Consider yourself an astute judge of modern culture if ethical and moral faux pas seem more pronounced these days. Unethical decisions, some with legal consequences, have been prominent in business, sports, political and entertainment news. Dan Rather. Britney Spears. Tom DeLay. Martha Stewart.
A study of 21,500 undergraduates that was released last fall by the Center for Academic Integrity found that 74 percent of business majors admitted cheating. Right behind were engineering students at 73 percent, followed by science majors with 71 percent.
Sneaking a tuna sandwich into a theater may seem insignificant compared to out-and-out lying and cheating at the academic level. Of course, the tuna sandwich caper happened before Johnson, once a researcher at UC Davis, became a pastor.