Summary: Moral philosophy lies at the heart of today's most heated issues-abortion, human cloning, assisted suicide, financial conflicts of interest, and environmental stewardship. In this program, Harvard University's Frances Kamm; Rutgers University's Larry Temkin; and Richard Sorabji, honorary fellow at Wolfson College, the University of Oxford, describe the three major categories of ethics:...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2005

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Summary: Many businesses abide by a code of conduct, either company-specific or industry-wide. This timely program distinguishes between ethical behavior and social responsibility by spotlighting two well-known Australian businesses that exhibit both qualities: Bendigo Bank and its Community Bank initiative, a cooperatively spirited venture that teaches solid commercial principles to franchisees, and...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2005

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Summary: This groundbreaking special presents viewers with profound moral, ethical, and social dilemmas to spark conversation about the tough decisions each of us face in this modern world. The show fuses dramatic storytelling, web interactivity, and expert panel discussions to create fun, enlightening debates in which viewers can participate. With daily revelations of fraud in corporate boardrooms,...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2002

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Summary: This NewsHour program scrutinizes the state of business ethics in an America riddled with financial fraud. In segment one, correspondent Paul Solman and Columbia Business School's Barbara Toffler cite Arthur Andersen and Stew Leonard, Sr., as examples of ethics gone awry. Segment two gathers the opinions of veteran business journalists Adam Smith, Carol Loomis, Allan Sloan, Jim Grant, and...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2005

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Summary: In this program, host Ted Holmes profiles organizations, companies, and colleges that are working hard to help preserve the environment, provide equal opportunities for employees, stimulate small businesses, create low-income housing, and promote ethical domestic and overseas investments. Featured guests include representatives of the Interfaith Center on Corporate Responsibility, the Center...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2005

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Summary: In today's high-tech, multimedia business environment, ads must be slick, sensational, and sophisticated if they hope to stand out from the competition. This program examines how truth in advertising has gotten lost in this competitive frenzy, and how consumers can learn to separate fact from fiction in the confusing barrage of hype and half-truths. Two advertising executives discuss how...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2005

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Summary: Most people have an easier time making ethical decisions when they have been given the opportunity to think through various ethical dilemmas and discuss them with their peers. Help your students bring their own values into focus by sharing this collection of scenarios that challenge ethical decision-making. Students become aware of ethical dilemmas they may encounter in the workplace and will...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2005

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Summary: Along with the interventions that can sustain the life of a terminally ill senior citizen or a severely impaired premature baby have come a host of ethics-related dilemmas, and chief among them is when to suspend treatment. In this program, renowned theologian Martin Marty, of The Park Ridge Center; members of Lutheran General and Good Samaritan Hospitals' ethics advisory teams; hospice...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2005

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Summary: The Nuclear Age-sprung upon the world with the atomic bomb-remains a bitter memory. How biotechnology, with its power to change life on Earth at the most fundamental level, will be viewed in the decades to come depends on decisions being made right now. This program confronts viewers with some of the ethical and moral implications of cloning, stem cell research, and animal testing. Commentary...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2009

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Rieder, Travis N.

Summary: "A warm, personal guide to building a strong ethical and moral compass in the midst of today's confusing, scary, global problems. The moral challenges of today are unfamiliar in the history of philosophy. Climate change is the paradigm example of what Travis Rieder calls "The Puzzle" in the way your choices can seem at odds with what the planet urgently needs. How do we decide the right thing...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Dutton 2024

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Summary: Psychological experiments have shown that the natural human desire to conform can lead people to mistrust their own experiences, turn a blind eye to the suffering of others, and even inflict harm on the defenseless. But these findings have come at a price: the potential emotional damage of those being studied. This three-section program grapples with some of the thorny ethical issues arising...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2009

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Summary: Imagine that it’s the week of the football championship game, and a star player may have an undisclosed head injury. Everyone wants him to play. If you were the coach, would you let him? Or picture a talented WNBA hopeful who has torn her ACL—for the third time. Add in bouts of bulimia and her lifelong dream of going pro. As her adviser, what would you do? These are only two of the agonizing...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2005

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Summary: Is today's corporate culture, characterized by exorbitant CEO salaries, downsizing, and benefit reductions, alienating employers from employees? What moral obligations do companies have to the people who work for them, and to the communities they serve? In this program, a group of business experts examine these issues, and discuss how companies can do "the right thing" and still improve their...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2005

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Summary: The globalization of commerce has added new shades of gray to the complex subject of business ethics. In this program, Frank Daly, corporate ethics officer at Northrop Grumman; Thomas White, director of the Center for Ethics and Business at Loyola Marymount University; and David Vogel, of the Haas School of Business, analyze the challenges to making ethical choices in the Information Age....

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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2005

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Dalai Lama XIV

Summary: A follow-up to the best-selling "Ethics for a new millennium" outlines a system of secular ethics that both transcends religion and incorporates religious tolerance for the overall improvement of human life on individual, community and global levels, offering an accompanying guided meditation practice for cultivating key human values.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt 2011

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Summary: On August 9, 2001, President George W. Bush announced his support for federal funding of limited embryonic stem cell research. This NewsHour program offers a revealing snapshot of that historic intersection between science and public policy. It features a panel of ethicists and researchers expressing their views on the President's decisions-including University of Chicago professor Leon Kass,...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2007

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Summary: A respected source of balanced, first-rate journalism, The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer raises urgent and challenging questions whenever it covers the healthcare field. This anthology of NewsHour segments confronts ethical dilemmas and complex issues in medicine today. Through in-depth reporting and interviews with doctors, nurses, patients, and other experts, the anthology examines case studies,...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2007

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Summary: The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer is renowned for its balanced, in-depth reporting. This anthology of NewsHour segments comes to terms with thorny issues of business ethics. Through interviews with key figures and insightful analysis, the anthology blends case studies and background reports to explore the Enron affair, stratospheric executive compensation, Wall Street irregularities, and other...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2006

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Summary: PGD, or pre-implantation genetic diagnosis, allows doctors and parents to screen brand-new embryos for genetic diseases. This program illustrates the PGD process and what it implies-from lifesaving medical solutions to what many see as the Nazi-esque disposal of life. The experiences of couples considering or undergoing PGD are featured-including the story of Leanne and Stephen, who ignited...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2006

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