What Do You Think of Buying Knockoffs?


Updated 06/18/11 2:26 PM · Posted by · 2 comments

Are Fake Goods Safe?

I just read an adamant argument against buying cheap knockoffs from Daily Finance. Writer Loren Berlin says that it is illegal, supports child labor, and can be hazardous to your health. In fact, Kevin Spreekmeester, the marketing vice president for outdoor clothing retailer Canada Goose, says that the fake jackets sometimes are stuffed with chicken parts. "It's feathers; it's beaks; it's feet. Read more

Is It OK to Eat Live Lobster?


Updated 05/12/11 12:49 PM · Posted by · 20 comments

The Live Lobster Special at 15 East Restaurant in New York City

What's it like to eat live lobster? In case you were wondering, Zagat has video that'll give you a pretty good idea. Here, three industry experts try the meal at New York's 15 East, where, according to Zagat, "At the beginning of the meal, you're introduced to your dinner, and during the first course of lobster sashimi, the crustaceans are still on the table, and still moving, while you munch Read more

American Apparel vs. Toms Shoes: Do CEOs Affect Your Buys?


Updated 10/24/10 1:02 PM · Posted by SavvySugar · 7 comments

Ethical Clothing Companies

The struggles of American Apparel's woes have been splashed across the press, and we've all heard about CEO Dov Charney's sexual harassment suits and bad money practices. The firm's appeal used to be that it was different from the other retail giants because of its strong ethical values. Charney's image is fraying away lawsuit after lawsuit, and I'm wondering if this will make you think twice Read more

Fake Receipt Generator: Brilliant or Baffling?


Updated 10/20/09 9:07 AM · Posted by SavvySugar · 29 comments

Fake Receipt Generator: Brilliant or Baffling?

Nobody can have their steak and eat it, too, right? The creators of expenseasteak.com would disagree. The site's ethically questionable Maloney & Porcelli's Expense-a-Steak Headquarters tool allows you to enter any amount of money, and then generates several receipts that add up to your total. When I entered the amount $274.22, seven very real looking receipts popped up from a variety of Read more

Woman Implanted With Wrong Embryo to Give Birth


Updated 09/22/09 4:36 PM · Posted by TresSugar · 37 comments

Woman Implanted With Wrong Embryo to Give Birth

Carolyn Savage was elated when she was told her implanted embryo had taken, and she was pregnant with her fourth, and last, child. After her first pregnancy, Carolyn faced a host of life-threatening problems, and two of her children had been born prematurely. Determined to have a fourth child, she and her husband Sean resorted to in vitro fertilization. And then they received the unthinkable news Read more

Saudi Vice Patrol Gears Up For a Summer of Enforcement


Updated 07/09/09 4:54 AM · Posted by TresSugar · 2 comments

Saudi Vice Patrol Gears Up For a Summer of Enforcement

Yesterday we examined Americans' sometimes confusing morals — but could you imagine if the US had a vice patrol to enforce them? Residents in Saudi Arabia do face that reality, as the Commission for the Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice is gearing up for a Summer of morality patrol. What will get you potentially jailed or publicly flogged? Punishable vices range from: alcohol Read more

Reproductive Rights: Is There a Double Standard?


Updated 02/17/09 9:09 AM · Posted by LilSugar · 25 comments

Reproductive Rights: Is There a Double Standard?

Fertile females can mother as many offspring as they please. And, though public opinion on the issue of big families may vary, it is a woman's right to reproduce. But, when Nadya Suleman recently gave birth to octuplets in addition to the six young children she already had a home (all conceived by donor sperm), a discussion was raised about her doctor's ethics. Is it fair for women who conceive Read more

Is It Ethical For Parents to Use Children in Experiments?


Updated 01/19/09 11:09 PM · Posted by LilSugar · 5 comments

Is It Ethical For Parents to Use Children in Experiments?

A number of moms and dads allow their offspring to participate in studies, but they aren't usually the ones conducting the research. However, some scientists and medical professionals use their children as experimental subjects to gain further insight in their field. Do you think this is ethical? Source Is It Ethical For Parents to Use Children in Experiments? Yes — It's no Read more

Family Finds $10,000 in Organic Crackers Box


Updated 01/09/09 10:11 PM · Posted by SavvySugar · 24 comments

Family Finds $10,000 in Organic Crackers Box

Holding onto money is everyone's goal these days, yet one honest California family was eager to give back the envelope filled with $100 bills found in a box of crackers. Whole Foods is notorious for costly groceries that eat up our paychecks, but the Rogoff family unknowingly left the store $10,000 richer. Instead of depositing the found money into a bank account, the Rogoffs called the police to Read more