Category Archives: Apologies

“Choose Your Own Public Apology”

November 27, 2017 – 9:32 am

For a light-hearted look at generic advice on how (not) to make a public apology, check this out from the New York Times.

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Could an Apology Help Roy Moore’s Senate Campaign?

November 16, 2017 – 1:04 pm

I usually write about public apologies, but this week I’m thinking about an apology that hasn’t happened: what if Roy Moore offered a public apology for his past transgressions? Could that save his Senate campaign? Several women have come forward in the last week to accuse Roy Moore of sexual misconduct decades ago. Judge Moore has […]

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A Pretty Good Public Apology

November 1, 2017 – 7:46 pm

As “the Weinstein effect” continues, a top official at National Public Radio resigned today amid allegations of sexual harassment. Here’s the apology from NPR senior vice president of news Michael Oreske: “I am deeply sorry to the people I hurt. My behavior was wrong and inexcusable, and I accept full responsibility.” One measure of a […]

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A Good Apology Doesn’t Change the Subject

October 31, 2017 – 2:48 pm

We learn another element of a good apology from Kevin Spacey this week: don’t change the subject. Mr. Spacey, a Hollywood actor, was accused this week by another actor, Anthony Rapp, of assaulting him when Rapp was 14. To his credit, Spacey issued an immediate response. He tweeted that he was “beyond horrified” to hear […]

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Celebrity Chef John Besh Apologizes

October 24, 2017 – 9:42 pm

Celebrity Chef John Besh stepped down this week from the restaurant group he founded, amid a host of sexual harassment complaints naming him and other top men in his company, which employs more than one thousand people in New Orleans, San Antonio and Baltimore. Besh issued a statement in which he acknowledged an extra-marital affair […]

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