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Benedict on Business: What’s Love Got to Do With It? - (USA)
Irving, Texas. Since its beginnings with Aristotle and Plato, the study of economics has always been regarded as a branch of philosophy, a colony of politics and ethics. But all that changed in the late 19 th century, when economists attempted to make of what was then called political economy the pure science of economics . By “pure,” they generally meant a science modeled on physics, where markets moved according to strict laws in the same way that the stars did, and where moral conside
http://www.frontporchrepublic.com/?p=5070
eco-friendly stationery: part 1 - (USA)
You may remember my past Green Swap q + a with designer Amy of Smock paper. I also got to talk to Debbie Urbanski, owner of Smock, about greener alternatives in stationery. Smock, as you may know, is a pioneer in creating lovely bamboo stationery, including custom wedding invitations. Here's part one of a feature about eco options in stationery: Debbie of Smock on going green in the paper world.Did you start Smock with being green built into the business structure?Yes! Smock is a relatively new
http://www.thehaystackneedleonline.com/2009/04/ecofriendly-stationery-smock.html
Why Employee Satisfaction and Exit Surveys are Important - (USA)
With the need for many businesses to be more streamlined and productive a company can sometimes find itself with many of their employees working under pressure that can then lead to low moral and possible result in a high staff turnover. The benefits of a company having a highly motivated workforce can be considerable and having a workforce that is both motivated and productive should not be regarded as being mutually exclusive to one another. When problems are left unresolved then there is a
http://my-article-directory.com/2009/08/03/why-employee-satisfaction-and-exit-surveys-are-important/
Masters Of Song Fu #4: Round 1 Challengers and Challenge Revealed - (USA)
We here at Quick Stop Entertainment are true lovers of music, in all its forms. We’re also quite keen on the spirit of competition, and of spurring creativity through said competition. To that end, we launched a unique form of creative combat here at the Stop. In this age of manufactured and painfully earnest talent contests, we’ve decided to instead shine a light on the quirky, quixotic underworld of musicians that don’t get nearly the attention they deserve. Ah, but I did mention that th
http://www.quickstopentertainment.com/2009/05/14/masters-of-song-fu-4-round-1-challenge/
Bruce Schneier Blazes Through Your Questions - Freakonomics - Opinion - New York Times Blog - (USA)
Stephen Dubner and Steven Levitt, authors of Freakonomics, keep the conversation going from their best-selling book that explores the hidden side of everything.
http://freakonomics.blogs.nytimes.com/2007/12/04/bruce-schneier-blazes-through-your-questions/
IBM and the Holocaust home - (USA)
http://www.ibmandtheholocaust.com/
Computer Ethics: A Case-based Approach - (USA)
Computer Ethics: A Case-based Approach “Barger (U. of Notre Dame) presents an introduction to the field of computer ethics. He first deals with the philosophy of ethics and explores efforts to construct a unifying theory of computer ethics. He also addresses psychological factors affecting computer ethics, whether there can be a professional ethics of computing, computer ethics and international development, and ethics and robotics. For most of the remaining chapters, each topical discussion
http://www.netbks.com/programming/general-programming-programming/computer-ethics-a-case-based-approach_16079.html
First Catholic University in India to be Inaugurated - (USA)
Don Bosco University (DBU) Guwahati, Assam, the first Catholic university set up under the new government legislation, will be inaugurated on December 6, 2008. The earlier inaugural programme scheduled for October 31 was postponed due to the serial bomb blast that rocked Guwahati and left 81 people dead and over 200 people injured, October 30. Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi and four State ministers (Education, Health, Power and Social Welfare) will attend the function along with a galaxy of
http://www.sinlung.com/?p=7013
Syed Hamid tells bloggers to be accountable - (USA)
Bloggers have been advised to set up a code of ethics. Home Minister Datuk Seri Syed Hamid Albar said they should be responsible and accountable for what they write as well as the comments published in their blogs. Speaking at the Bloggers Buff 2008 Conference yesterday, Syed Hamid said in the early stages, blogs in Malaysia were merely an improvement over poison pen letters but now blogging had reached a level of maturity where writers took pride in their postings. “It is important to have
http://westmalaysia.com/?p=4875
Day 1 New Thai School Year, Surivived. Isaan Thailand. - (USA)
Today was the first day of the new Thai school year. Last night I sat watching football from 2am until 4am and listened to rain tumbling down. I was up at 6.30am and the rain was still falling hard, so after a shower and shave I told Miss Noot I would take the car and drop it off later, before lunch when the rain stops. The rain here usually falls in the morning and late afternoon. Through the day it usually clears up. And it did that today. The day went smoothly. I am very happy to say that t
http://isaanstyle.blogspot.com/2009/05/day-1-new-thai-school-year-surivived.html
Monica Conyers The Subject Of Yet Another Investigation - Possibly Left Office With $21,300 Of Suppl - (USA)
That's right - $21,000 worth of computers, software, a digital camera, a camcorder, etc. A possible parting gift to herself for the great job she's done for Detroit. Bwahahaha. That was a good one. Monica resigned, but has the uncanny ability, much like Kwame, to continue to give Detroit black eye after black eye after the fact. From The Detroit Free Press: Cockrel: $21,300 in goods missing from Conyers' office.Detroit City Council President Ken Cockrel Jr. sent a memo to his council colleagues
http://theblogprof.blogspot.com/2009/07/monica-conyers-subject-of-yet-another.html
Gates of Vienna News Feed 11/28/2008 - (USA)
Gates of Vienna News Feed 11/28/2008The major story of the day is still the situation in Mumbai. Once again, there are a lot of articles included. Scroll to “South Asia” and look at the AKI articles in particular.A consensus is emerging that at least part of the attack was planned and launched from Pakistan. Needless to say, this will have major implications for the Indian response.Thanks to AA, Andy Bostom, C. Cantoni, Holger Danske, Insubria, JD, Rolf Krake, Srdja Trifkovic, TB, VH, Yorkshire
http://gatesofvienna.blogspot.com/2008/11/gates-of-vienna-news-feed-11282008.html
Professional ethics alert: Lawyers - be careful who you send those emails to. - (USA)
« Ode to the mediocre professor | Main | Brewing controversy - how will law schools report to USNWR the employment status of deferred grads? » This is an interesting and important post from the Lawyerist blog reminding lawyers of the pitfalls of communicating with clients through their private email accounts if clients access those accounts from their work computers. There has been a growing awareness—and a line of cases—about the risks of sending privileged emails back and forth with clien
http://lawprofessors.typepad.com/legalwriting/2009/05/professional-ethics-alert-lawyers-be-careful-who-you-send-those-emails-to.html
Russia ‘Resets’ U.S. Relations … Back to Cold War Era - (USA)
So much for the “reset.” It’s business as usual for the freedom-hating Russians, and that means trying to undermine the United States by any means possible — up to and including nuclear weapons.No sooner had Barack Obama returned from his first visit to Moscow, at which he attempted to reset relations with Russia by hol
http://pajamasmedia.com/blog/russia-resets-u-s-relations-back-to-cold-war-era/
Uncovering the truth behind “50% of teens post senstive information” - (USA)
Last week we saw a plethora of New Zealand headlines bemoaning the poor behaviour of ‘kids today’ – this time in how they handle their sensitive information online. The punchline was that one in two students had posted sensitive information about themselves online in the past year. TVNZ went with Half of NZ teens post sensitive info online while NZHerald went with Nearly half of Kiwi teens post sensitive info online – both remarkably similar to the original press release. Some wen
http://lancewiggs.com/2009/05/12/uncovering-the-truth-behind-50-of-teens-post-senstive-information/
Handwriting on the Sky - Ethics for Programmers: Primum non Nocere - (USA)
http://glyf.livejournal.com/46589.html?
We must stamp our ecological feet - (USA)
Sciencebase has been focusing on various environmental and third world problems recently. I say third world , because much of what is euphemistically described as the developing world is sadly not developing at all. If the switch from third to developing has done nothing but salve the conscience of the so-called developed world, then it is, as they say, political correctness gone mad. Many of the problems, or issues if you wish me to be euphemistic in that regard too, are growing – the pove
http://www.sciencebase.com/science-blog/ecological-footprintin.html
The British-Pakistani ‘Link’ - (USA)
Image Credit: Economist On Wednesday, UK Prime Minister Gordon Brown pledged £665 million in aid over the next four years to Pakistan. Although much of the financial assistance will be geared towards Pakistan’s counter-terrorism (and hopefully, counter insurgency ) operations, £125 million will be earmarked for supporting education projects in the border area “ in an effort to stop the spread of extremism ,” reported Dawn . The announcement came just a day before Britain ended its
http://changinguppakistan.wordpress.com/2009/05/02/the-british-pakistani-link/
Glazed Eyed and Bushy Tailed - (USA)
There's a movement afoot that would like nothing better than to establish, by any means necessary, a Christian world government. Unfortunately this isn't some bunch of cranks that gather in dank basements or sit hunched over their computers swapping fantasies on the internet . They're actually a very much established cabal of very prominent people including well known names in American federal politics, some top American generals and many leaders of industry and business. They've been around fo
http://the-mound-of-sound.blogspot.com/2009/08/glazed-eyed-and-bushy-tailed.html
Lazy Sunday Links 11.23.08: Sex, Football, and Meteor Tape! Ok, not really sex, but there is some c - (USA)
Wow! Forget that there is football on this afternoon! I have, especially for you, something way more super exciting: an hour long downloadable webinar from Attenex on ESI (Electronically Stored Information) and Ethics. Ethics people!!! So you know right away that it is going to be salacious. The only downside is that you have to download the WebEx player before the actual webinar. If you have any questions on downloading please feel free to email me at Gabe@GabesGuide.com. If I don’t a
http://gabesguide.com/?p=1521
Mark Hemingway on Lawrence Lessig on National Review Online - (USA)
http://article.nationalreview.com/?q=NDNhMzdlZDcwNTVlYzRiMzZkZDMxMzAyMmU5ZDg2MjY=
Senate GOP to policy staff: expect layoffs - (USA)
Senate GOP to policy staff: expect layoffs November 25, 2008 at 10:50 am by Irene Jay Liu Despite its continued attempts to woo the Gang of Three to defect and preserve its Senate Majority, the Senate GOP has told its policy staff to expect layoffs come January. Policy staffers to expect that only 1 out of 5 will remain in their job in the new year, according to a source familiar with the announcement. Senate Republicans maintain that they will remain in control of the chamber next year by wo
http://blogs.timesunion.com/capitol/archives/9360
SXSWi - Assorted Nuggets - (USA)
In the interests of not dragging on the SXSWi09 writeup until 2010, I’m wrapping up with some selected nuggets from the many amazing panels and keynotes - which don’t nearly do justice to the diversity and ingenuity of the topics covered, but hopefully give you a flavour of some of the SXSW awesome : Try Making Yourself More Interesting [ photo courtesy ] Want people to think you’re awesome? Be awesome. Make amazing stuff and people will be interested in you. Content is
http://kitschbitch.com/2009/05/13/sxswi-assorted-nuggets/
Why Employee Satisfaction and Employee Exit Surveys Make Good Sense - (USA)
If businesses that strives to become more streamlined and productive are not careful their efforts to become more competitive can result in a workforce that is working under pressure which in turn could cause low moral and possibly a high staff turnover. Organizations that have a highly motivated workforce can benefit enormously and having a workforce that is both productive and motivated should not be regarded as being mutually exclusive to one another. If problems are left unresolved then c
http://www.tsnumi.com/articles/articles/internet/why-employee-satisfaction-and-employee-exit-surveys-make-good-sense/
Steal This Wi-Fi - (USA)
Why Bruce Schneier runs an open network -- and you should, too.
http://www.wired.com/politics/security/commentary/securitymatters/2008/01/securitymatters_0110
Quinn's Commission Lays Down Blueprint For Reform - (USA)
After another gubernatorial indictment and months of hearings, Gov. Pat Quinn’s Illinois Reform Commission finally issued its 34 recommendations (PDF) for reforming Illinois government yesterday. Media outlets across the state quickly dug through the details and voiced their praise. The Tribune called the 88-page report "an impeccably researched and detailed assault on the culture that spawns so much corruption." The Sun-Times said the commission "has done a terrific job." But now
http://progressillinois.com/2009/4/29/quinns-ethics-commission-blueprint
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