Horne's pledge to donors raises concerns Oct 9, 2009
"You don't leave dinners with the promise that you are going to get quarterly access," said Judy Nadler, who is a senior fellow at Santa Clara University's Markkula Center for Applied Ethics. "With (a dinner), there is not a promise to continue the relationship beyond that event.". (AZCentral -- News)
Bank of America CEO to step down Oct 1, 2009
Kirk Hanson, executive director of the Markkula Center for Applied Ethics at Santa Clara University, said Lewis had to go. "He is a symbol of the insensitivity of the banking industry, and there are many questions still open about his specific behavior," Hanson said. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Business)
Nurses fight mandatory flu vaccinations Sep 24, 2009
Dr. Keiji Fukuda, the World Health Organization s flu chief, has stated that safety should not be compromised for economy s sake in regard to flu vaccines, while Arthur Schafer, director of the University of Manitoba s Centre for Professional and Applied Ethics, has said that the public should be made aware of questions of a vaccine s safety and effectiveness. According to a report given to President Barack Obama in August by the President s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology,... (Hudson Register Star, NY)
Grow your own sperm - a little lab will do you Jul 9, 2009
Stephan Millett, the director of Curtin University's Centre for Applied Ethics and and Philosophy, said the research also raised many scientific, ethical and legal issues, and required considered debate. Creating sperm for study could benefit infertile couples, but also released the "genie from the bottle" of producing children in new ways. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Australia)
ENCYCLICAL: Pope calls for 'God-centered' global economy Jul 8, 2009
Kirk Hanson, executive director of the Markkula Center for Applied Ethics at Santa Clara (Calif. University, praised Benedict for including an emphasis on "life ethics" as "essential" to a healthy social and economic order. (USA Today)
Steve Jobs's Return to Apple Greeted With Little Excitement by Investors Jun 30, 2009
If Jobs is fully capable of doing his job, the company may feel it doesnt need to disclose specifics about his health, said , executive in residence at the Markkula Center for Applied Ethics at Santa Clara University in California. Need to Know. (Bloomberg)
More pursue careers as spiritual advisers Jun 29, 2009
Late this year, Arizona State University will add a master's program in applied ethics and the professions that will span all four campuses. Pastoral-care ethics and spirituality will be taught at the West campus, while the business, biomedical, environment and emerging technologies ethics programs will debut at the other campuses this fall. (AZCentral -- News)
Injured Saskatchewan architect removed from life support Apr 9, 2009
Every competent adult in Canada has the legal right, and I would say the moral right, to refuse treatment, said Arthur Schafer, director of the Centre for Professional and Applied Ethics at the University of Manitoba. The default position is the patient gets to decide. (Globe and Mail)
Managing For Success Mar 22, 2009
Such evaluation systems often identify as "stars," those same high producers who put the company most at risk, says Kirk O. Hanson, executive director of the Markkula Center for Applied Ethics at Santa Clara University. The "star system" played a huge role in the development of the current financial breakdown, he added. (Investors Business Daily)
Establishing Ethical Standards for ... Feb 20, 2009
Consider "A Framework for Thinking Ethically" as devised by members and contributors to a paper of that title prepared by Santa Clara University s Markkula Center for Applied Ethics in Santa Clara, California ... Whether an organized religion or not, we need to recognize that no institution can address "all the types of problems we face." ("Framework for Ethical Thinking" - Markkula Center for Applied Ethics). (Suite101.com)
Octuplets' doctor has another patient expecting quadruplets Feb 13, 2009
"Historically, we have been very hesitant to regulate anything close to procreation from parents making judgments about how many children they will have and when," said Kirk O. Hanson, ethics professor and executive director of the Markkula Center for Applied Ethics at Santa Clara University. "However, that worked under a natural process of fertilization and incubation. There are serious questions about whether it works in an era of scientifically enhanced procreation.". (Los Angeles Times)
