Ethics and Etiquette

We're working hard to research and record Season 4 of our podcast, which is set to premier on Wednesday, February 9, 2022. In the meantime, let's keep the conversation going with an Ethics and Etiquette Reprise. We're posting two fan favorites from the past, both on the topic of Inheritance, a subject that generates a lot of drama because it sits at the intersection of marriage, family, legality, finances, emotions, and expectations.

We're looking forward to a brand new season with you on February 9. Thanks for tuning in!

Ralph Waldo Emerson used to ask his friends and colleagues, "What has become clear to you since we last met?" It was an invitation to share new thoughts and experiences. The final moments of 2021 lead us to do some similar reflection on the past year, both in the context of the work we do with this podcast and in our personal lives. Continue the conversation by sending us an email at [email protected].

The quotation mentioned in this episode, "A deep distress hath humanized my Soul," is from Elegiac Stanzas by William Wordsworth (1807).

Ethics and Etiquette is a thought-provoking dialogue about everyday dilemmas. We offer insights and perspectives on sticky situations to help you scrutinize your choices and exercise your own ethical muscles. The podcast is presented by author and host Marna Ashburn; wife, mother, and attorney Kelly Halligan Zimmerman; and Mike Derrick, a retired Army Officer, combat vet, and father of four.

New episodes are posted the first and third Wednesday of every month. Find them wherever you listen to your favorite podcasts or listen at our website.

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Following on the heels of our two podcasts about the pared-down living of the back woods hiker, we offer some ways to make holiday gift giving simple yet meaningful.

Ethics and Etiquette is a thought-provoking dialogue about everyday dilemmas. We offer insights and perspectives on sticky situations to help you scrutinize your choices and exercise your own ethical muscles. The podcast is presented by author and host Marna Ashburn; wife, mother, and attorney Kelly Halligan Zimmerman; and Mike Derrick, a retired Army Officer, combat vet, and father of four.

New episodes are posted the first and third Wednesday of every month. Find them wherever you listen to your favorite podcasts or listen at our website.

Keep the conversation going. Email your comments to [email protected].

Leave a voicemail at our website www.EthicsandEtiquette.com.

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We continue with our two-part series on the backpacking adventures of Mike and Kathy Derrick on the John Muir Trail in California. "Take only pictures. Leave only footprints" is a familiar phrase for many of us, yet have we stopped to examine what this really means in practice? Mike and Kathy illustrate the seven principles of "Leave No Trace" with examples from their recent hike, and even introduce "Beyond Leave No Trace," which extends environmental responsibility into a broader context.

Links from this episode:

Our episode on Recycling -- https://cast.rocks/hosting/18614/feeds/9P9UJ.html?ep=9RLOSDLU-WJHSEMI

www.Alltrails.com

www.lnt.org -- Leave No Trace Center for Outdoor Life

www.NPS.gov -- National Park Service website

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tQds6oS5pF0 -- A five minute Youtube video called "Hiking the John Muir Trail."

https://johnmuirtrail.org/ -- One couple's travelogue of their hike on the JMT. Good photographs.

Ethics and Etiquette is a thought-provoking dialogue about everyday dilemmas. We offer insights and perspectives on sticky situations to help you scrutinize your choices and exercise your own ethical muscles. The podcast is presented by author and host Marna Ashburn; wife, mother, and attorney Kelly Halligan Zimmerman; and Mike Derrick, a retired Army Officer, combat vet, and father of four.

New episodes are posted the first and third Wednesday of every month. Find them wherever you listen to your favorite podcasts or listen at our website.

Keep the conversation going. Email your comments to [email protected].

Leave a voicemail at our website www.EthicsandEtiquette.com.

Instagram-- @ethicsetiquette.

Facebook--Ethics and Etiquette.

Mike Derrick and his wife Kathy are freshly back from their 210-mile backpacking trip on the John Muir Trail in the Sierra Nevada mountain range of California. They share their travelogue with us, along with lots of interesting background and details about remote hiking. We also learn about "Trail Magic," a remarkable ethic among backpackers that warms your heart and restores your faith in humanity.

Ethics and Etiquette is a thought-provoking dialogue about everyday dilemmas. We offer insights and perspectives on sticky situations to help you scrutinize your choices and exercise your own ethical muscles. The podcast is presented by author and host Marna Ashburn; wife, mother, and attorney Kelly Halligan Zimmerman; and Mike Derrick, a retired Army Officer, combat vet, and father of four.

New episodes are posted the first and third Wednesday of every month. Find them wherever you listen to your favorite podcasts or listen at our website.

Keep the conversation going. Email your comments to [email protected].

Leave a voicemail at our website www.EthicsandEtiquette.com.

Instagram-- @ethicsetiquette.

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We download after one of our presenters returns from a family funeral, bringing back with her a few thought-provoking dilemmas, some observations, and a good lesson.

Ethics and Etiquette is a thought-provoking dialogue about everyday dilemmas. We offer insights and perspectives on sticky situations to help you scrutinize your choices and exercise your own ethical muscles. The podcast is presented by author and host Marna Ashburn; wife, mother, and attorney Kelly Halligan Zimmerman; and Mike Derrick, a retired Army Officer, combat vet, and father of four.

New episodes are posted the first and third Wednesday of every month. Find them wherever you listen to your favorite podcasts or listen at our website.

Keep the conversation going. Email your comments to [email protected].

Leave a voicemail at our website www.EthicsandEtiquette.com.

Instagram-- @ethicsetiquette.

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Hikin' Mike Derrick is gone on another epic adventure, so it's just us gals (Kelly and Marna) talking about petty but pesky workplace dilemmas that can cause a lot of dissatisfaction over time if they're not addressed early.

What's the answer if you're fielding work calls when you're on an unpaid lunch hour? Secondly, how do you gracefully bow out of socializing with co-workers in the evenings and on weekends? Finally, what do you do when you're hired to teach pilates at an agreed-upon hourly rate and then the boss announces you have to work extra hours at a reduced rate?

Ethics and Etiquette is a thought-provoking dialogue about everyday dilemmas. We offer insights and perspectives on sticky situations to help you scrutinize your choices and exercise your own ethical muscles. The podcast is presented by author and host Marna Ashburn; wife, mother, and attorney Kelly Halligan Zimmerman; and Mike Derrick, a retired Army Officer, combat vet, and father of four.

New episodes are posted the first and third Wednesday of every month. Find them wherever you listen to your favorite podcasts or listen at our website.

Keep the conversation going. Email your comments to [email protected].

Leave a voicemail at our website www.EthicsandEtiquette.com.

Instagram-- @ethicsetiquette.

Facebook--Ethics and Etiquette.

The Ethics and Etiquette Podcast Team marks the important day of September 11 with a message for their listeners.

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In an Etiquette Quick Hit, we revisit a fundamental lesson in good manners and discuss how it applies today. In this episode, Mike, Kelly, and Marna look at suggested forms of address in different settings. Should children call adults by their first names, for example? What are the best practices for professionals, such as doctors and lawyers, to address their clients? We find in most cases it comes down to this: start with formal and then downshift to less formal as you get permission.

Ethics and Etiquette is a thought-provoking dialogue about everyday dilemmas. We offer insights and perspectives on sticky situations to help you scrutinize your choices and exercise your own ethical muscles. The podcast is presented by author and host Marna Ashburn; wife, mother, and attorney Kelly Halligan Zimmerman; and Mike Derrick, a retired Army Officer, combat vet, and father of four.

New episodes are posted the first and third Wednesday of every month. Find them wherever you listen to your favorite podcasts or listen at our website.

Keep the conversation going by emailing your thoughts to [email protected].

Leave a voicemail at our website www.EthicsandEtiquette.com.

Instagram @ethicsetiquette.

Facebook--Ethics and Etiquette.

Thanks to the listeners who provided the content for this episode by emailing us their everyday dilemmas ([email protected]). We have three to talk about and an etiquette quick hit (What do you wear to a "semi-formal" wedding?). In the first scenario, a listener asks what to do about a new neighbor who arrives unannounced and walks into her house without knocking.

Then we discuss the way forward for a landlady situation gone very bad when she rents her house to her ex-husband. Finally, what do you do when a family member borrows an expensive piece of sporting equipment and returns it with damages but doesn't acknowledge it?

Ethics and Etiquette is a thought-provoking dialogue about everyday dilemmas. We offer insights and perspectives on sticky situations to help you scrutinize your choices and exercise your own ethical muscles. The podcast is presented by author and host Marna Ashburn; wife, mother, and attorney Kelly Halligan Zimmerman; and Mike Derrick, a retired Army Officer, combat vet, and father of four.

New episodes are posted the first and third Wednesday of every month. Find them wherever you listen to your favorite podcasts.

Keep the conversation going by emailing your thoughts to [email protected].

Leave a voicemail at our website www.EthicsandEtiquette.com.

Instagram @ethicsetiquette.

Facebook--Ethics and Etiquette.