Ethics

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Harvard
Harvard report helps parents emphasize ethics, character during college applications
ABC News - Kelly McCarthy
A Harvard University-based group, Making Caring Common, released a report on how parents and high schools can cultivate ethical character and reduce …
The Vancouver Sunadded this to Opinion
Jason Kenney
Keith Gerein: Alberta conservative leadership revelations a scandal of ethics, integrity and hypocrisy
vancouversun.com - Lionel Wild
Alberta voters will also soon face a choice of what sort of politicians we want to lead us, and who has the moral authority to govern.
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Eric Garner
Embattled elite Fieldston school in the Bronx slapped with race suit
nydailynews.com - By Ben Chapman
Another racial bombshell landed on embattled Ethical Culture Fieldston School in the Bronx on Monday when a black student announced a lawsuit against …
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Theranos
According To Employee Reviews — Theranos Was A Terrible Place To Work
Refinery29 - Ludmila Leiva
At this point, you're probably familiar with Elizabeth Holmes' questionable ethical and business standards. After all, her blood-testing company, Theranos, has been the subject of widespread criticism
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South Lanarkshire
Galloway artisan cheese makers aim to avoid legal battle with Food Standards Scotland over new guidelines
dailyrecord.co.uk - Stephen Norris
The Ethical Dairy and Galloway Farmouse Cheese fear they may have to close if the new guidance is implemented Galloway artisan cheese makers are …
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Central Africa
New Ethics Research Center Opening in Cameroon
dailynous.com - Justin Weinberg
The Ethics and Public Policy Laboratory (EthicsLab) is a new research center at the Catholic University of Central Africa that is officially …
Cleveland
Jeff Goldblum appears to be against bringing back dinosaurs
clevelandjewishnews.com - Complex.com
In 2015, a report said that "Scientists Say They Can Recreate Living Dinosaurs Within the Next 5 Years." In June, that statement will hit the …
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Report Claims Redding's Carr Fire Dozer Lines Were Ineffective
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April Ehrlich Mar 17 Catlines attempted to save a large cluster of clearcut timber plantations, but failed to stop the fire. (Firefighters United for …
VICE
Traffic
Exploring The Ethics of Ridehailing Apps
VICE - VICE Staff
Via strives to be environmentally friendly, wants to decrease traffic congestion, and pays its drivers more than Uber and Lyft—but is there a catch? On this episode of The VICE Guide To Right Now Podcast,
HBCUs
Editorial: A black eye for colleges, wealthy elite
channel3000.com - Neil Heinen
This past week’s story of wealthy parents fraudulently buying admission to top universities for their unqualified kids certainly confirmed a lot of …
Russell Westbrook
Sports fan behavior and the ethics of fandom
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Info Voices of Reason Jasen Lee and Amy Donaldson are speaking out and speaking up about the issues facing our community. We are engaging in …
University of Cambridge
Dougherty from Cambridge to UNC
dailynous.com - Justin Weinberg
Tom Dougherty, currently lecturer in the Faculty of Philosophy at the University of Cambridge, is moving to the University of North Carolina, Chapel …
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Sunshine Coast (BC)
Janette Loveys has left for Brockville,Ontario
coastclarion.ca - chris
Sunshine Coast Regional District chief administrative officer has left effective March 14; Angie Legault appointed as acting chief administrative …
Victoria Brooks
theconversation.com
I am a reluctant academic in the field of law and sexuality. My work is radically theoretical, as well as applied. I am interested in challenging …
Liberal View
Is AIPAC in violation of federal election law?
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Any court in the land will validate that constitutional intent was that loyalty 'be bound by oath or affirmation' solely to the United States (Image …
Reuters
Employment
Pimco says some staff used 'legitimate' services of college scandal mastermind
Reuters - by Jennifer Ablan
Ticker and trading information for Pacific Investment Management Co. (PIMCo) are displayed on a screen at the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York, U.S., April 5, 2018. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid -
U.S. Politics
Mnuchin’s Hollywood ties prompt questions about conflicts of interest with crucial Chinese film market
washingtonexaminer.com - Colin Wilhelm
The Hollywood ties of Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin have prompted questions about whether he has a conflict of interest in trade negotiations …
Big Data
Kord Davis
oreilly.com - www.oreilly.com
"I highly recommend the balanced values and ethics based book Ethics of Big Data: Balancing Risk and Innovation by Kord Davis, to any organizational …
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Martin Shkreli
Admissions scandal unfolds amid cynicism about moral values
Associated Press - By DAVID CRARY, AP National Writer
NEW YORK (AP) — In some ways, the college-admissions bribery scheme newly revealed by federal prosecutors seemed almost inevitable. Ethics experts say Americans these days are barraged with accounts of
Ricardo Garza Garzaadded this to Machine Learning & Automation
DARPA
Here’s the Key Innovation in DARPA AI Project: Ethics From the Start
defenseone.com - By Paulina Glass
A new effort to build patrol drones for urban fights began by forming an ethics advisory board. A DARPA program seeks AI-infused drones that can help …
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Investing
How to invest like a vegan
The Telegraph - By Sam Barker
Vegans might have an issue with using animal products, but they have no issue with making money. However, investing in line with vegan principles can be a minefield. For example, many funds might include
Axiosadded this to Politics
Bernie Sanders
Sanders' nonprofit suspends operations amid scrutiny for lack of transparency
Axios - Gigi Sukin
The Sanders Institute — a Vermont-based think tank founded to advance liberal policies by 2020 presidential candidate Bernie Sanders' wife and son — …
Manchester Evening News
City Politics
Plans to hand town halls powers to suspend misbehaving councillors would be 'useful in Wigan'
manchestereveningnews.co.uk - James Illingworth
A review of ethical standards across local government last month recommended councils need more robust measures to address serious or repeated …
The ethics of sequencing infectious disease pathogens for clinical and public health
nature.com - www.nature.com
1. Ladner, J. T. et al. Precision epidemiology for infectious disease control. Nat. Med. 25, 206–211 (2019). 2. Vandamme, A.-M. & Pybus, O. G. Viral …
Policing
Virginia Eubanks, Automating Inequality: How High-Tech Tools Profile, Police and Punish the Poor
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Woolly Mammoths
Experts Say They Are on Verge of a Cloning Breakthrough, but What Are the Implications?
theepochtimes.com - Louise Bevan
If bringing back extinct species was the stuff of sci-fi novels and movie sets, then most people would just take it as that—just fiction. Today, …
Austin, TX
Dawnna Dukes Finds Herself on the Wrong Side of the Texas Ethics Commission Again
austinchronicle.com - By Mary Tuma, Fri., March 15, 2019
Former Austin state Rep. Dawnna Dukes has found herself once again outside the bounds of the state's ethics rules. The Texas Ethics Commission is suing …
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Chamber of Commerce
Community of Character seeks nominations for Juanita Haugen Award
Patch - Ken Mano
Nominations are open for the 2019 Community of Character Awards This post was contributed by a community member. The Pleasanton Community of Character …
News (Singapore)
MOH: Workgroup to review SMC disciplinary process
tnp.sg - www.tnp.sg
The taking of informed consent by doctors and the disciplinary process of the Singapore Medical Council (SMC) will be reviewed.The Ministry of Health …