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Announcements: TAMUCC Only--Grade Problems

posted by Don Berkich on Saturday December 22, @07:36AM
from the snafu dept.

Announcement There has been a problem with grade recording for TAMUCC's Professional Ethics, PHIL 3340.013 section. At least two grades we know of are incorrectly reporting: A "B" is turning up as an "F", and another "B" is now an "I".

It's not clear whether this is a problem with the new Banner system or simply an entry error. In any case, you shouldn't trust your reported grade until you've contacted me directly (email berkich@slash.tamucc.edu).

Steps are being taken to clean up the mess, but as it appears to affect many more than just our section, it may take some time to sort out.

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The Non-edible Laptop Computer

posted by Don Berkich on Monday December 10, @11:40AM
from the questions-of-priority dept.

Computer Ethics PC Magazine's John C. Dvorak argues that the One Laptop Per Child initiative is wrongheaded, if well-intentioned.

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Naked Twister Ban

posted by Don Berkich on Monday December 10, @11:13AM
from the autonomy dept.

Legal Ethics CNN is carrying an AP report about, well, just read the report.

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Cases: Disappearing Art

posted by Don Berkich on Wednesday December 05, @04:27AM
from the commonwealth-vs-private-wealth dept.

Social Ethics The Case below from the 2007 National Ethics Bowl invites us to consider moral conflicts between private ownership and public duty--here, with respect to the ownership of works of art.

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Cases: The Burden of Proof

posted by Don Berkich on Wednesday December 05, @04:20AM
from the mutant-wheat dept.

International Ethics The Case below from the Fall, 2005 Regional Ethics Bowl--at which TAMUCC took both First and Second place--contrasts U.S. and E.U. practice on consumer protection in light of Genetically Modified crops.

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Controlling Health Care Costs

posted by Don Berkich on Saturday December 01, @04:11AM
from the shoe-event-horizon dept.

Bioethics The NY Times has an editorial, below, that lays out the problem of escalating health care costs in the U.S. and examines possible solutions.

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It's Good to be the King

posted by Don Berkich on Saturday December 01, @03:58AM
from the but-not-the-migrant-farm-worker dept.

Business Ethics The author of "Fast Food Nation", Eric Schlosser, has a NY Times OpEd piece, below, describing Burger King's efforts to block an increase in migrant farm workers' wages. From the article,

    Telling Burger King to pay an extra penny for tomatoes and provide a decent wage to migrant workers would hardly bankrupt the company. Indeed, it would cost Burger King only $250,000 a year. At Goldman Sachs, that sort of money shouldn’t be too hard to find. In 2006, the bonuses of the top 12 Goldman Sachs executives exceeded $200 million — more than twice as much money as all of the roughly 10,000 tomato pickers in southern Florida earned that year. Now Mr. Blankfein should find a way to share some of his company’s good fortune with the workers at the bottom of the food chain.

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Cases: Capital Crimes

posted by Don Berkich on Sunday October 28, @07:37AM
from the reciprocity dept.

Legal Ethics Whether applauded or condemned, capital punishment poses a difficult moral challenge for anyone with even the slightest morally reflective nature. The case below from the Spring, 2004 National Ethics Bowl raises precisely that challenge.

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Cases: Three Strikes Laws

posted by Don Berkich on Sunday October 28, @07:33AM
from the debts-to-society dept.

Legal Ethics The case below from the Spring, 2003 National Ethics Bowl raises important moral questions about the fairness of some legal punishments.

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Cases: Legal Responsibility

posted by Don Berkich on Sunday October 28, @07:28AM
from the presuppositions-of-accountability dept.

Legal Ethics The case below from the Spring, 2003 National Ethics Bowl raises difficult and troubling questions about when one person can be held legally responsible for another person's actions.

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  • Re:Franken Food (4 points) by Twin on Friday December 14, @06:25PM attached to The Burden of Proof
  • Reprecussions of Athletic Screening (4 points) by Twin on Friday December 14, @04:45PM attached to Genetic Testing for Athleticism
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