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Generally speaking, most of us have natural sense of ethics especially with regard to the level we expect from others. We tend to expect a higher degree of ethical behavior from others than we do from our selves as a matter of basic human nature. It's so much easier individually to point the finger at someone else and much more difficult accept it when it is targeted toward us. Add our expectations to the crowd mentality of people, also natural, as they acquire news from various source throughout any given day. A majority of news content, by design, is directly associated to our individual need for ethics. Journalists count on mixture to keep us coming back for more. Our ethics-based reactions are the aftertaste of news outlets. After chewing on the day's news topics, we have time to foment internally, usually spring-boarded by the journalists' favored presentation techniques, mixing in our own strong personal views of conduct standards. In due course of the day, we find friends, associates, comrades, perhaps some individuals generally opposed to our views and begin to dialog with them in places of convenience out of earshot of managers. Eventually, the angry-crowd mentality grows founded on our common collective desire for good ethics so long as it benefits us. Groups focused on the hot topics of the day begin to enjoy with fervency and emotion the deep-seated anger. Crude oil price is a hot daily issue, no anticipated or fueled pun meant. Please understand, much of the news content a watered down much repeated version of complex issues that regularly leaves us with less than a full set of details the recipe for the misguided angry-crowd mentality. When news is presented in detail, then we take on the bored-crown mentality. Middle ground content is sometimes the journalist's or outlet's choice. A call for knowledge, wisdom and calm is needed. Truth be known, we each have a view as far as our knowledge horizon takes us, even when that set of knowledge is less than a full picture.

So, it is with great care and responsibility that we delve into the ethics associated with the price of crude oil. Leave your hurts, emotions and angst at the door for a moment while we take a look at some finer points. The playing field has two sides. One side is filled with great wealth, no doubt, acquired from the other side. Notice, please, that I didn't imply a fair field. The questions here are whether or not the acquisition of that wealth was performed with the level

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