Jesse Willms: Unethical Companies Threatening Net Neutrality

Posted by Jesse Willms on Tuesday, December 28, 2010

On this blog I’ve spent a wealth of time talking about the ethics of doing business over the Internet. I believe that being open and honest with your customers is the best way to do business. And, I believe doing so will generate profits ethically in the long term as long as we are all playing on a level playing field. Some larger companies, it seems, don’t agree with me and would  like the odds completely stacked in their favor, even if it ends up giving consumers less choice and damaging small and mid sized companies. For over a year now they’ve been pressuring the FCC to eliminate net neutrality. Net neutrality is the concept that right now you can access any site on the web you want to no matter who your Internet service provider is and all sites load up at the same rate of speed. That’s good for consumers and business owners alike. But, many Internet service... more »

Jesse Willms: Neighborhood Ethics

Posted by Jesse Willms on Wednesday, November 24, 2010

On my blogs I spend a lot of time trying to encourage people to find ways to give back to their community and help make the world a better place for everyone. I also spend a lot of space writing about worthwhile charities that I support including Samaritan’s Purse and the Breast Cancer Research Fund. Or, I talk about my volunteer work for The Mustard Seed or Habitat For Humanity.I do so in order to inspire others to follow my example. But, I often hear back from people that they simply don’t have enough free time or money to support nonprofit organizations even if they want to. I can understand that attitude. It did take me a fair amount of time to set up my volunteer work and many people are not in a financial situation where they can write checks just because it’s the right thing to do. That’s why I wanted to take some time today to point... more »