From the Director
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Clemson University Ethics Bowl Team
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Clemson Alumna Shares Advice With Women’s Leadership Creative Inquiry Group
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Ethical Dilemmas Associated with Vaccinations: A Public Health Perspective
The H1N1 Pandemic Influenza outbreak of 2009 is the fourth major medical pandemic in the past 100 years. The Centers for Disease Control emphasize that vaccination is the best way to provide protection from influenza. Research indicates that flu shots are almost 88% effective at reducing the risk of flu infection and that they reduced by one-half the number of deaths among hospital patients from the disease. Despite recommendations, rates of vaccinations are seen as falling short of their full potential to reduce morbidity and mortality in the United States and abroad. Personal autonomy, an important value within the ethical framework of our society, is viewed as a roadblock in accomplishing greater vaccination rates.
Ethics is an Every Day, Every Person Responsibility
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Ethics Challenges and Responses
Why the Middle Matters
Rushworth M. Kidder
Rushworth M. Kidder
©2010 Institute for Global Ethics
Apr 26th, 2010
Looking across the political landscape, it’s easy to conclude that this is no country for moderates. The left has ascended into power with a certain triumphalism. The right has descended into the Tea Party with significant outrage. Those of us in the center — and there are lots of us — look on the divisiveness with dismay, wondering how the nation regains moral and political prosperity.
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100 Most ethical Companies
Ethisphere just recently published its 2010 list of the 100 Most Ethical Companies. Congratulations to Upstate businesses Milliken and Company and Fluor for once again making the list!
According to the article, the 2010 companies outperformed the S&P 500 with a 53% return as compared to a 4% return for the S&P 500. Doug Cornelius’ website, Compliance Building, took a look back to 2007, the first year of the Ethisphere 100 Most Ethical Companies list, to see whether it was true over time. You can check out his article here.
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Seidler: know the truth about yourself
GSA Daily Staff Report
Published April 29, 2010
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J.T. Barton Jr. Ethics Essay Scholarship Competition
The winners of the 9th Annual J.T. Barton Jr. Ethics Essay Competition received their awards at the Honors and Awards Ceremony of the College of Architecture, Arts and Humanities on April 5th.
The International Center for Academic Integrity
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Reflections
We were in the process of refinancing our house at the end of last year. I’d made out the check to pay our property taxes and placed it in a stack of letters to be mailed. Just after the letters had been mailed we were notified that closing would occur the next day. Since we don’t have our tax funds held in escrow, it was going to be a problem to not have proof of the paid taxes. I called the clerk’s office and was told that I could come in person to pay the taxes and get a receipt. When their office received the duplicate payment by mail, she said that they were legally bound to refund any over payment. I thought “Great! Problem solved”. We went on to an uneventful refinance closing.
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EarlyAct FirstKnight® Comes to Powdersville Middle
This past January, in conjunction with the Rotary Club of Greenville Evening and the Knights of the Guild (a non-profit educational services organization), Powdersville Middle School implemented a new character education program. EarlyAct FirstKnight™ (EAFK) is a revolutionary character and ethics education program for students in grades K-8 that teaches business ethics based on the historic theme of noble knights and the Rotary tradition of “service above self.”
Ethics DVD, version 2.0
One of two wonderful partnerships this semester with Ashley Cowden’s Business & Technical Writing classes at Clemson resulted in an outstanding community project. The collaboration was with Ashley and her class, and the Project Challenge Drama Class taught by Mary Rogers at the Hanna Westside Extension Campus in Anderson District Five. Thanks to a grant from Rutland Ethics Alliance Partner, Duke Energy Carolinas, the project was made possible. On April 16th a “premier showing” took place for all involved and local dignitaries at the Mosaic Theatre on the HWE Campus. Articles appeared in the Anderson Independent and The Tiger.
See The Anderson Independent article here.
See The Tiger article here.
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