I am listing these because one of the past posts that keep drawing readers is going nuts today: the 2013 essay about the horrible Wanetta Gibson, who sent Brian Banks, a young man with a bright future to prison by falsely accusing him of rape when she was 15. If anyone has any idea why this would be, let me know; as far as I can find out, there are no new developments in the case.

It is gratifying that so many Ethics Alarms posts continue to find new readers. Here are the top ten that have “legs,” and my assessment of why.

1. The Rationalizations List. That’s no surprise, since I link to it so frequently, and it is also frequently updated.

2. Wanetta Gibson Is Even Worse Than We Thought

3.The Amazing Mouthwash Deception: Helping Alcoholics Relapse For Profit. I am proud of this one. The use of mouthwash by alcoholics is epidemic, yet now, as in 2010 when I wrote this, almost nobody who isn’t a drunk is likely to know it. This makes it easy for closeted alcoholics to hide their illness, and continue to harm themselves by gulping 54 proof liquor out of various convenient containers or their caps, which are coincidentally shaped like shot glasses. Incredibly, the Ethics Alarms post is still one of the few references on this problem on the web. As you will read, I think the makers of mouthwash intentionally keep it this way, because the alcoholic market is huge.

I regularly receive thanks from family members who discover  loved ones have relapsed after reading this post.

4. Workplace Ethics: 62 Things That Are Legal, But 22 Of Them Are Unethical As is often true, I had no idea this one would be so popular, and I am still not sure. It regularly is one of the most read posts of the day.

5. Unethical Advertising Slogan of the Month: Reebok I have no clue why this outdated essay is clicked on so often. Theories welcome.

6. The Ethics of Workplace Personality Tests.

7. A Blogger Asks: “Why Can’t I Date My Professor After the Grades Are In?” Student-teachers affairs are clearly common and popular. (And unethical.)

8. Presidents Day Ethics: The Presidents of the United States on Ethics and Leadership. You know my interest in all things Presidential. This post gets a big bump every Presidents Day, but it is regularly sought out.

9. UNICEF’s Unethical War Against International Adoption. The post is six years old, and still read by the many parents investigating international adoptions.

10. The Ethics of Letting a Lying Defendant Testify. This is the most read of my many legal ethics posts, and that makes sense, since it is a cornerstone of legal ethics and Bill of Rights principles that seems counter-intuitive to many.