Is Hip Hop Music A Cause for Ethical Concern?

   Recently, we heard a cultural sociologist speak about the dangers of hop hop music, drawing on her PhD thesis research of young women who were alternately excited and disgusted by many of the lyrics. My response was that music is entertainment, that there have always have been parent-children gaps involving music and literature, and

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Frequently Asked Question: What is a code of professional conduct?

A code of professional conduct outlines the acceptable or desirable behaviours and practices of a particular profession such as doctors, pharmacists, lawyers, and ethicists. Many corporations and whole industries use these codes as a replacement for a code of ethics. Unfortunately, codes of professional conduct do not cover enough areas to warrant calling them full

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