Ethics

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Beyond Fluoride: Pharmaceuticals, Drinking Water and the Public Health

Jacob M. Appel | Posted 12.21.2009 | Politics

Read More: Rights, Law, Philosophy, Lithium, Green, Violence, Suicide, Prozac, Drugs, Green Living, Peter Kramer, Dentistry, Texas, Politics, Pharmaceutical Industry, Human Rights, Health, Water, Ethics, Environment, Utilitarianism, Japan, Tobacco, Libertarianism, Bioethics, Medicine, Michigan, Healthcare, Cocaine, Politics News

If we are willing to ingest fluoride to prevent tooth decay, surely we can tolerate a trace of lithium to prevent suicides.

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Ethics Commission Doubles Staff, Starts to Investigate Complaints

Luis Toro | Posted 12.17.2009 | Denver

Read More: Colorado Independent Ethics Commission, Ethics, Larimer County, Colorado Politics, Mike Coffman, Denver News

The addition of a second staff member is a signal that the IEC intends to be proactive about investigating complaints in the future.

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Max Baucus Gave Staffer Girlfriend $14K Raise

Politico | MANU RAJU & JOHN BRESNAHAN | Posted 12.11.2009 | Politics

Read More: Senator Max Baucus, Baucus, Senate, US Attorney, Melodee Hanes Max Baucus, Ethics, Melodee Hanes Raise, Max Baucus, Melodee Hanes, Politics News

Sen. Max Baucus (D-Mont.), chairman of the powerful Senate Finance Committee, gave a nearly $14,000 pay raise to a female staffer in 2008, at the time...

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My First Relationship Based on Trust

Jennifer Ketcham | Posted 12.02.2009 | Los Angeles

Read More: La Metro, Bart, Subway, Public Transportation, Mass Transit, Relationships, Trust, Ethics, Los Angeles News

I recently gave up my profession, as Pornstar Extraordinaire, and my car. I live three blocks from LA's greatest kept secret, the Metro, and the entire system is based on something this city lacks: trust.

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Members Of Congress Lobbying Each Other Astroturf-Style

HuffingtonPost.com | Arthur Delaney | Posted 11.30.2009 | Politics

Read More: Ethics, Lobbyblog, House Ethics Committee, Astroturf, Astroturfing, Politics News

Democratic members of Congress are lobbying each other Astroturf-style, at least according to an internal House Ethics Committee memo obtained by Wiki...

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The Rom Houben Tragedy And The Case For Active Euthanasia

Jacob M. Appel | Posted 11.25.2009 | Politics

Read More: Terri Schiavo, Rom Houben, Law, Culture Wars, Hoax, Liberals, Belgium, Civil Rights, James Randi, Euthanasia, Religion, Politics, Human Rights, Conservatives, Dalton Trumbo, Right to Die, Health, Coma, Ethics, Arthur Caplan, Morality, Technology, Jean-Dominique Bauby, Medicine, Bioethics, Torture, Politics News

If one believes that the prevention of suffering may sometimes justify the withdrawal or withholding of care, then the very fact that Houben was conscious for twenty-three years might call more convincingly for such action.

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John Ensign Affair Details Revealed: Nightline Interviews Doug Hampton About Senator's Affair With Cindy Hampton (VIDEO)

Kevin Freking | Posted 11.24.2009 | Politics

Scroll down to watch video of Nightline interview. WASHINGTON (AP)- A Nevada man whose wife had an affair with Sen. John Ensign said he discovered th...

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Whack-A-Mole Security: Bad Policy, Bad Legislation

Robert D. Atkinson, Ph.D. | Posted 11.21.2009 | Technology

Read More: Government, Software, Congress, P2p, Technology, Legislation, Computers, Ethics, Technology News

Peer-to-peer software, by itself, did not cause the confidential Congressional document to be leaked to the press. Certainly people are not perfect and some data breaches will still occur even with better policies and technology.

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What Would You Do For God? (VIDEO)

Tara Stiles | Posted 11.13.2009 | Living

Read More: Religion, Yoga, Meditation, God, Atheism, Responsibility, The Atheism Tapes, Ethics, Tara Stiles, Netflix, Spirituality, Living News

I grew up feeling from a very young age that what was right was right, no matter if God or my teacher said so. I wanted to help people, but I couldn't commit to an institution that was based on guilt, and control.

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Petroleum Lobby Joins Newsweek To Host Climate Change Conference

The Huffington Post | Jenna Staul | Posted 11.04.2009 | Business

Read More: Climate Change Legislation, Ethics, Media, Lobbyblog, Business News

Unlikely duo Newsweek magazine and the American Petroleum Institute will host an exclusive event for lawmakers focused on climate change and energy is...

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Lobbyist Allegedly Involved With Mike Duvall Speaks Out

The Huffington Post | Jenna Staul | Posted 11.04.2009 | Business

Read More: Lobbyblog, Mike Duvall, Ethics, Business News

The lobbyist at the center of former California Assemblyman Mike Duvall's alleged sexual exploits is speaking out for the first time, according to the...

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Lobbyist De-Registrations On The Rise

The Huffington Post | Jenna Staul | Posted 11.02.2009 | Business

Read More: Lobbyblog, Lobbying, Ethics, Lobbyist Deregistrations, Business News

Lobbyists this year terminated their registrations with the federal government in unusually high numbers, according to a study by the Center for Respo...

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Intense Pharmaceutical Lobbying Prompts Inquiry

HuffingtonPost.com | Jenna Staul | Posted 11.02.2009 | Business

Read More: Pharmaceutical Industry, Lobbyblog, Senate Finance Committee, Ethics, Business News

A lobbying war between two pharmaceutical companies vying to market a generic blood-thinner has prompted an inquiry by Sen. Chuck Grassley and Senate ...

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What Catholics Want in Healthcare Reform

Jon O'Brien | Posted 10.29.2009 | Politics

Read More: Abortion, Catholics, Social Justice, Ethics, Contraception, Catholics for Choice, Poll, Healthcare Reform, Pro-Choice, Healthcare, Politics News

American Catholics can picture themselves as patients, and want to be able to get birth control and condoms at their doctor. They also think they can speak for themselves.

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The San Francisco Bay Bridge And an Ethics Revolution

Leslie Griffith | Posted 10.29.2009 | Media

Read More: Bay Bridge, San Francisco, Journalists, Caltrans, Ethics, Media News

Amazingly, the only thing I learned from the media coverage of the Bay Bridge accident was that Caltrans and reporters get along swimmingly. It's time journalists ask some real questions.

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HuffPost's Congressional Ethics Clock: How Long Will Rangel, Ensign Probes Take?

Huffington Post | Marcus Baram | Posted 10.30.2009 | Politics

Read More: Murtha Ethics, Ethics in Congress, Ensign Ethics, Congressional Ethics, Ethics, Graves Ethics, Ethics Committee, Ethics Watchdog, Rangel Ethics, Ethics Clock, Congressional Ethics Clock, Transparency, Politics News

In the wake of the scandal involving disgraced lobbyist Jack Abramoff, congressional leaders vowed two years ago to get tough on ethics violations. Th...

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Reconsidering Favoritism In College Admissions

The Atlantic | James Warren | Posted 10.18.2009 | Chicago

Read More: University of Illinois, Nepotism, College Admissions, Ethics, University of Illinois Clout List, University of Illinois Admissions Scandal, Bono, Chicago News

Indeed, the whole business of admissions is touchy and what can pass for scandal in modern media has surrounded the University of Illinois in recent m...

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What Should Charlie Do?

Jim Lichtman | Posted 10.13.2009 | Politics

Read More: Ways and Means Committee, Merrill Lynch Global, Representative Peter King, Representative John Carter, Charles Rangel, Honesty, House Ethics Committee, Ethics, Politics News

Would you side with those who favor Rangel stepping down (or being removed) from his committee assignments until the ethics investigation is completed? Or should he stay put until found guilty?

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Hard Questions In Hard Times

Jim Selman | Posted 10.06.2009 | Living

Read More: Citizenship, Public Lectures, Environmental, Michael Sandel, Opposition, Defense, Conflict, Pbs, Ethics, Moral Relativism, Justice, Teaching, Conscious-Choice, The Inner Life, Living News

Eldering, as a way of thinking about mid-life leadership, is based on the notion 'wisdom in action.' Our vision is for the Boomer generation to take responsibility for our society and our world and "clean up the mess" before we die.

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FTC to Social Media Marketers and Bloggers: Y'all Play Fair Now!

Andy Sernovitz | Posted 10.06.2009 | Media

Read More: Sernovitz, Ftc, Sponsored Posts, Social Media, Wom, Disclosure, Ethics, Social Media Policies, Word of Mouth, Blogging, FTC Social Media Regulations, Media News

"I'm a free-speaking blogger" doesn't give you a free pass from consumer protection laws. If you get compensation, you're a business now. You don't get a free pass just because it's social media.

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Sunlight Foundation Takes Another Look At Lobbyist Bundlers

The Huffington Post | Jenna Staul | Posted 12.02.2009 | Business

Read More: Lobbyblog, Lobbying, Ethics, Sunlight Foundation, Open Secrets, Transparency, Business News

The Sunlight Foundation released a video on Thursday highlighting its investigation of lobbyist bundlers with OpenSecrets.org. The investigation, whi...

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Mike Coffman's Technical Violation

Eric Brody | Posted 11.25.2009 | Denver

Read More: Colorado Ethics Watch, Chantell Taylor, Mike Coffman, Dan Kopelman, Ethics, Denver News

Ambiguous wording in the decision of Colorado's Independent Ethics Commission will come in for close scrutiny following an official complaint Mike Coffman lodged with the state supreme court.

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How Would You Decide? -- Keeping Me Honest

Jim Lichtman | Posted 11.25.2009 | Living

Read More: Susan Atkins, Tenzin N. Taklha, The Dalai Lama, Michele Kane, Ethics, The California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, Justice, Terry Thornton, James Whitehouse, Compassion, Living News

I do not want to create the false impression that compassion was the sole criteria parole commissioners faced during former Manson Family member Susan Atkins' 2009 hearing.

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Ethical Explosion Over Scotland

Gloria Duffy | Posted 11.22.2009 | World

Read More: Scotland, Terrorist, Libya, Lockerbie Bomber, Compassionate Release, Ethics, Pan Am 103, World News

The Scots made a moral tradeoff in the wrong direction by releasing the Lockerbie bomber. Here are just a few of the flaws in the thinking behind this decision.

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