Boatright, on Bad Apples v. Bad Barrels
John Boatright, who teaches business ethics at Loyola University, is well-known & respected in the world of business ethics.
In this story, “Bad barrels help grow bad apples” Diane Stafford (of the Kansas City Star) interviews Boatright regarding his thinking on whether the blame for corporate wrongdoing should be placed mostly on individuals, or on organizational structure.
It’s not an in-depth article, but Stafford does a nice job of letting Boatright do what he does so well: make clear & concise statements that say smart things about hard ethical problems.
More of Boatright’s work:
Ethics and the Conduct of Business (4th Edition) (2002)
Ethics in Finance (1999)
The Business Ethics Blog 
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