Tag Archives: ethics

Friday Link Roundup: War and Peace

Yesterday, I highlighted Antiwar.com as our Site of the Week. Today’s link roundup then will focus on some recent news and commentary that relate to the themes highlghted by the Antiwar.com site. I’ve collected up some links about the Iraq inquiry, China’s detention facilities, CIA secret prisons and some other pieces of interest.Continue Reading

Site of the Week: Antiwar.com

This week, I want to bring your attention to a news aggregation site: Antiwar.com. The focus of the site is pretty self-explanatory, it brings together news articles from all over the globe that focus on the many different wars and conflicts that are being fought at the moment.Continue Reading

Report: Nanoparticles found in most cosmetic brands

Friends of the Earth in Australia have claimed that the majority of major cosmetic brands in the country are using nanoparticles in their products without adequate labeling or testing.Continue Reading

Climate Research Unit hacked, leaked data brings out questions

One of Britain’s leading climate change research organisations, Climate Research Unit, has recently been hacked and had much of its private data and email conversations leaked onto the internet. What is perhaps most interesting about the data that has been leaked, is that in some cases it shows a very real and conscious effort to distort scientific findings in order to fit predetermined opinions.Continue Reading

Ethics Newsline posts a Blogger’s Code of Ethics

Ethics Newsline, which is a part of the two decade old Institute for Global Ethics, has recently thrown their hat into the ethical blogging ring with a post by Rushworth Kidder. This post attempts to formulate a universal code of blogging ethics.Continue Reading

Site of the Week: Southern Poverty Law Center

For the very first of these ‘Site of the Week’ posts, I want to point you towards an organisation that I have the utmost respect for and have been visiting their site for a number of years now: The Southern Poverty Law Center.Continue Reading