘The West Wing’ went from a bipartisan hit to a polarized streaming comfort watch over 2 decades, reflecting profound shifts in media and politics
  34. Journalism may be too slow to remain credible once events are filtered through social media
  35. No animal alive today is ‘primitive’ – why are so many still labeled that way?
  36. Winter Olympians often compete in freezing temperatures – physiology and advances in materials science help keep them warm
  37. Whether it’s yoga, rock climbing or Dungeons Dragons, taking leisure to a high level can be good for your well-being
  38. New technologies are stepping up the global fight against wildlife trafficking
  39. US experiencing largest measles outbreak since 2000 – 5 essential reads on the risks, what to do and what’s coming next
  40. Federal and state authorities are taking a 2-pronged approach to make it harder to get an abortion
  41. What is the American Dream, and has it become harder to achieve in recent years?
  42. Will a ‘Trump slump’ continue to hit US tourism in 2026 − and even keep World Cup fans away?
  43. Has globalization lessened the importance of physical distance? For economic shocks, new research suggests ‘yes’
  44. Aldi is coming to Colorado, and the disruption could lead to lower food prices
  45. There’s a competition crisis in America’s state legislatures – and that’s bad for democracy
  46. From ski jumps and sliding bobsleds to engineering snow, here are 5 essential reads on the science of the Winter Olympics
  47. Fears about TikTok’s policy changes point to a deeper problem in the tech industry
  48. What Olympic athletes see that viewers don’t: Machine-made snow makes ski racing faster and riskier – and it’s everywhere
  49. Clarence ‘Taffy’ Abel: A pioneering US Olympic hockey star who hid his Indigenous identity to play in the NHL
  50. A terrorism label that comes before the facts can turn ‘domestic terrorism’ into a useless designation