David Nitkin, EthicScan’s President, draws attention to the way this Supreme Court decision highlights differences between the law, ethics, and morality. The Justices affirm the requirement in law that, in jurisdictions which have Consent and Capacity Boards, physicians must get consent for removing life-sustaining interventions, like ventilators and feeding tubes. Nitkin Notes: “Family and human
EthicScan, Canada’s oldest and largest corporate responsibility research and ethics consultancy, announces its extensive education program for next year. 14 faculty members, 15 courses, 10 webinars, and 4 learning circles on topics like complaint investigation, ethical partnering, end of life decision-making, managing sustainability, and corporate reporting. Most programs in Canada and the U.K. http://ethicscan.ca/events/
In the last decade, 2013 vs 2003, there have been sharp changes in public attitudes in the U.S. to extra-marital sex, same sex relationships, and babies outside marriage, all of which should caution us to distinguish ethics from culturally-changing morality. For Gallup survey data, see http://www.globalethics.org/newsline/2013/05/20/moral-issues-3/
Social media can impact behaviour of activists in the public area, sometimes, and may even influence corporations and governments. But one Swiss agency argues, Twittter may not be effective as an agent for change, especially when a a life is at stake. http://3blmedia.com/News/CSR/Will-Tweet-Save-Life-According-UNICEF-Sweden-Probably-Not
CBC Radio in the Maritimes (Nova Scotia) has a special hour long show on conscious consumption scheduled to air for this Sunday April 28, in the afternoon. EthicScan’s President, will likely appear via tape on the show “Maritime Connection“. Listeners can take advantage of a special offer to order the latest three of EthicScan’s consumer
According to Psych Central, April 25, 2013, new research finds that morals and conscience play a role in how we view money. In particular, researchers discover that when people perceive money as morally tainted, they also view it as having less value and purchasing power since it was obtained by immoral means. This finding challenges
CSR falls short in practice because it is still often a staff, not line, responsibility. As such there is over-emphasis on PR and the sponsorship of good deeds and an under-emphasis on issues integral to the business itself. There is also too much of a focus on compliance sign-offs on shiny codes of conduct and
This is a call call for papers for the Robin Cosgrove Prize for Ethics in finance 2012-2013 edition is open until May 31, 2013 (www.robincosgroveprize.org). Candidates should be young people aged 35 or less interested in innovative ideas for ethics in finance. The closing date for submission of papers setting out Innovative Ideas for
Haidt, Jonathan, The Righteous Mind: Why Good People are Divided by Politics and Religion (Pantheon; 2012) The full review, by David Nitkin at EthicScan, can be found in the Ethics in Integrity Webzine: At first glance a book on moral psychology would seem to be of limited interest to elected government officials, but first impressions
From Conflict of Interest Blog by Jeff Kaplin: Many years ago, I heard the great federal judge J. Skelly Wright tell this wonderful story. He was presiding over a trial in Louisiana and asked one of the attorneys why the attorney referred to all the witnesses as “Colonel,” to which the attorney responded: That’d don’t