Sentences with phrase «ethics policy as»

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The Ethics Resource Center is an Arlington, Virginia - based non-profit that provides among other things, updates on federal policy connected to business ethics, surveys on topics such as how the recession is impacting ethics, and links to other resources around the web.

Barack Obama's Nobel Peace Prize acceptance speech can be read as a concise restatement of Reinhold Niebuhr's political ethics as a guide to U.S. foreign policy for the twenty - first century.

Though seminary faculties like to affirm, in principle, a relationship between Christian theology and the life of the church, academic theology tends to view the ministering congregation as an addendum to the really interesting issues of ethics, philosophical and political theology, or social policy.

For one, there are excellent works at the interface of environmental ethics and public policy, such as K. S. Schrader - Frechette's Nuclear Power and Public Policy (Boston: D. Reidel, 1980), and her Environmental Ethics (Pacific Grove, CA: Boxwood Press, policy, such as K. S. Schrader - Frechette's Nuclear Power and Public Policy (Boston: D. Reidel, 1980), and her Environmental Ethics (Pacific Grove, CA: Boxwood Press, Policy (Boston: D. Reidel, 1980), and her Environmental Ethics (Pacific Grove, CA: Boxwood Press, 1981).

They may frequently engage moral questions in institutional contexts where the theological warrants for a specific ethical issue may not be honored — as when they advise on matters of medical ethics, public policy and ecological practice.

Thus the particular historical exigencies and social possibilities in our own age will necessarily affect the ways in which these values are translated into norms on such issues as women's rights, sexual ethics, social justice, property rights, energy policy or ecological concerns.

There is a need now more than ever to develop a means for doing religious social ethics which emphasizes the goal - orientation aspect of politics as a corrective to stress on the coercive - power factor in determining social policy.

Much as the Study of Theological Education in the United States and Canada, directed by H. Richard Niebuhr in the 1950s, became an influential inquiry into the nature of the church and its ministry, so the Danforth study, ostensibly of campus ministries, became an important resource for exploring the necessary relation of religious faith, social ethics and public - policy formulation.

Although dealing also with questions such as economics and foreign policy, the addresses focus on the «consistent ethic of life» theme that he first set forth in 1983.

Any valid exposition of humanism must begin here, for it is on the foundation of this principle and its corollaries — the humanocentric predicament and individuals as coequal centers of freedom / authority — that humanism establishes its methodological policies and builds its ethics and epistemology.

However, this writer believes that as abortion is a bell - weather issue regarding one's views on the sanctity of life, so trapping helps us refine our positions regarding environmental ethics and policy.

So, as the ethics committee report explains, Nestlé weakened these policies in 2010 prior to being admitted to the index, knowing these would be the benchmark.

As someone working somewhere in the midst of that nexus of «science, values, ethics and politics» you describe (economics, international relations, technology... the climate policy list goes on), I do recognise what you're talking about, but I really don't see that we should very much care.

Cuomo's budget includes unrelated topics like ethics reform, as well as numerous education policy changes that he's linked to school aid increases.

Under state law, a governor can insert policy measures such as new ethics in late budget emergency measures.

In 2007, he ran his campaign largely as a sustained assault on the policies and ethics of the Sottile administration.

Democratic Gov. Andrew Cuomo has promised to seek an expansive ethics reform bill in this legislative session as one of his top policy goals.

David Grandeau, an Albany - area consultant who spent years as the state's top lobbying regulator, is advising the authority on «updating and amending» its code of ethics and financial - disclosure policies, according to Steve Coleman, a Port Authority spokesman.

On ethics reform — a policy area that has proven to be thorny for Cuomo — the governor repurposed several items that were first floated by his office at the end of November as possible elements for a special legislative session that was contemplated but ultimately collapsed after negotiations with leaders of the Senate and Assembly.

Though the ethics changes passed in the budget were blasted as half - loaf policies, he showed he had the muscle to get legislators to sign off on the reforms he said he wanted.

Jesse has for two years ranged from daily coverage of politics in the Capitol to the occasional prison break in the North County and back again, covering and collaborating on the six day fall of Sheldon Silver and even swifter fall of Dean G. Skelos, as well as deeper looks at Cuomo's economic policies (casinos and other snazzy schemes) and his sometimes slapdash approach to ethics.

Heastie's spokesman claimed Feldman's role was as an ethics trainer and a «resources,» not a policy maker.

Dr. Teich is responsible for the Association's activities in science and technology policy (including the AAAS R&D Budget and Policy Program, the Congressional Science and Engineering Fellows Program, and a new Research Competitiveness Program) as well as programs in science and ethics, law, religion, and human rights, a Program of Dialogue between Science and Religion, and a Center for Science, Technology, and Conpolicy (including the AAAS R&D Budget and Policy Program, the Congressional Science and Engineering Fellows Program, and a new Research Competitiveness Program) as well as programs in science and ethics, law, religion, and human rights, a Program of Dialogue between Science and Religion, and a Center for Science, Technology, and ConPolicy Program, the Congressional Science and Engineering Fellows Program, and a new Research Competitiveness Program) as well as programs in science and ethics, law, religion, and human rights, a Program of Dialogue between Science and Religion, and a Center for Science, Technology, and Congress.

As part of the collaboration, the two groups pledge to look for ways to participate in and contribute to each other programs and expand activities to promote policy issues related to scientific «ethics, education, the perception of science and evidence - based decision - making and investment in science,» Vernon said.

Dr. Teich is responsible for the Association's activities in science and technologypolicy (including the AAAS R&D Budget and Policy Program, the Congressional Science and Engineering Fellows Program, and a new Research Competitiveness Program) as well as programs in science ethics and law, human rights, a Program of Dialogue between Science and Religion, and a Center for Science, Technology, and Congress.

Cox raises key questions related to information ethics and policies as well as societal priorities, including: intellectual freedom and censorship; protection and use of intellectual property; truth and recordkeeping; and government control of records and information.

Attending national meetings, including the annual American Association for the Advancement of Science meeting and a variety of ethics meetings, got me out of my somewhat constrained lab - centered world, exposed me to larger policy issues, and allowed me to meet a variety of individuals who later served as mentors.

In late September the NIH announced — but had not put into effect as of press time — a one - year moratorium on all paid industry consulting while the agency reviews its internal ethics policies.

She recently appeared as an expert on a local news station discussing the ethics of cloning and joined the advisory committee of a nonpartisan Washington, D.C., think tank, the Center for Policy on Emerging Technologies.

Nick Steneck, director of research ethics and integrity at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, says authorities worldwide should adopt a uniform misconduct policy that provides clear guidance not only on data falsification and fabrication but also on lesser ethical breaches — such as self - plagiarism.

Smith's letter announcing his decision notes that he has «been able to shape policy involving ethics, immigration, crime, intellectual property, space, energy, the environment, the budget, and high tech» as chairman of the ethics, judiciary, and science committees.»

The PhD program focuses on bioethics as it relates to questions in public health and health policy (rather than, for example, medical ethics).

In this role, he has management responsibility for the secretariat to the NRC Council and senior executive as well as for ethics policies and administrative support involving human subjects research, animal care, conflict of interest, and disclosures of wrongdoing as well as research integrity.

«Alyssa Chan exemplifies well the qualities that distinguish students and graduates of the International Education Policy Program: a strong commitment to expanding educational opportunity for the most disadvantaged children around the world, an extraordinary ethic of hard work and rigorous pursuit of academic excellence, and an understanding of leadership as service to others,» says Professor Fernando Reimers, director of IEP.

The procedure for employment must include, but is not limited to, the filing of a complete set of fingerprints as required in s. 1012.32; documentation of a minimum education level of a high school diploma or equivalent; and completion of an initial orientation and training program in district policies and procedures addressing school safety and security procedures, educational liability laws, professional responsibilities, and ethics.

Approval from the ethics committee of the Royal Veterinary College was not sought as it is the policy of the ethics committee not to subject retrospective studies of images stored in the archive to ethical review.

This page outlines the editorial and ethics policies that guide the professional conduct of all SEGA Nerds» staff members and our coverage of SEGA and the video game industry as a whole.

A native Houstonian active on the boards of the Contemporary Arts Museum Houston, Houston Arts Alliance, and other cultural institutions, Guess has spent the last three years as CEO of the Houston Museum of African American Culture, professionalizing its fundraising procedures and ethics and collecting policies while moving into a Museum District building and bringing a contemporary, multicultural emphasis to its programming.

* The role of the US in global efforts to address pollutants that are broadly dispersed across national borders, such as greenhouse gasses, persistent organic pollutants, ozone, etc...; * How they view a president's ability to influence national science policy in a way that will persist beyond their term (s), as would be necessary for example to address global climate change or enhancement of science education nationwide; * Their perspective on the relative roles that scientific knowledge, ethics, economics, and faith should play in resolving debates over embryonic stem cell research, evolution education, human population growth, etc... * What specific steps they would take to prevent the introduction of political or economic bias in the dissemination and use of scientific knowledge; * (and many more...)

I actually got started in the broader field of sustainability ethics and worked at the United Nations under the Clinton administration as the program manager for United Nations organizations at the Environmental Protection Agency Office of International Policy on all the Rio Earth Summit issues, namely Agenda 21, the Biodiversity Convention, the UNFCCC, the Forests agreements, and Toxic Substances.

There is a huge need to do «applied» climate change ethics as most ethical analysis in the academy on environmental issues has not engaged policy - makers or the general public.

Framing questions of economics, ethics and other aspects of policy as «science issues» does no favor for either science or politics.

Modern conservatism is often described as a three legged stool — economics (free market capitalism), social (the Judeo - Christian ethic), and foreign policy (strong national defense).

A new website should be of great value to policy - makers to view and understand the relationship between their national emissions reduction strategies and the global climate change problem, issues that must be considered in setting national ghg targets as a matter of ethics.

Because climate change is a profound problem of ethics, morality and justice those causing the problem may not use self - interest alone as justification for their policy responses to human - induced warming, they must respond in ways consistent with their responsibilities and duties to others.

He has testified as an expert witness on the theology, ethics, science, and economics of climate change policy before the U.S. Senate Environment and Public Works Committee and the Energy and Environment Subcommittee of the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Energy and Commerce; briefed the White House Council on Environmental Policy; delivered a paper at a conference at the Vatican sponsored by the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace; and spoken at the 2008, 2009, and 2010 International Conferences on Climate Change and at colleges, churches, and other vpolicy before the U.S. Senate Environment and Public Works Committee and the Energy and Environment Subcommittee of the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Energy and Commerce; briefed the White House Council on Environmental Policy; delivered a paper at a conference at the Vatican sponsored by the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace; and spoken at the 2008, 2009, and 2010 International Conferences on Climate Change and at colleges, churches, and other vPolicy; delivered a paper at a conference at the Vatican sponsored by the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace; and spoken at the 2008, 2009, and 2010 International Conferences on Climate Change and at colleges, churches, and other venues.

As a preliminary matter, one of the challenges that IPCC faces in its mandate on of ethics and justice issues relevant to climate change policy - making is that it is not IPCC's role to be prescriptive in deciding what governments should do.

Although ordinary individuals may have no duty to go beyond their own personal opinion about the science of climate change, government officials who have the power to enact policies that could present catastrophic harm to millions of people around the world may not as a matter of ethics justify their refusal to support policies to reduce the threat of climate change on the basis of their uninformed opinions on climate science.

And so as a matter of ethics a strong case can be made that the United States needs immediately to adopt policies designed to aggressively increase levels of non-fossil energy.

The research project has been motivated by the fact that climate change is a threat that screams for attention to be understood essentially as a problem of ethics and justice, an understanding which has profound significance for national climate change policy development but a fact which our research has concluded is largely being ignored by most nations.