Children are often taught that "honesty is the best policy" and to "do unto others as you would have them do unto you," while law students are instructed that attorneys should "avoid even the ...

In April, researchers in China reported that they had initiated pregnancies in monkeys through a procedure seemingly much like in vitro fertilization (IVF), in which embryos created in a dish were ...

Embedded ethics in human stem-cell-based embryo model research: An interdisciplinary and international team of ethicists, lawyers, and scientists, including Jesse Veenvliet from the Max Planck ...

Ann Skeet is the Senior Director of Leadership Ethics at the Markkula Center of Applied Ethics. Views are her own. Ethical leadership creates an environment where the goals and values of people ...

It's as proud a day as you're likely to have as a small-business owner: The day that you overhear one of your employees telling a customer, "Around here, we don't believe that the ends justify the ...

There is growing recognition that the analysis of patient data can bring powerful improvements in patient care and the development of new medicines. At the same time, there is acknowledgement that ...

One can scarcely open the newspaper without finding examples of smart, well-educated people who have behaved in ethically challenged ways: for example, Bernard Madoff and the numerous investment ...