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“Boycotts Minus the Pain” 
The New York Times
October 10, 2009
“Leah Potkin: Skewing the curve with Adderall”
The Michigan Daily
October 8, 2009
“Michigan Law Unveils New Pro Bono Pledge”
Michigan Law News & Information
October 1, 2009
“Michael Sandel Wants to Talk to You About Justice”
The Chronicle of Higher Education
September 28, 2009
The (un)Happy Planet Index 2.0
The new economics foundation (a British think tank) has issued its second report on an index that ranks nations on the basis of the Happy Planet Index, which is calculated as:
HPI ≈ (Life expectancy x Life satisfaction) / Ecological footprint
It’s an interesting idea. Is it convincing? Consider the results: the nations at the top of the list are from Central America and the Caribbean (plus Colombia); those at the bottom are the US, most of sub-Saharan Africa, Iraq, Cambodia, Macedonia, the United Arab Emirates, and Haiti.
“Ethics in the Nonprofit Sector”
A podcast featuring Professor Deborah Rhode, Stanford University Law School on the ethical challenges faced by nonprofit executives (from the Center for Social Innovation).
The continuing debate about authors of the “torture memos” and academic appointments:
“Torture and Academic Freedom,” (Room for Debate) New York Times, August 20, 2009
Medical Ghostwriting
A number of observers have been deeply critical of this practice, in which corporations draft potential articles for scientific journals (often with a tilt favoring the company’s products) and then circulate them to faculty to see if they would be willing to sign on as an author.
- Natasha Singer, “Medical Papers by Ghostwriters Pushed Therapy,” New York Times, August 4, 2009
- Chris MacDonald, “Ghost-Writing and the Corruption of Research,” Research Ethics Blog, August 5, 2009
- Natasha Singer, “Senator Moves to Block Medical Ghostwriting,” New York Times, August 18, 2009
Virtual Mentor: The American Medical Association Journal of Ethics
The July issue was edited by Tanyaporn Wansom, who recently graduated from Michigan with an MD and an MPP.
“Make Ethics an Entry Requirement for Business School? No.”
Business Ethics Blog
April 16, 2009
“Hard Times: What Happens to Students’ Values When the Economy Tanks?”
Michigan Today
April 14, 2009
“Promoting Students’ Moral Development Is Devilishly Tricky, Studies Suggest”
The Chronicle of Higher Education
April 14, 2009
“Counselor’s Discriminatory Views Compromised Job Standards”
The Michigan Daily
April 13, 2009
“Ethics and Pirates”
Ethics Newsline
April 13, 2009
“Getting the Wrong Idea”
The Michigan Daily
April 12, 2009
“Conscience vs. Conscience”
Think Again Blog, New York Times
April 12, 2009
“Public Health Workers Lack Guidance For Solving Ethical Dilemmas”
The University Record
April 6, 2009
“The End of Philosophy”
The New York Times
April 6, 2009
“Professional Medical Associations and Their Relationships With Industry”
The Journal of the American Medical Association
April 1, 2009
"Ghost Writers in the Sky"
The Oncologist
February 23, 2009
"White House Ethics? ‘Mr. No’ Knows"
The Washington Post
March 13, 2009
"Coercion in Research"
Social Science Research
News March 27, 2009
"Outsourcing Clinical Trial (Criticized)"
The Research Ethics Blog
February 22, 2009
"Ethics of Outsourcing (Including Especially Clinical Research)"
The Business Ethics Blog
February 22, 2009
"Anthropologists Toughen Ethics Code"
Inside Higher Ed
February 19, 2009
“February 2009 - UM Center for Ethics is Local Resource of the Month”
a2ethics.org
February 2009
“Fallen Soldiers, Coming Home in Public”
The New York Times
February 14, 2009
“Thou Good and Faithful Servant”
The Hastings Center Report
January 2009
“The End of Solitude”
The Chronicle Review
January 30, 2009
“Most People Support Alzheimer’s Research Based on Family Consent”
UMHS Newsroom
January 14, 2009
“Early Test of Obama View on Power Over Detainees”
New York Times
January 3, 2009
“The Ethics of American Youth—2008 Summary”
Josephson Institute Center for Youth Ethics
2008
“Colleges Profit as Banks Market Credit Cards to Students”
New York Times
December 31, 2008
“Apology, Forgiveness, and Moral Repair”
Carnegie Council
Ethics & International Affairs, Volume 22.4 (Winter 2008)
December 30, 2008
“No Mug? Drug Makers Cut Out Goodies for Doctors”
New York Times
December 30, 2008
“When Medicine Meets Marketing”
Newsweek
December 22, 2008
“When Corruption Becomes ‘Business as Usual’”
Business Ethics Blog
December 21, 2008
“Price Gouging on Infant Heart Drugs”
Business Ethics Blog
December 16, 2008
“Health as a Human Right: Rights, Roles, and Responsibilities”
Carnegie Council
December 2, 2008
“Expert Panel Seeks Changes in Training of Medical Residents”
New York Times
December 2, 2008
“British Balance Benefit vs. Cost of Latest Drugs”
New York Times
December 2, 2008
“Cleveland Clinic Discloses Doctors’ Industry Ties”
New York Times
December 2, 2008
“Arrogant, Abusive and Disruptive—and a Doctor”
New York Times
December 1, 2008
“The Six Habits of Highly Respectful Physicians”
New York Times
December 1, 2008
“Expert or Shill?”
New York Times
November 29, 2008
“Truth or Consequences? Why can’t we hold torturers accountable and still find out the truth?”
Slate
November 26, 2008
“A Soldier, Taking Orders From Its Ethical Judgment Center”
New York Times
November 24, 2008
“Research Center Tied to Drug Company”
New York Times
November 24, 2008
Ethics in Anthropology
Inside Higher Ed
AAA News
November 24, 2008
“Decades Later, A Degree” (A posthumous degree for Milo Radulovich)
Michigan Daily
November 23, 2008
Stanley Fish on Academic Freedom
New York Times
November 23, 2008
“Corporate Funding of Health Research: Conflict of Interest for Professors”
Business Ethics Blog
November 18, 2008
The Neuroethics Society just had its inaugural annual meeting.
November 14, 2008
Transition Team Chock Full of Bundlers
Washington Post
November 13, 2008
Obama Transition Team Adopts Ethics Rules
New York Times
November 12, 2008
Stanley Fish on “Psychology and Torture”
New York Times
November 9, 2008
“The Morality of Immigration”
Carnegie Council
October 8, 2008
“Undead Babies: The retreating boundaries of organ harvesting”
Slate
October 3, 2008
“Business Ethics: Setting Constraints and Priorities”
Carnegie Council
September 29, 2008
“Does the free market corrode moral character?”
A Templeton Foundation Conversation
September 26, 2008
“Striking First: Preemption and Prevention in International Conflict”
Carnegie Council
September 23, 2008
“Terror and Consent: The Wars for The 21st Century”
Carnegie Council
September 17, 2008
“Public Ethics Radio: Jessica Wolfendale on Torture Lite”
Carnegie Council
September 15, 2008
The Disadvantages of an Elite Education
The American Scholar
Summer, 2008
The Boundaries of Organ Donation after Circulatory Death
The New England Journal of Medicine
August 14, 2008
The Ethics of Geoengineering
New York Times
August 12, 2008
Ethics of Studies in Poor Countries Lead to Call for New Regulations
New York Times
August 5, 2008
The Science of Satire
The Chronicle Review
August 1, 2008
Apology Shines Light on Racial Schism in Medicine
New York Times
July 29, 2008
Wallenberg Medal and Lecture
University Record
July 17, 2008
It's Not the Answers That Are Biased, It's the Questions
Washington Post
July 15, 2008
What’s Next in the Law? The Unalienable Rights of Chimps
New York Times
July 14, 2008
Human Rights Made Whole
Policy Innovations
July 8, 2008
Happiness is rising around the world: U-M study
U-M News Service
June 30, 2008
New U-M project probes Americans' values
U-M News Service
June 27, 2008
A Life Worth Living
Ethics and Public Policy Center
June 27, 2008
New U-M Office of Human Research Compliance Review Survey: “Survey of Investigator’s Experiences in Human Research”
Survey Research Center
June 27, 2008
Torture, Rights, and Values: Why the Prohibition of Torture is Absolute
Carnegie Council
June 26, 2008
A Warning About Ligigant-Funded Research in Supreme Court Cases
Election Law Blog
June 25, 2008
“Architecture: I’m the Designer. My Client’s the Autocrat.”
The New York Times
June 22, 2008
Science as Civic Education
The Bioethics Forum
June 20, 2008
“Statement of Apology: Canada’s Expression of Sorrow”
Globe and Mail
June 12, 2008
“Finished With Your Exam? Good. Now Share It.”
Article in Inside Higher Ed
June 10, 2008
NY Times Opinion: Politics and the Classroom: One More Try
The New York Times
June 8, 2008
American Medical Student Association PharmFree 2008 Scorecard Released
American Student Medical Association
June 3, 2008
NY Times Opinion: Norms and Deviations: Who’s to Say?
The New York Times
June 1, 2008
The Ethics of Fleeing: What America Still Owes Iraq
World Affairs Journal
Spring, 2008
Cyberethics: The Emerging Code of Online Conduct
Carnegie Council
April 3, 2008
“New Ethics Center Selects Chamberlin as Director”
University Record
March 24, 2008
“Ethics and the Legal Profession”
Carnegie Council
November 14, 2007