Posts Tagged ‘ethics’
Workplace ethics rub off on employees
U. MICHIGAN (US) — Your boss and co-workers may be more important than your morals in deciding whether or not you report unethical behavior at work. Continue…
Wednesday, May 1, 2013 15:51 - 4 Comments
Top Stories - Apr 5, 2013 9:46 - 49 Comments
Should we bring back extinct species?
STANFORD (US) — Within 15 years, scientists may be able to revive some recently extinct species, like the dodo or the passenger pigeon. It’s not Jurassic Park, but is it a good idea? (more…)
Health & Medicine - Mar 15, 2013 8:54 - 1 Comment
No ‘study drugs’ for healthy kids, say doctors
YALE (US) — Prescribing ADHD drugs for children without attention issues is “not justifiable,” say doctors in a new statement. (more…)
Society & Culture - Feb 18, 2013 12:19 - 2 Comments
Can culture protect genetics from misuse?
WASHINGTON U. – ST. LOUIS (US) — In the past, good science has been used for unethical purposes, like eugenics. The concept of culture can protect genetics from a similar fate, an anthropologist argues. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Jan 29, 2013 15:02 - 0 Comments
Biobanks worry specimens will go to waste
UNC-CHAPEL HILL (US) — A recent report offers a revealing look inside US biobanks, organizations that collect, store, and share human specimens for research purposes. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Jan 29, 2013 9:20 - 0 Comments
Tissue donors deserve to know ‘moral risk’
MICHIGAN STATE (US) — People who contribute tissue to biobanks have a right to basic information about how their donations may be used, an ethicist argues in a new paper. (more…)
Society & Culture - Nov 30, 2012 15:23 - 0 Comments
Declare a decision moral and outcomes shift
NYU (US) — Decisions based on moral, rather than practical, considerations are made more quickly and are often more extreme, research shows. (more…)
Society & Culture - Sep 28, 2012 15:35 - 0 Comments
We’re more honest when we sign at the top
U. TORONTO (CAN) — People tend to fill out forms more honestly when they’re asked to sign at the beginning instead of at the end. (more…)
Society & Culture - Sep 6, 2012 11:40 - 4 Comments
‘Conflict mineral’ rule to cost shareholders billions
UC DAVIS (US) — Recently approved federal rules requiring companies to disclose use of “conflict minerals” could cost shareholders billions of dollars, a study predicts. (more…)
Society & Culture - Aug 3, 2012 16:41 - 5 Comments
Medieval business was less keen on greed
STANFORD (US) — Beliefs about how much greed is good, or even acceptable, have made a turnaround in the last 500 years, according to a historian. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Apr 3, 2012 11:03 - 2 Comments
No hitch in the ethics of health incentives
CARNEGIE MELLON (US) — Concerns about the ethics of offering people incentives for healthy behaviors may be unnecessary, according to a new study. (more…)
Society & Culture - Feb 29, 2012 14:37 - 5 Comments
Among the wealthy, more cheats and liars
UC BERKELEY (US) — The upper class has a higher propensity for unethical behavior, and are more likely to believe that “greed is good.” (more…)
Society & Culture - Jan 24, 2012 12:23 - 2 Comments
When the brain refuses to take the cash
EMORY (US) — Brain images show personal values that people refuse to disavow—even when offered cash to do so—are processed differently than values that are willingly sold. (more…)
Society & Culture - Dec 8, 2011 11:40 - 0 Comments
Moral blind spot about passive harm
BROWN (US) — Individuals and courts deal more harshly with people who actively commit harm than with people who allow harm to occur. This moral distinction may be automatic, according to a new study based on brain scans. (more…)
Society & Culture - Nov 30, 2011 16:24 - 1 Comment
Why smart managers tell stupid lies
U. TORONTO (CAN) — A new study may explain why corporate managers, like those in the Enron scandal, lie about their companies’ earnings, even though it will hurt their own careers and the businesses they work for. (more…)
Top Stories - May 4, 2011 12:00 - 2 Comments
When company loyalty is a crime
TEXAS A&M (US) — Corporate crime is not always driven by greed or ambition. Sometimes employees break the rules out of a desire to serve and protect the organization. (more…)
Society & Culture - Feb 28, 2011 16:02 - 1 Comment
No cookie cutter answers to sex, faith
U. NOTTINGHAM (UK) — Sexuality and religion aren’t necessarily mutually exclusive in the lives of young adults, according to new research that finds sexual ethics can be formed by religious beliefs and vice versa. (more…)
