Sentences with phrase «case for ethics»

This is the irony of the business case for ethics.

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But it is precisely for this reason that Samoa Air makes for a good case to use in ethics training and education.

Sometimes that takes the form of what is often referred to as «the business case» for ethics (or for CSR, or for sustainability).

But my interest in this case has to do with the ethics of leadership, and I think the events described above provide for a good case - study of such.

Roy D. Simon, a professor emeritus of legal ethics at Hofstra University School of Law, suggested that the practice has helped «level the playing field» by providing resources for people to mount cases against big institutions that would be impossible otherwise.

This won't satisfy the ethics experts whose severe case of Trump derangement syndrome leads them to insist upon divestment, but there are good reasons for Trump not to divest:

All the nonsense about marrying one's pets is an absurd diversionary tactic that I can only assume you engage in because you can not win an honest discussion on the ethics of the issue and / or the scriptural case for your view.

To the contrary, a teleological ethic may imply that at least some cases should not be separately taken, precisely for the reasons on which the criticism depends.

Although I dunk that Gewirth's proposal is subject to the criticism of nonteleological ethics I suggested summarily near the outset, anything approaching a decisive resolution of this issue in favor of teleological ethics will require nothing less than a more or less complete case for a metaphysical proposal.

Still, the case against teleological ethics may here offer this response: Granting the difference between direct and indirect applications, this yields only the familiar distinction between «act - teleology» and «rule - teleology, «3 is problematic for the following reason: Social practices or patterns of social cooperation can not be validated teleologically without a comparative assessment of the good and evil consequences differing possible systems of rules or norms (for instance, differing sets of rights) are likely, if adopted, to produce.

They want to «explore how that affirmation in the case of both celibate and non-celibate relationships might be more fully articulated in our theological ethics and better communicated in our pastoral and missional practice...» (para 63) The Bishops note that this has implications for straight relationships too.

Second, pragmatism, like all interest theories of ethics, has no way of escaping the subjectivism which grounds all value ultimately on subjective feeling, nor is this any less the case because of the objective methods that pragmatism supports for the judgment of whether our actions will in fact produce the values that we think they will.

Where positivist reason dominates the field to the exclusion of all else - and that is broadly the case in our public mindset - then the classical sources of knowledge for ethics and law are excluded.

Under the umbrella of this organization, Christian professors are beginning to develop new courses, new syllabi and new collections of case studies for discussions of ethics.

A strong case has been made for a biocentered ethic based on process theology and process philosophy (Armstrong - Buck).

In the case of Kesub Chandra Sen and P.C.Majumdar, Jesus Christ as the revelation of the Divine Humanity of Sonship was decisive for their faith and ethics and sought to redefine traditional Hinduism both religion and community in the light of Jesus.

For instance, why not send out reprints of a case study that concludes with an agonizing problem in medical ethics about whether to prolong life or let die.

Moreover, it is not the case that these commands were intended to express merely an «interim ethic,» that they were valid only for the time immediately preceding the end of this world.

Disbarred For ethics violations during his handling of the Duke lacrosse rape case, Durham County, N.C., district attorney Mike Nifong.

He's also called for ethics reform in the aftermath of several public corruption cases, including one involving Cuomo's former aide Joe Percoco.

The five - member panel, which met last Wednesday to hear testimony in the case, was tasked with making a final determination after the ethics committee for the Public Employees Federation found evidence of a «major violation» and referred it for a hearing.

On these issues, our Conference has staked out clear positions that, in the case of ethics reform for example, are even stronger than what is included in the Executive's budget proposals and we look forward to advancing these issues at the appropriate time.»

The ethics package that produced the pilot public campaign finance program for the state comptroller race also included the shuttering of Governor Cuomo's Moreland Act Commission, which was in the midst of probing possible corruption cases.

This is the case not least because their views on the ethics of assisted dying for the terminally ill or equal rights for gay people or state - funded religious schools were unrepresentative and often lay far outside the mainstream.

An administration official told the Times Union on Monday that panel appointees of the executive and judicial branch indicated at their meeting last week that they have soured on the idea of a raise for two reasons: because only two lawmakers have formally stated their case to the commission this year, and because ethics reforms approved this year have been lambasted as not properly addressing recent corruption.

In part, the commission's case remains intact due to a change in state law six years ago that allows ethics charges against state employees for up to a year after they leave their government job.

Republicans built in a protection for themselves in the ethics reform law of 2011, giving them three appointments even if they fall into the minority (or, in this case, form a coalition).

Gov. Andrew Cuomo in a statement Monday evening reacting to the guilty verdict in the Sheldon Silver corruption case hinted at yet another ethics legislation push, calling on state lawmakers to «take seriously the need for reform.»

Mike Murphy, a spokesman for the Senate Democrats, hit right back, pointing to the Senate GOP's own issues with ethics in recent years, including the current case against Sen. Tom Libous.

«Albany has been rocked by scandal after scandal, and yet the Senate continues to bury their heads in the sand and refuses to take action,» Senate Democratic Leader Andrea Stewart - Cousins said of the need for stronger ethics law changes in the wake of the latest round of corruption cases in Albany.

The staffer never filed a complaint, which at that time was required for a case to be advanced to the ethics committee.

Then came another juror note, informing Caproni, «One of the Juror's is having difficulty distinguishing whether exchanging NYS funds for something in return is illegal» and asking if an Assembly ethics code «clearly outlines... this is the case.»

He added that the case pointed to the need for tougher ethics provisions, including a requirement for licensed professionals to list their clients on mandatory ethics disclosure forms.

Assemblyman Sheldon Silver — one of the most powerful men in Albany for two decades and a constant in shaping state policy under five governors — was found guilty Monday of selling his office for legal fees, capping a trial that cast new light on the capital's lax ethics laws and handing federal prosecutors a big win in a case that had lacked a smoking gun.

A case involving a member of the Woodstock Town Board has drawn attention to the local ethics law, which seeks to establish standards of conduct for town officers, employees, and consultants, and to procedures followed by the volunteer board that administers and enforces the statute.

Kearns said the Buffalo Billion case emphasizes the need for a new approach in the capitol, and he believes that the Assembly will make ethics reform a primary issue when they head back to Albany.

There's an equally legitimate reason as well for a 2008 state ethics ruling that bans public officials from taking, or even just looking for, free tickets to sporting events in most cases.

The ethics board has the authority to issue penalties of up to $ 10,000, or refer a case for criminal prosecution.

Area Assemblyman Cliff Crouch said that this was another case that points up the need for ethics reforms for state elected officials:

That being the case, what Collins did «does not run afoul of the rules,» said Michael Beckel, research manager for Issue One, a Washington nonprofit dedicated to government ethics.

When interviewed, the authors make a strong case for increasing funding opportunities and enhancing a greater conservation ethic throughout world communities.

Sam Harris, known for his excellent The End of Faith, here helps us to understand why morals and ethics not only fall in the realm of science, but how knowing this to be the case, we can let go of unnecessary religious thinking that only serves to hold us back.

No previous knowledge of ethics or morality are necessary and the lesson is based around plenty of case studies for students to get their teeth stuck into.

The research for this book involved extensive survey of free speech literature, theories in media ethics and in social responsibility; extensive survey of problematic, violent speech on the Internet; analysis of relevant literature, government position papers, state laws and court cases, and review of law - enforcement measures that have been taken to combat various forms of violent speech.

Dozens more school employees have faced ethics sanctions in a case that has rocked the city of Atlanta for the past few years.

Or maybe they're not planning anything for a year; in that case, ask for a referral to another breeder that shares those same priorities and has a similar (or just as good) personality and support ethic.

In making the case for the PX, Parks Conservancy President and CEO Greg Moore emphasized that the PX proposal is true and authentic to the spirit and history of the Presidio, and the one most closely aligned with the national park ethic of public ownership and engagement.

In any case, it's never too early for developers to start considering the ethics of their game designs.

«The lawyer's overriding obligation is to say and do nothing to harm the client's interests, defined broadly to include the client's case outcome, the client's reputation - based concerns, and the client's desire for privacy,» says ethics expert Lara Bazelon, who teaches at the University of San Francisco School of Law.

Consider these added details from Mike Frisch at the Legal Profession Blog, who (politely) calls this case «a very useful teaching example for inquiry into the ethics of charging and collecting fees for legal services:»