Ethics

Each of us carries around within us a personal code of ethics. We may not be conscious of it; we may not deliberately consult it on a daily basis, we may not apply a decision tree against it to make a choice, but it exists. And, at times, it may falter, or we [...]

The Texas Ethics Commission has fined State Sen. “Toxic” Mike Jackson (R-LaPorte) for paying for dry cleaning from his campaign account. Dry cleaning expenses are, of course, “personal expenses,” not campaign expenses. Read the full complaint here.

Dr Berger has posted to his tubal reversal blog about the Ethics of Tubal Ligation. He says Doctors who perform tubal ligations should consider the possibility that the patient might in the furure change her mind, and therefore it is preferable to perform a type of tubal ligation better suited to reversing at a later time, should the need arise."One of today’s patients at Chapel Hill Surgical Ce

I have a curious question. Is it wrong, not recommended, or downright stupid to email back and editor and thank them for the comments they made in a personalized rejection notice?I don't want to do something considered a "no no".Any thoughts?(Don't click the read more, there isn't any more after this!)

  Recently, I spent three hours taking the National Association of Realtors (NAR) Ethics class. Realtors must take an ethics class every 4 years to keep their Realtor’s license active.  I found it ironic to be taking the class when the media released reports about the indictment of 142 loan officers, title people, appraisers, and escrow [...]

Interesting question with an assumption you have ethics which often isn’t clearly demonstrated in many of today’s businesses. I guess it depends on what you write about and how honest you are in writing. As a retired, fixed income kind of guy, I look for things that can bring in gadget or book money without a great deal of sweat on my part. Since I am a technut and booknut, writing about that

Recently, it has become so popular to talk about business ethics. What is going on in the sphere of business? Are all these business people so greedy and insidious that a need for business ethics emerged? This is what you will have to talk about in your business ethics term paper.   Probably, it can be a [...]

The Kenya Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) Society is set to introduce a set of standards and ethics guidelines that is expected to be enacted in Parliament."The standards are a major marketing tool for Kenya," said BPO Society Chairperson Gilda Odera. "We need to convince prospective businesses that their information is safe with us and that the society has a way of enforcing the standards."The

Any time you are sitting at the front of the Yoga class, in a teaching capacity, your role must fit comfortably into Yoga teacher / Yoga student relationship guidelines. This concept of "role playing" is a difficult transition for any Yoga intern, regardless of past experience.It is one thing to make sure you are concentrating on your breath, alignment, mantra, bandhas, or Mudra; but when you teac

I f a scientist discovered the cure for cancer, we would expect the discovery to be shared with the world. Basic ethics requires that good news not be kept secret.When the king of Syria laid siege to the city of Samaria, the food supply was cut off. Four men with leprosy, deciding it would be preferable to die at the hands of the Syrians than to starve, went to surrender to the enemy. But when the

In this series of posts we are examining the ethics behind medicine. This includes the entire ethical spectrum of behavior by doctors, patients, nurses, and the entire medical system. Here we present another case scenario about a patient. A 36 year old man presents to his plastic surgeon for cosmetic deformity. He would like a rhinoplasty [...]

Some people don’t like me. They used to, but when they found out that I don’t think using animals in our education is the biggest sin on Earth they now think I’m not worth talking to. They’re horrified. They speak out like I’m the devil incarnate of a hideous abomination with spots. It hurts my [...]

Florida's new educator ethics law takes effect July 1, and superintendents already have concerns that it goes too far. What used to be known as the "seven deadly sins" that could get an educator fired becomes a 49-item list, and...

By: Vishal Saxena Deciding on the kind of layout for a web site design, is one of the foremost dilemma faced by any web designer. He finds it difficult whether to design a website according to a competitor's website or if he should come up with a unique one. Imagine, having a business card of your potential client who wants to design a corporate website through you. You know, a business card can s

Ethics for Massage Therapists (Hardcover)By Terrie Yardley-Nohr Buy new: $38.95$38.9536 used and new from $20.64 First tagged “massage” by M. Bradley “star princess” Customer tags: massage, ethics More: continued here [...]

Salesforce.com Named to Ethisphere Institute’s 2008 ‘World’s Most Ethical Companies’ List for the Second Consecutive Year — Salesforce.com is honored along with industry leaders American Express, Google, Kellogg, PepsiCo and Starbucks. SAN FRANCISCO — Salesforce.com, the market and technology leader in Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) and Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS

"Who will remove garbage out of the dustbin daily? Why will he clean the drainage weekly? Will he do it for free saying that it is my duty to clean the drainage or the garbage? Where will the health department and the sales tax department go? The municipality garbage cleaning fellow and drainage cleaning fellow needs a Rs.1000/- each for doing their duty. The health department needs something. Els

WSFA reports that Covington County Probate Judge Sherrie Phillips has been arrested on felony ethics and theft charges.Here is the official charges from Attorney General Troy King's office:·First-degree theft of a check for $1.8 million or any proceeds of the check, which was the property of the estate of Cary Douglas Piper and/or the State of Alabama;·First-degree theft by deception, by knowing

As a young girl my father taught me mini-lessons in business:  how to properly shake hands, the importance of looking someone in the eye when speaking, you don't get paid your allowance if you don't do your chores and the really BIG topic "Your word is your bond and demonstrates your character". This topic was A TALK and it made such an impression that I remember every detail of the room in w

Chandigarh: Asian Education Society in collaboration with Chandigarh Administration and Press Club organized a seminar on “Ethics in Administration and Journalism” at Press Club, Sector 27 today. Former Adviser to the Planning Commission of India, Mr. Shekhar Singh was the key speaker on the occasion. During his keynote address he raised major questions regarding ethics [...]

If you haven’t heard, Wal-mart has been sued for failing to accommodate and firing a pharmacy worker who became disabled after being shot in a robbery. The woman was still able to do her job but used a cane and required moderate accommodations. The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission sued Wal-mart, who is expected [...]

In an effort to make this blog more interactive, I’ve decided to start a new series of posts focusing on Ethics and Medicine. In this series I will post a series of cases and see what my readers think. Some of these will focus on the ethics of the doctor, some the patient, the hospital, [...]

Artist - DeadriseAlbum - The Ethics Of ExterminationYear - 2008Genre - Deathcore / MetalcoreWeb - - SerbiaTracklist1. Intro2. Ebola's Romance3. Throne Of Blood4. The Dirt Of Mankind5. The Ethics Of Extermination6. Our DestinyDownload/Descargar

Once, I was part of an affair. I cheated with a woman on her boyfriend of seven years. This sounds bad, but from my point of view I wasn’t doing anything wrong. The woman didn’t tell me that I was the other man. She let me think that I was her one and only, and I believed her until I found out she had another boyfriend. I dropped the whole situation like a hot rock, and tried to put as much em

I slept late last night to hear out an American colleague’s frustrations about the American workplace. I work closely with Americans everyday, so I knew what he was talking about. American work ethics is not ideal, as what most Filipinos perceive it to be. Whenever I tell people where I work, they would say I am [...]

I slept late last night to hear out an American colleague’s frustrations about the American workplace. I work closely with Americans everyday, so I knew what he was talking about. American work ethics is not ideal, as what most Filipinos perceive it to be. Whenever I tell people where I work, they would say I am [...]

Research Ethics Certificate Course July 21 - August 20, 2008 Aga Khan University Medical College's Bioethics Unit is organising a one-month certificate course in Research Ethics from July 21 to... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

Shoaib just blogged on Hacking & Security Community - Ethical or Unethical?. To start with: I do not claim that I know all about ethics and that there is only one view on ethics but I have a clear view on certain things. I blogged on this theme several times already and made my points pretty clear: Vulnerability Auction Selling Vulnerabilities? WabiSabiLabi and their view on ethics When

The Allowance Issue - Promotion of Ethics or a Privileged Prerogative? - Are you struggling with the issue of allowances for your kids? Do the questions of 'how much', 'how often' and 'what for' frequently spiral through your mind? Are you arguing with your kids about these issues or contemplating the potential of a frustrating discussion that hasn't even taken place yet? If so, you're not alone.

Group files ethics complaint against U.S. attorney AUSTIN — A conservative Christian group has filed an ethics complaint against a federal prosecutor, arguing that he mishandled the case of two Border Patrol agents convicted of shooting a fleeing drug suspect and hiding evidence. In the complaint, Kentucky-based Christians Reviving America’s Values asked the Texas Bar Association to [...]

I have often talked about the reality of buying life insurance through your local auto and homeowner’s agent, that reality being a high cost at best and absurdly conservative underwriting which doesn’t favor anyone with any kind of health issue. Most of the big boys in auto and homeowner’s insurance also offer life insurance, but one [...]

The Ethics of Abortion: Pro-Life vs. Pro-Choice, By Robert M. Baird, Stuart E. RosenbaumClick here to read the complete version of The Ethics of Abortion and get more sources on this subject at Questia.com.Introduction For at least twenty years now, the issue of abortion has grown increasingly difficult. Few issues have more thoroughly fragmented contemporary society. Operation Rescue and Rescue

An article from AP via the Seattle Times: New ethics rules touted by Gov. Bobby Jindal as a hallmark of his young administration actually make it harder to prove violations, a government watchdog group said Wednesday.Lawmakers approved Jindal's legislation during the first of two special sessions he called soon after taking office in January. Jindal repeatedly decried Louisiana's corrupt image during his election campaign.The problem, according to the nonpartisan Public Affairs Research Council of Louisiana, is in the wording of one bill: While existing law requires "reliable and substantial" evidence of wrongdoing in an ethics case, the bill that takes effect Aug. 15 requires a higher, "clear and convincing" standard in ethics cases.The change will require the gathering of more evidence a

  There seems to be a trend in Massachusetts. Sal Dimasi, the Massachusetts speaker of the house, charges are beginning to surface about possible ethics charges. This would be the third straight Massachusetts speaker of the house to face an ethics probe. Three times a charm. The last speaker of the house, Tom Finneran, pled [...]

I have a question that I think needs answering from more people than just myself (which is why I'm asking the question):Is it unethical for me to enter into contests on a blog I do reviews for even if I'm told it's okay by the owner of the blog?I ask this question because SQT of F & SF Lovin' Book Reviews often has some really good little contests for free books. As most of you know I do reviews for that blog. So, while SQT says that it's okay for me to enter, I feel some apprehension because I have a feeling that there is something unethical about it. Some part of me doesn't feel right about entering those contests because I get this sense that I shouldn't be entering seeing how I'm a member of the reviewing crew. What do you think on this issue? Am I just being silly?(Don't clic

The Senate's education train never made it to the station, but the cars are arriving one by one. A bill (SB 1712) aimed at making it harder for teachers found guilty of misconduct with students to remain teachers in Florida...

The Carnival of Ethics, Values, and Personal Finance for May is now up over at Greener Pastures. Go check it out, the theme of this month’s carnival is“Shopping for a Better World.” ! My article Paying for pets: When is it too much? was chosen as one of the favorites this month as well, for which I am very honored. Please check out the carnival, and my article as well!For all of those who are interested, my wife is still in the hospital, although she is now on the mend. She's got some hard days ahead of her, but we feel very blessed for the recovery she has had thus far. Please continue praying for us as she continues getting better. I hope to start posting more regularly again soon!

The House just passed the law, already Ok'd by the Senate, aimed at preventing misbehaving teachers from getting away with it and moving quietly from one district to another. The Educator Ethics in Education Act (SB 1712) establishes a list...

A weeks later i was posted about Free site -is it safe for your kids, as i searching the net i saw this useful site, this site tells about the cyber ethics and how to use it responsibly. it is called " B4usurf" this site is launched in the regional campaign in the Philippines by BSA ( Business software alliance) a non profit organization promoting a safe and legal digital world . the aim of the ca

Total Business Ethics uses the electronic voting technology to improve participants’ involvement at their events, more than 600 people participated in many countries (Nigeria, Angola, USA, China, Indonesia, United Kingdom, South Africa and so on ...)These seminars are intended to make staff conscious of the impact of the Total’s activitis on environment, society, and economies on the countries they operate."With an audience response system it is possible to obtain instant feedback from the audience and display the results instantly in the Powerpoint presentations."

Family Planning and Christian Ethics in Sierra Leone - This article discusses the issue of family planning in Sierra Leone from a Christian perspective which is indubitably highly debatable. Even though the world's major religions give approval to responsible parenthood, the consensus ends when discussing the 'acceptable' methods. Since the Bible does not categorically discuss the issue of family planning, Christians in Sierra Leoneans should base their decision on the scriptural principles. More: continued here Other Review: 6-Pack Birdseye Cloth Diapers (Apparel)

Roll +3 vs the FutureInstitute for Ethics and Emerging Technologies, CT - 36 minutes agoFor the uninitiated, Dungeons & Dragons (hereafter D&D) is kind of like World of Warcraft, with elves and wizards and inappropriately violent people with … Written by Google Inc. and Powered by WordPress

An anonymous reader writes “I am a senior security xxx in a Fortune 300 company and I am very frustrated at what I see. I see our customers turn a blind eye to blatant security issues, in the name of the application or business requirements. I see our own senior officers reduce the risk ratings [...]

An anonymous reader writes “I am a senior security xxx in a Fortune 300 company and I am very frustrated at what I see. I see our customers turn a blind eye to blatant security issues, in the name of the application or business requirements. I see our own senior officers reduce the risk ratings [...]

Hong Kong. Applications are invited for appointment as Post-doctoral Fellow in the Medical Ethics Unit of the Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, from outstanding and self-motivated candidates with a proven research track record in the social, ethical, legal and philosophical aspects of medicine and/or biotechnology, from as soon as possible, for a period of

Hi boys and girls. How's it going? For the last several weeks, I've been talking to you about making money with your blog. And that's all fine and dandy, but I feel it's time to move on, at least for a little bit, into another area. Commercial blogging isn't all about making money (really!), sometimes it's also about being a good member of the community. So with this in mind, I'd like to spend a little time on attribution. I'll start by telling you a little story. The largest gadget blog in the world is arguably Engadget.com. Some will disagree and grant the crown to Gizmodo.com, but whatever. Three years ago, when I was still writing my own articles, I ran into a bit of a dispute with Peter Rojas of Engadget. It was over the issue of attribution. You see, early on, I used to spend an ungo

Hi boys and girls. How's it going? For the last several weeks, I've been talking to you about making money with your blog. And that's all fine and dandy, but I feel it's time to move on, at least for a little bit, into another area. Commercial blogging isn't all about making money (really!), sometimes it's also about being a good member of the community. So with this in mind, I'd like to spend a little time on attribution. I'll start by telling you a little story. The largest gadget blog in the world is arguably Engadget.com. Some will disagree and grant the crown to Gizmodo.com, but whatever. Three years ago, when I was still writing my own articles, I ran into a bit of a dispute with Peter Rojas of Engadget. It was over the issue of attribution. You see, early on, I used to spend an ungo

'Morals' comes from the Latin mores meaning 'customs'. It referred to what people usually did. It was, at the time, customary to have household deities, and give divine respect to certain emperors. It was immoral to show divine respect to a foreign rebel leader from a small province who had been executed by the will of his fellow men (renamed by us as Jesus, but not a name he would have been familiar with). 'Ethics' comes from the Greek for 'customs' - again it is referring to customary behaviour, but the Greeks did reflect a little more on what was the right thing to do. In their case it would be true that what Socrates was doing, getting young men to question traditional views, was would definitely be unethical in the sense of contrary to custom.In Buddhism there is the term Sila wh

The other day, I posted about a recent situation I had with someone who tried to steal my clients and ended up killing her reputation. I got a lot of emails from people telling me about their personal experiences with backstabbers and unprofessional associates. (Thank you for all your emails and messages, but please remember [...]

A defendant in a lawsuit involving large sums of money was talking to his lawyer. “If I lose this case, I’ll be ruined.” “It’s in the judge’s hands now,” said the lawyer. “Would it help if I sent the judge a box of cigars?” “Oh no! This judge is a stickler or ethical behavior. A stunt like [...]

Name of QuestionerHartman - Germany TitleWar Ethics in Islam QuestionI am not a Muslim. Yet I’m a peace-loving person and I am eager to know whether there are ethics that govern war in your religion, especially as we know and see what happens nowadays: gross violations of all ethics and teachings. Your earliest response will be very much appreciated. Date01/Apr/2004 Name of CounsellorIOL Shari`ah Researchers TopicRelations during War AnswerIn The Name of Allah, Most Gracious, Most Merciful. All praise and thanks are due to Allah, and peace and blessings be upon His Messenger. Dear brother in humanity, thank you very much for having confidence in us, and we hope our efforts, which are purely for Allah's Sake, meet your expectations. First of all, we would like to tell you that war is

The Senate just approved two laws sponsored by former Okaloosa schools superintendent Don Gaetz (left), Republican senator from the Panhandle. The Ethics in Education Act (SB 1712) tightens the standards for hiring, screening and disciplining educators in cases of misconduct....

"There are no second acts in American lives"--F. Scott Fitzgerald Several former Countrywide (NYSE: CFC) executives are starting a new company, with the... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

" ... Rather than tar all government contractors with a broad-tagging brush as “wasteful, deceitful and fraud-ridden,” the Ethisphere Institute decided to research the issue. Surely some government contractors care about ethics, and had implemented the controls, culture and programs to communicate such values and prevent unethical behavior. [ ... ] What we found, not surprisingly, is that there

As the world becomes more global and more integrated organizations may find that they are facing problems associated with having operations it two independent countries with different tax laws. When organizations must pay taxes on the same earnings or assets to two different entities they find themselves in a double taxation situation. Since the more taxes an organization pays the less income it can retain within the company many organizations are faced with the ethical dilemma of using tax avoidance methods to reduce this liability.When organizations decide to engage in tax avoidance they must consider more then simply the reduction of income. These considerations can come in the form of ethical responsibilities, national responsibility, the legal or illegal methods they use and the poten

Once, I was part of an affair. I cheated with a woman on her boyfriend of seven years. This sounds bad, but from my point of view I wasn’t doing anything wrong. The woman didn’t tell me that I was the other

There are times in Thailand where one can just get fed up with the standard of customer service, or lack thereof. Perhaps local Thais who haven’t seen or known any other standard aren’t as bothered, but for someone who has reference to an actual consistent standard, it’s been quite the task to keep one’s displeasure [...]

As lgs said to me in a conversation yesterday, I sure came to New York at an interesting time. Everyone is absolutely a-twitter chatting about Governor Spitzer's prostitution snafu, and I can't help but seeing some variant of this damn picture everywhere I look. The wordless Spitzer, biting his lip, with the haggard wife standing near by. Spitzer, known for his straight-shooting, ethnical stance when it comes to Wall Street, seems to have hit quite the roadblock in his political career. But even though this guy was supposed to be the new Force of Good from which evil ran, who really cares that he hired a high-class escort? I overheard a woman with an archetypical Brooklyn accent during breakfast today remarked, "Men will always hire prostitutes, but he shouldn't have done it as Governo

Product Description The growth of evidence-based medicine has occurred against a backdrop of health care reform, managed care, cost containment, and quality improvement. Clinicians have been urged to adopt the rigors of science while remaining true to their 'clinical judgment'. This incisive book reviews the history and conceptual origins of evidence-based practice and discusses key ethical

Here's a rather interesting exchange between MSNBC's Tucker Carlson and British journalist Gerri Peev, the reporter with The Scotsman who quoted Barack Obama adviser Samantha Powers calling Hillary Clinton a “monster.” Carlson accuses Peev of deliberately quoting an off-the-record comment. But Peev reminds Carlson that off-the-record agreements are made before the tape recorder rolls, noting rather haughty, "Are you really that acquiescent in the United States?" Carlson responds: "Since journalistic standards in Great Britain are so much dramatically lower than they are here, it's a little much being lectured on journalistic ethics by a reporter from The Scotsman." “Really!” Peev replies. "If this is the first time that candid remarks have been published about what one campaign

I am still newbie in paid post, paid to review, sponsored post, or whatever their name, which blogger will be paid from their post reviewing a product or site from the advertiser. Firstly, I joined blogvertise in the middle 2007, but I did not intense, besides I did not know how does it work, actually I was still afraid when paid post will make blogger banned from search engine, such as Google. Since December 2007, I intense participating in paid post program. I joined Reviewme, SponsoredReviews, Smorty, and the last Pay Per Post.I've just participated in Payperpost after being rejected for more than three times, because my blog did not qualify their requirement. Ya, Payperpost has a high standard for their blog member. The did not require a blog with high PR, but blog with original conten

With a recent flurry of blog posts on the subject of Reputation Management Ethics, I thought we would have to take a look on this subject in our own unique, detailed way and try to ‘wrap up the discussions’. Lots of top bloggers have covered it, many in response to an article from Computer World, [...]

Friday I had an interesting conversation with one of our listing machines...a blogpost provoking conversation, one that would make me question some REALTOR'S ethics...not the listing machine personally but those who sometimes go after Expireds.....one of them being the listing machine's expired listing. Often times listing machines have a defense mechanism...it's called thick skin. They are accustomed to it...word gets out...word gets back to them. Now with thick skin there is an understanding...if you do your job well and are successful sometimes you make enemies.  Bad mouthing a seller's EXPIRED REALTOR because you wanted that listing...can be a huge mistake! Recently several REALTORS have gone to the the seller's house to try an obtain the listing

McCain Campaign Responds Angrily to Report Questioning Ethics: Republican presidential nominee Arizona Senator John McCain's campaign responded angrily to an article in the New York Times about his ethics, and specifically to reports that McCain had a relationship with Vicki Iseman, a female lobbyist eight years ago that some on his staff were concerned appeared inappropriate.[photo link]

said they had to Block the candidate "FROM HIMSELF"40yr old Vicki Iseman Washington lobbyistOlberman said Mccain (71yr) has denied a romantic relationshipWASHINGTON — Early in Senator John McCain’s first run for the White House eight years ago, waves of anxiety swept through his small circle of advisers.A female lobbyist had been turning up with him at fund-raisers, in his offices and aboard a client’s corporate jet. Convinced the relationship had become romantic, some of his top advisers intervened to protect the candidate from himself — instructing staff members to block the woman’s access, privately warning her away and repeatedly confronting him, several people involved in the campaign said on the condition of anonymity.When news organizations reported that Mr. McCain had w

Even though tax avoidance and the use of tax avoidance is an ethical question that is not easily answered and is based in part on the personal beliefs of the people reporting their incomes we do know that the government demands compliance. The question of whether or not tax avoidance is ethical or unethical is a matter of personal perspective and of little importance in the debate. The government demands that people comply and doesn’t concern it self with whether or not they agree with it. Idealism and relativism of tax compliance is important. A study found that women and older Americans believe in the ideal of tax compliance while young and male found that tax compliance was relative (Hartikainen & Torstila, 2004). In other words, those who are idealistic believe that tax compliance is

Professor Joseph Sanders of the University of Houston Law Center has written an excellent article discussing expert witness ethics. The article details the ethical standards that should attach to expert witnesses and methods those in the legal profession should use...

Senate Panel Says,Craig Is GuiltyIn a letter signed by all six members of the Senate Select Committee on Ethics, the members affirmed the initial guilty plea that Craig signed after an undercover officer in the Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport arrested him in a men's room sting."The committee accepts as proven your guilty plea and all matter set forth in your guilty plea," the letter read."Your claims to the court, through counsel, to the effect that your guilty plea resulted from improper pressure or coercion, or that as a legal matter, know what you were doing when you pled guilty, do not appear credible," said the letter.In addition, the committee members berated Craig for attempting to use the influence of his office to avoid arrest and failing to notify the panel that he had

This morning, I see a company using online auctions, with conspiracy to defraud customers. Last week, I consulted the ethics complaints, such as business coaches betray the confidentiality of the client. And, more recently, a doctor was convicted of insider trading based on information from a patient, both violations of business ethics and her professional ethics.business ethics is the key to profits. If customers and customers do not trust you, and your business ethics, they will not do business with you. You buy a company, you do not believe in? Of course not! Business ethics has become a hot topic button. There are many ethical conflict between making money and do what is right. Dilemma can do what is best suited to your employer, what are the best your own career, and what's best for t

Article 12 affects your PDA's signatureWhile you program your PDA signature, you can get in the mood for 2008 with youtube New Year celebration.The Code requires REALTORS to present a true picture in the advertising, marketing and other representations to the public and that communications are labeled from a real estate professional.  So you will want to change your Treo which comes programmed to say "sent with wireless" to Yours Truly, Associate Broker.  The Professional Standards Committee added two Standards of Practice 12-2 and 12-3 and posted a case interpretation on REALTOR.org in the Law and Policy section.  You can read more in the Juanuary 2008 REALTOR.org Magazine page 16.The problem for me will be when I have to perform a reset, I will have to remember about a thousand things

I love getting advice from women who are old enough to have life experience to back up what they’re saying. Which is funny since I love giving advice and don’t always have that experience (what twenty-something does?).But this woman I work with told me a story today about a job she had when she was younger. She worked for a man who was legally blind, but could still read if the paper was about half an inch from his face. She had typed a letter to send to someone and (this was in the days before computers) made a mistake. To correct it, she whited it out and typed over it. It was obvious that she had made a mistake, but she didn’t think her boss would catch it because of his impairement. After he was finished reading the letter, he handed it back to her and said, “Let me ask you a q

This just in from the National Book Critics Circle survey of ethics in book reviewing:. 68.5 percent of book reviewers think anyone mentioned in a book's acknowledgements should be barred from reviewing it. ...

by Adam Abdullah26 September 2006In this era of scientific advancement in the field of medical science, Muslim physicians and Islamic scholars need to establish clearly rules and guidelines concerning medical research on human. This was stressed at the 8th conference of the Islamic Organization for Medical Sciences, where they urged medical nstitutions to take ethical principles into consideration when conducting biomedical researches on human beings.“All research involving human subjects should be conducted with three basic ethical principles, namely respect for persons, beneficence, if benefits outweigh harms and justice,” said Nazih Hammad, a member of the Islamic Fiqh Academy, an affiliation of the Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC).“The performance of research on human

For some in the dog world, "breeding ethics" is an oxymoron. Such people are consumed by the myth of overpopulation, or enamored with the reality. It's a cause they can champion and use it as grounds to wag their finger at other people in the same way some parents poison their children to gain themselves sympathy. They evoke the suffering of another to add emotional credibility to their position and they satiate their own ego with doses of dogoodery.This ethic brings us wacko groups like PeTA. It also brings us less radical but equally nannying groups like certain rescue organizations. And it also has infested individual breeders. Since animals can not speak for themselves, every sort of ninny-nanny has taken up official dog whisperer duties who are convinced that their authority to speak for animals is on par with their passion for them.It's not hard to demand others to fit a system of ethics that you don't have to abide by, like men lecturing women about abortions. It's not hard

This video shows an ATM scam in which a thief reprogrammed an ATM to dispense four times the normal amount of money requested. The ATM machine was programmed to “think” it had been filled with $5 bills, not $20 bills. Nine days passed from the time the ATM was reprogrammed until the theft was discovered. During that time, thousands of dollars were fraudulently taken - by the thief who reprogrammed the machine, and by others who unknowingly used a rigged machine, but kept the extra money without reporting it. (If you are reading via a feedreader, you may have to click through to view the video). I am fairly certain that no one reading this would be the kind of person to rig the machine to steal money. But how many people would actually report it and return the money? I would have a hard time walking away knowing I had just taken more money than I should have. I am interested to read your comments. Thank you for subs

An essay in today’s issue of Nature struck a contentious cord at the intersection of modern science and politics: that of the ethical regulation of science. The context of ethics and science was succinctly summed up: When in 1978 the first baby was born by in vitro fertilization (IVF) it was inevitable that there would be calls for the procedure to be prohibited. That science develops too fast for morality had become the cliché of the twentieth century. Focusing on IVF in Britain, this essay by Mary Warnock is narrow in scope. The same principles can be applied to the use of recombinant genetics and embryonic stem cell research, to name a couple more. The instant that these breakthroughs hit the world stage, they have sparked uproars from “moral authorities,” but in the end, it is largely the scientists that regulate themselves. (the National Academies of Science have been the ones to issue the ethical guidelines on the conduct of all of the above forms of biomedi

The issue of ethics and its respective impact on business and all its related subcategories are extremely complex and sometimes even subjective in nature. The multifaceted interaction of business fundamentals, industry specific norms, local laws, cultural and societal traditions, as well as global business environment can have a significant impact on individual and group members of an organization which in turn may influence their personal and professional views about ethics and its respective place in the business world. Yet it is not to say that ethics role in business is subjective altogether; the most universally accepted norms such as honesty and fairness are independent from geographic and societal boundaries. Similarly, other norms such as legality and general morality do not apply uniformly even within the same geographic location. However, independent from what norms or where, the ultimate responsibility of ethical conduct falls on the shoulders of executive leadersh

I have been having a very lively exchange with several readers on my blog regarding the ethics of Objectivism versus the altruist/collectivist theory of morality. Since the discussion was getting seriously off track I’ve relocated the discussion to here, and I encourage the original commenters and anyone else to join the thread. I am still learning the philosophy of Objectivism but will argue from its stand point. The original thread is here: http://ellis14.wordpress.com/2007/11/09/ok-ok-the-biggie-atheism-vs-theism/ If you’re new to the discussion I strongly recommend you read all the comments to date. This will prevent anyone having to repost something that has already been addressed. I was unable to move all the comments because there were so many and they were rather circumlocutory. I will post my latest response as a comment below and we’ll take it from there…

Our usual interview did not arrive today (boo!), but we hope to run this in the next day or two so hang in there. In the interim, a pretty cool conversation is taking place over at Shel Israel’s blog today. Shel picked up a thread from Dave Fleet, who asked, “Where’s the line between PR pros participating in social media and PR pros exploiting it? Who draws that line?” Shel was pretty pragmatic acknowledging that businesses are here, and they are here to make money. He had a fantastic response: “To me the number one ethical issue is that companies come to social media willing to have conversations rather than deliver messages.” This discussion mirrors an expose over at PR Squared. Todd Defren revealed a guerilla marketing firm’s proposal demonstrating a desire to astroturf comments in social media realms. A fascinating conversation ensues in the comments section, too. Why Social Media Principles Are Necessary It’s time to be brutally

I commented on that already twice and I stated that WabiSabiLabi seems to have a different view on ethics than me. For those of you who do not know WabiSabiLabi, it is an online auction for vulnerabilities. We met the founder of this platform during Blue Hat in Redmond and had some discussions on ethics, vulnerabilities and his platform. I have to admit that the way he tweaked the ethical view of the world the way he needed it was pretty interesting. Now, I see that my view on ethics is definitely the one that at least keeps me out of jail: WabiSabiLabi founder arrested in Italy At least he gets press coverage (and blog coverageJ) for his platform Roger

More Counter Kos time...It's not everyday that you get liberals to outright admit what the rest of the country already knows: liberals struggle with corruption/ethics/morals and they place a low priority on them.Well, leave it to the Daily Kos to produce two such liberals.As with the angry moosely2006 getting "disgusted" over a harmless joke, I almost put this post in our joke/humor blog, Through Right Eyes, because it sure struck me as funny. In ultrageek's diary entry from today, he admits that corruption and ethics are a low priority for Democrats (even though ethics played a big role in Republicans not turning out for the 2006 elections. As ultrageek says, "if we [liberals] lose focus on the issues people really give a shit about and focus all our energy on ethics, then we deserve to get booted out of power." (emphasis mine).Meanwhile, another Daily Kos writer, dengre, says just the opposite in another diary entry. Here's an excerpt (which supports how corruption played a big ro

Now there is scientific evidence that organic food is better for your health. But the main issue when you choose food should be what is better for the health of the planet. I choose organic food mainly because the way it is cultivated is more energy efficient and sustainable than the conventional methods. Yesterday when I did our weekly grocery shopping, I spent more than 50% on organic products. As long as I get food that is better for my family and the environment I don't care so much about the higher expenses. Choosing food has become a moral issue. clipped from www.guardian.co.ukEarly results from a £12m study showed that organic fruit and vegetables contained up to 40% more antioxidants than non-organic varieties, according to Professor Carlo Leifert at Newcastle University, who leads the EU-funded Quality Low Input Food project. Larger differences were found in milk, with organic varieties containing more than 60% more antioxidants and healthy fatty acids, he said.  Here

By: Jeff CasmerToday, many people rely on computers to do homework, work, and create or store useful information. Therefore, it is important for the information on the computer to be stored and kept properly. It is also extremely important for people on computers to protect their computer from data loss, misuse, and abuse. For example, it is crucial for businesses to keep information they have secure so that hackers can't access the information. Home users also need to take means to make sure that their credit card numbers are secure when they are participating in online transactions. A computer security risk is any action that could cause lost of information, software, data, processing incompatibilities, or cause damage to computer hardware, a lot of these are planned to do damage. An intentional breach in computer security is known as a computer crime which is slightly different from a cypercrime. A cybercrime is known as illegal acts based on the internet and is one of the FBI's t

Last April, the Illinois House voted unanimously for an ethics bill that would restrict most businesses that contract with the state from making campaign contributions to the officeholder who awards the contract. It also required contract bidders to say how much money they gave to office holder that awards the contract.   But stil the Illinois Senate has not done anything with it.  They say they have a better one alongwith Rod Blogojovich.  But we still have not heard a peep out of them.Protecting Illinois sleaze -             Wednesday, October 24, 2007                          Chicago Tribune Editorial Last spring, Illinois legislators finally appeared ready and eager to raise ethics standards in state government. House members in April overwhelmingly supported an ethics reform measure. It whizzed out of the House on a 116-0 vote. More than t

The Second Amendment is having a moment. Students for Concealed Carry on Campus has organized a protest of concealed weapons bans at colleges. As part of the protest, students all over the country are wearing empty holsters this week, the O'Collegian reports. "It is a chance to draw attention to our cause," said one Oklahoma State University protester.Some opponents of the ban argue that carrying weapons makes campuses safer and point to the Virginia Tech shooting as an incident in which other students carrying weapons could have prevented more violence. "We think one person at the right place at the right time could have lessened or eliminated the body count," said a Miami University student.A number of university administrators disagree, saying guns can't possibly make campuses safer, even wondering whether the protest itself is disruptive or insensitive so soon after the Virgina Tech incident. But with proper deference to the Constitution, at least one University of Kentucky polic

Primarily, corporate ethics strategy embodies the ethical standards and values in an organization and the rationale upon how cold it be inculcated and maintained over time. Hence, it encompasses the two categories namely: compliance-oriented strategy and the integrity-oriented strategy. The real score of these can somehow help the organization gauge the effectiveness and efficiency of the employees on how they handle risk and how they adhere to the company’s commitment to ethics and compliance. To be effective, a certain company must obtain and procure these corporate ethics strategies specifically the integrity-oriented strategy, which focuses on self-governance according to guiding principles. This strategy also lies on the concept of organizational identity that includes not only commercial objectives, but also a set of organizational ideals and responsibilities. Ethical standards are inculcated and maintained through the organization’s central management systems, which encomp

Since I’ve been writing about ignorance, I thought a quote on a similar topic was in order. This quotation is from W. K. Clifford, an atheist philosopher and mathematician, who argued that faithis both irrational and immoral. You can read the (almost) full text of “The Ethics of Belief” online, if you’re interested. It was Clifford’s work that spurred William James to write “The Will to Believe,” which was previously on “Other People’s Words.” Though I now find Clifford’s strident tone off-putting, there was a time this quote was very important to me. No simplicity of mind, no obscurity of station, can escape the duty of questioning all that we believe. It is true that this duty is a hard one, and the doubt which comes out of it is often a very bitter thing. It leaves us bare and powerless where we thought were safe and strong. To know all about anything is to know how to deal with it under all circumstances. We feel mu

 Experts say scenario is far worse than first predicted· Crackdown on marketing aimed at children urged Sarah Boseley, health editorMonday October 15, 2007 The Guardian Marketing junk food to children has to become socially unacceptable, a leading obesity expert will say today, warning that the food industry has done too little voluntarily to help avert what a major report this week will show is a "far worse scenario than even our gloomiest predictions". Professor Philip James, chairman of the International Obesity Taskforce thinktank, will say in a keynote speech that when it comes to public health the response of the food industry has so far been a case of "too little, too late". Today's conference of the National Obesity Forum comes on the eve of publication of a government-commissioned investigation into the scale of the obesity problem and what science can do to help tackle it. "The expected outcome of the Foresight Report on Obesity suggests

A lot of students think that ethics essay writing is a rather difficult task. Well, it depends. In fact, if you know the basic rules of ethics essay writing may be you can find this task not as difficult as it seems.   In this article you can find some issues which can make your ethics essay successful.   First of all, you should know that you need more time on ethics essay writing comparing to all other essay types. It is desirable to think beforehand about the ethics essay structure and the main ideas.   It is desirable to have some background knowledge in order to create an interesting ethics essay. If you have more or less concrete ethics line, try to stick to it and develop. May be some life situations have made some impact on you, so your task is to describe them and explain why they turned to be so crucial for you. (more…)

In a race, a business man should be aggressive and must be aware of the risk in his business and eventually must know how to deal with those encumbrances. He must know what strategy and plan he should do in order to surpass that problem. Taking up strategic management and putting it by heart would somehow help them solve and decipher their problems with regards to their business entity. The composition of being a successful strategic planner would require a lot of consideration as to how you discipline yourself and by embarking it in a right way.The discussion of our teacher regarding strategic management have somehow helped me understand and grasped the different aspects of it. He delved about the 4 resources to venture on business which encompass manpower, money, materials, and machines and concluded that the most important part among all is the manpower. We also thrashed out the real score about Business policy Case as to how to identify the problem, set objectives and so on. Busine

Technology is present in every aspect of modern life. Information Technology is constantly growing & every new development gets a larger role in our lives. Criminals are exploiting the same technological advances which are driving forward the evolution of society. Computers can be used in the commission of crime, they can [...]

Is there an environmental ethic in our society? How bout in the international society? Should there be?These are all very real questions currently being asked by many. I think the answer is yes, there is an environmental ethic. The uncertainty arises in the extent that this ethic exists.For example, 30 or so years ago, there wasn't an American ethic that told us it was wrong to litter. Highways were often lined sporadically with trash, rivers scattered with garbage, etc. An old commercial helped spur a change - you know, the one with the Indian seeing all the litter and having the tear roll down his cheek.Well I think it's safe to say that between then and now, a definite ethic developed in our society. Laws might have helped to accelerate the development of this ethic (through fines and what-not), but at the root was our own conscience getting to us.This ethic has continued to develop and is now at a crossroads. One path leads to an ever-expanding environmental ethic, and th

I was once asked during a talk at a local Unitarian church, what is the basis for morality and ethics in the traditions and teachings I speak about? My answer was "no basis at all...morals and ethics are only temporary safeguards for those who do not know any better." We give our children rules (”don’t play in the street”) in order to protect them and help them do the right things. But eventually, they learn why they should not play in the street (for example) and now the rule serves no purpose. You don’t give a mature adult the rule “don’t play in the street” – for they already know why not to play in the streets and they don’t need the rule. Likewise, if there are people who do not know what doing the right thing is…then you give them rules (i.e. morality and ethical rules) to guide them. But for someone who has deep understanding…no rules are needed, ethically or morally. The right thing will be done through understanding. Namaste, ~ Eric Putk

Research Studentship in Computer and Information EthicsFaculty of Computing Sciences and EngineeringCentre for Computing and Social Responsibility (CCSR)PhD student bursary covering the full tuition cost for an EEA citizen for 36 monthsThe CCSR is the UK's leading research centre in computer ethics and among the leading ones in Europe and the world. The Centre organises the ETHICOMP conference series and edits two international journals: the Elsevier Journal Information, Communication, Ethics and Society and the International Journal of Technology and Human Interaction.Despite increasing pressure to undertake ethics reviews there appear to be great variations in the quality of such reviews in technical disciplines.You will investigate the way in which ethical issues are considered in technical projects and how they are considered within the UK and elsewhere.The focus will be on research ethics procedures and standards, such as human research ethics committees.You will be a member of t

keaton said, all this trouble with below prime rate mortgage lending and credit way beyond the means to pay it off, is the result of people not paying as they go.i said, yeah, my parents always paid cash for everything and had a mortgage that they could afford for thirty years.she said, that’s my philosophy. don’t owe anyone anything.i said, that’s a great traditional value.she said, no, no, no! it’s not a traditional value. that’s something else. that's the stuff that numbskull hannity talks about.i said, he’s a numbskull but the wrong one. it’s o’reilly.she said, same thing. what i’m talking about is a traditional ethic.then i thought, isn't that the same thing?then i thought some more, hmm ... maybe it’s best if i don’t play the usual “isn’t that splitting hairs” retort because she seems a bit riled about this.so i said, exactly! couldn’t have made the distinction any more clear myself!then she looked at mean sideways.so i said, what?