Pro Ethics

Do universities need the same kind of accountability as it was discovered businesses do? This is an issue students should be as concerned about as faculty. 

Very insightful reflections on the challenges and benefits of having a code of ethics for a profession, in this case Anthropologists: "After three years spent seeking opinion and working on new guidelines, the American Anthropological Association is moving toward changes that some in the discipline fear will water down anthropologists' obligations to the people they study."

Should we be wasting money on bottled water when it is just as good right out of the tap?

A unique and effective marketing stragegy that gives back to people in need.

Starting a business should not simply be motivated by the money side, but perhaps something that will make a difference in the world.

If companies just take the time to understand what corporate social responsibility is, they will realize it is not that complicated and will actually benefit your company dramatically.

Companies who put in the time, effort, and money to be sustainble tend to have better financial growth within their company.

Are we truely so selfish that we've lost our chance to continue much long on this planet? Do we need to find a new home before this one is destroyed?

This is an amazingly insightful TED talk. It definitely got my mind going.

A California university placed two of its police officers on administrative leave Sunday because of their involvement in the pepper spraying of passively sitting protesters, while the school's chancellor accelerated a task force's investigation into the incident amid calls for her resignation.

CAIRO-Egyptian soldiers and police set fire to protest tents in Cairo's Tahrir Square and fired tear gas and rubber bullets in a major assault Sunday to drive out thousands demanding that the military rulers quickly transfer power to a civilian government. At least 11 protesters were killed and hundreds were injured.

And so I think religions make people better able to act on the moral sense. Where do you see the role science can play in understanding how religion develops a moral sense?

Three months after losing her child, a doctor confirmed her worst fears: her tubes had been tied without her knowledge or consent. "I felt mutilated. That's the truth. My rights as a mother and woman were violated," Vigo said.