Sentences with phrase «about ethical obligations»

Time and again, lawyers with good intentions set out to learn more about their ethical obligations on one technology or another.

There is more uncertainty about the ethical obligations that govern the use of that data.

On a 30 C April day in Montreal, I sat in on a session about ethical obligations of in - house counsel in a technological world.

Nothing is said either about ethical obligation in the new life.

Being who Heastie is, the other question is about his ethical obligation.»

Not exact matches

But what's particularly worrisome here is that Ford, who by all rights ought to be the guy who leads council in understanding its ethical obligations, seems to be utterly clueless about them.

It's important for adults to connect discussion with teens and young adults about romantic and sexual relationships and misogyny and harassment to ethical questions about their obligation to treat others with dignity and respect, intervene when others are at risk of being harmed, and advocate for those who are vulnerable.

Should the company make false statements about the results of the research, Susan and Dr. Centrifuge have a moral and ethical obligation to go public with the actual data as well.

But James identifies what she calls a «mentorship gap,» arguing that adult conversations with young people about online behavior focus almost solely on issues of personal security, not on moral or ethical obligations.

We believe it is our ethical obligation to raise awareness about how the proposed changes not only lack a sound research basis, but in some instances, have already proven to be harmful.

Donoghue raises compelling philosophical questions about free will, the extent to which a just society can tolerate religious zealotry, and the moral / ethical obligations of medical practitioners.

If you grant that the rich have ethical obligations to the poor (and living people to future people yet to be born), why is it more ethical to invest $ 3Trillion (a figure sometimes bandied about) on mitigation instead of adaptation.

And so, all in all, the Obama speech can be praised for its express recognition of many of the ethical ethical obligations entailed by climate change despite some quibbles about a few ethical issues not covered well.

Nations continue to set ghg emissions reductions targets at levels based upon their self - interest despite the fact that any national target must be understood to be implicitly a position on two issues that can not be thought about clearly without considering ethical obligations.

What distinguishes ethical issues from economic and scientific arguments about climate change is that ethics is about duties, obligations, and responsibilities to others while economic and scientific arguments are usually understood to be about «value - neutral» «facts» which once established have usually been deployed in arguments against action on climate change based upon self - interest.

Unless nations specifically identify the equity principles that have guided their ghg emissions reductions, and the assumptions about warming limits entailed by their INDC, nations and citizens around the world who may be harmed by illigitmate uses of common pool resources have an insufficient factual basis to challenge the potentially unethical responses of nations to their ethical obligations.

As with any technology, lawyers need to think about the interplay of the Search app and their ethical obligations.

This is mostly because we are under ethical obligations about how we advertise.

In order to competently conduct discovery and meet the relevant ethical obligations, lawyers can not bury their heads in the sand about electronic documents and the trails they leave behind.

This purpose is achieved in large part through discussions between Society staff and the Designated Lawyer and other lawyers in a new practice about their regulatory obligations and their plans to build a management system for ethical legal practice through their practice infrastructure.

There is also a whole other set of questions about how emerging technological tools, like legal analytics, relate to lawyers» ethical obligations to provide competent and efficient legal services.

We know that when we talk about things like ethical obligations and lawyers providing a professional service, we know that the client's interests are paramount.

Q: Do you think there is now an ethical obligation to be informed about social media?

So, not only do you have an ethical obligation to admit to your client that you made a mistake, you have good reasons to not hide the fact that you are embarrassed about making that mistake, and that your embarrassment will help you to not repeat it.

Does a lawyer have an ethical obligation to tell the client about that alternative?

Adjedj's comment about the ability of a commercial company to respect ethical obligations ignores the fact that since 2000 in Australia and since 2012 in England & Wales, commercial companies have offered legal services in full respect of the ethical obligations applicable to lawyers (at least, in no less a manner than traditional law firms).

The other paper that really inspired me was a paper by Ed Marks, New Mexico Legal Aid's Executive Director, published in MIE that talked about how lawyers have an ethical obligation to use state of the art tools to manage their practices and provide services.

Key among the many factors essential to an effective response is legal preparedness, including a clear and fundamental understanding of basic public health law, clarity about the broader legal obligations and constraints that will govern in the event of a community crisis, and recognition of the complex ethical challenges that inevitably will emerge.

Our vision is to find ways to serve clients better: to bring down costs so that real people can afford us (and so we are better than the competition); to practice our profession ethically, based on deep reflection about what ethical obligations require of us in a changing world; and to do all of this while also living live good and fulfilled lives.

This requirement gives victims control over decision making about their health information where their safety could be at issue, helps promote trust between patients and providers, and is consistent with health care providers» ethical obligation to seek patient authorization whenever possible before disclosing protected health information.

When attorneys at the firm considered sharing the files in the early 1980s for use in a symposium on the Lizzie Borden trial, they received a private letter from the Massachusetts Board of Bar Overseers advising the firm that its ethical obligations included the duty to protect the confidentiality of the files and even general information about the type of materials within those files.

Toronto, Ontario, Canada About Blog We assist Canadian charities, their staff and boards of directors, to understand their legal and ethical obligations when operating a Canadian registered charity and provide insights and information to non-Canadian charities interested in operating or fundraising in Canada.

No kidding about all those moral, ethical and fiduciary obligations.