There’s a uniting theme when it comes to manners in Australia: in Australian English, good manners centre on honouring personal autonomy, egalitarianism and not appearing to tell people what to do.

but courteous conduct doesn’t get a mention anywhere. Perhaps it’s considered old-fashioned or not relevant in business, but I would argue that it’s crucial and worth a more detailed mention. When we ...

Ethics covers the following dilemmas: how to live a good life our rights and responsibilities the language of right and wrong moral decisions - what is good and bad? Our concepts of ethics have ...

It is said that good manners will open doors that the best education cannot. I remember my childhood days in Malawi when I would go to my father’s spices and groceries shop at the weekends.

A good example of this dichotomy is the religious conservative who thinks that a woman’s right to her body is morally wrong. In this case, one’s ethics are based on one’s values; and the ...

Did the letter writer do the right thing by quickly passing by their injured professor who was getting the help she needed?

DEAR MISS MANNERS: My wife has a terminal illness and has been undergoing treatment for several months. Many of her close friends have been very generous with meals, cards and flowers, for which ...

Dear Miss Manners: I used to be religious, many years ago, but I now identify as pagan — meaning that I believe in the powers ...

Guests who choose not to adhere to this Code of Conduct will be subject to penalty including, but not limited to, ejection without refund, revocation of their season tickets, and/or prevention ...

DEAR MISS MANNERS: Am I the one who is in the wrong here? When I invited friends to dinner recently, I was shamed and criticized about what I was serving. One of my friends invited another guest ...