Randy Cohen

From Wall Street to Main Street, mass layoffs are no longer unusual. But does that make them ethical? New York Times Magazine’s Randy Cohen doesn’t think so: companies have a moral obligation to think about the people and communities who are harmed.

Elizabeth Edward’s latest round of interviews about her husband’s affair has gotten our friend Randy Cohen thinking: Is she wrong to put her family through this again, just to promote her book? Randy Cohen is a columnist for The New York Times Magazine.

Are we ethically obliged to cover our mouths when we cough? To wash our hands after we sneeze? These questions prompted a column by our friend and New York Times Ethicist Randy Cohen, and he joins us with more.