About this blog

  • Thinking Ethics was a project launched in Geneva to foster the debate about ethics. A few friends, fed up with only reading about abuses in the media, decided to hold a forward-looking seminar on five subjects: ethics and performance, ethics and knowledge, ethics and consciousness, ethics and disobedience and ethics in real time. If moral has to do with right and wrong, then ethics is its application in society. We believe that people need to talk about the subject to determine the level of ethics they want. The book Thinking Ethics, a result of the seminar, is to start the discussion. This blog is a contribution to the conversation.
    :

About

Subscribe to this blog's feed

Authors

  • Andrea Spencer-Cooke
  • Pascal Marmier
  • Kelly Richdale
  • Stephen Whittle
  • Steve Bowbrick
  • Beth Krasna

« How big is your carbon footprint ? | Main | Ethics Games »

February 06, 2007

Nitpicking

Very amusing and relevant article in Ethics Newsline from Globalethics.org about how far the new lobbying regulations are taking us - OK to offer someone from the government an hors d'oeuvre as long as he does not sit down (meals are banned), toothpicks are OK, but no knives and forks.... Regulation gone bezerk ? or just the interpretation of the new laws ? But the article makes a very good point - rules keep people within the limits - they do not correct the underlying culture. What we need is more weaving of ethics in the school material. Maybe all this "politically correct" attitude stops us from taking a clear stand. Kids (and adults, and unfortunately if you read the polls lots of politicians) need to be sensitized to the issues so that it flows naturally into their decision process. We need to rally around the concept of The Common Good.

Posted by on February 06, 2007 at 08:08 AM in Government |

Tags: ethics regulations

Comments

acekard

I am so grateful for your post.Thanks Again.

Posted by: acekard | March 31, 2013 at 06:59 AM

seo tools

Thinking Ethics: Nitpicking seo tools http://scrapebox.over-blog.com/

Posted by: seo tools | May 07, 2013 at 02:35 PM

celine bags

Thinking Ethics: Nitpicking celine bags http://gbester.me.cc/

Posted by: celine bags | May 08, 2013 at 09:17 AM

longchamp bag

omg I never checked, thank you for telling me! I will get it up asap

Posted by: longchamp bag | May 08, 2013 at 05:39 PM

wow gold

Thinking Ethics: Nitpicking wow gold http://www.wgtwowgold.com/

Posted by: wow gold | May 09, 2013 at 04:26 AM

nike lebron 10

Thinking Ethics: Nitpicking nike lebron 10 http://nikelebron33.com/

Posted by: nike lebron 10 | May 09, 2013 at 04:26 AM

nike tn requin

By no means scowl, whether that you're downcast, do it yourself not know who's going to be drifting down crazy about an individual's have fun. nike tn requin http://Niketnpascher012.fr/

Posted by: nike tn requin | May 09, 2013 at 04:28 AM

air max pas cher

Cherish may possibly be the primary happy along with ample answer to the problem from mankinds daily existence. air max pas cher http://Niketnpascher004.fr/

Posted by: air max pas cher | May 09, 2013 at 04:29 AM

nike air max

Absolutely adore would be the current dilemma on the everyday living therefore the growth of that which most of us really like. nike air max http://Niketnpascher005.fr/

Posted by: nike air max | May 09, 2013 at 04:36 AM

The comments to this entry are closed.