Ethics Professors On Being Good For Christmas, And Meting Out Justice For Sexual Misconduct

By Steve Kraske

Published November 30, 2017 at 3:54 PM CST

Since October, Hollywood director Harvey Weinstein, Sen. Al Franken and NBC 'Today' host Matt Lauer have all been accused of sexual misconduct.

Are threats of coal the best way to get children to behave? Today, the Ethics Professors take a look at what Santa's naughty-and-nice list may be teaching our kids. Then, a conversation about the ongoing surge of sexual misconduct allegations. Brenda Bethman, director of the UMKC Women's Center, joins the ethics team to take a deeper dive into how to handle the the assault and harassment revelations that continue to surface.

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