and it raises some ethical questions.hat should parents know, and what knowledge might cause more pain than gain. >> now we're looking across the entire genome. and we have this enormous challenge, how much of it should we report back. what should we tell people. how are they going to use the information. >> the problem we're having now is there are no guidelines to say what should be reported back. who should be tested, who shouldn't be tested. >> who should be told. >> who should be told about this information, exactly. we're very good at diagnosing and not so great at treating genetic disorders or preventing things from happening later in life. but i think knowledge is powerful and having information can in the short-term affect parental decisions, reproductive decisions, it can affect lifestyle choices later on. >> there's already been examples of people who have been tested, seen a predisposition to diabetes and starts to immediately get screened for it. and find that you know, find out that they have diabetes much e

do they deserve a reputation as app example of ethical chic? parole -- probably not, but they succeeded in winning customer loyalty of those who believe they are. in fact, none of the six companies this book covers are completely succeeding in being ethically chic, but somehow they succeeded in obtaining the image we consumers believe they are. read this fascinating book for the real story behind all six companies, a book i look forward to adding to my high school library collection, and i think it's a great addition to a public library as well. the next book is called "perfect fit," and this beautiful, scholarly, well-researched book is a history of the fashion industry as well as a jewish history. it is the time step in exhibition project that began in 1996, and it is a result of the research for that exhibition. it represents the work of a group of researchers who criss cross the country locating, investigating, and examining collections in universities, corporate archives, industry work rooms, synagogues, museums, libraries, jewish communal

it's just ahead on "global ethics forum." - today's guest has spent his career examining the ethics underlying tomorrow's scientific breakthroughs. as one of the nation's most prominent bioethicists, paul root wolpe encourages scientists to reconsider not only what they can do, but what they should do. dr. wolpe is the asa griggs candler professor of bioethics and the director of the center for ethics at emory university.

the second ethical point is i hope most of you agree with this. i do not believe that anybody should be punished simply for what we put into our own bodies absent harm to others. nobody deserves to be punished for what we put in our bodies absent harm to others. hurt somebody, yes and not tell me your addiction was the excuse. we need to be regarded as sovereign over our minds and bodies. the criminal law should not be treating anyone as a criminal for what we put in here. when one is trying to pursue a particular public health or public safety objective, reducing the harm of drugs or whatever it might be. and when you have powerful evidence that a non-course of system can accomplish that public safety health objective as well or better than a course of system, when the portugal- like object of can accomplish that for better or lower cost, it is a matter of good public policy and a matter of ethics and morality. those three key moral points are fundamental in the state in this country. thank you. >> in closing the program, i want to thank all of y

there's been one member who suggested we ought to have some ethics reform.led on him to resign. i think if he's indicted, which it seems like is very probable, i think you're going to start to hear people on all sides say it's time for the governor to resign his position and turn it over to the lieutenant governor. and, you know, from what i've heard, from what i've read in the papers, that could be imminent with what you were talking about with him meeting with the u.s. attorneys just yesterday. we'll see. what disappoints me is that we, you know, this state shouldn't be outsourcing its ethical responsibilities to the federal prosecutors. in our constitution places ethical enforcement with the virginian legislature, which presisted the federal government by ten years. the idea we should hide behind federal prosecutors and leave it to them to figure this out is disappointing to me. i think if he's indicted, i think you'll start to see some action. >> delegate scott surovell represents southern fairfax county in the virginia legislature. thank you for your ti

. >>> major funding for "religion and ethics newsweekly" is provided by the lilly endowment, an indianapolis based private family foundation dedicated to its founders' interest in religion, community development, and education. additional funding also provided by mutual of america, designing customized individual and group retirement products. that's why we're your retirement company. and the corporation for public broadcasting. >> welcome. i'm kim lawton, sitting in for bob abernethy. thank you for joining us. >>> interfaith leaders offered prayers and support as israeli and palestinian negotiators came to washington this week to open the first middle east peace talks in years. state department officials say they will negotiate for at least nine months. there are many tough issues on the table, including jewish settlements, the return of palestinian refugees, and the status of jerusalem. >>> meanwhile, the state department has just launched a project that could help. christian ethicist and wesley theological seminary professor shaun casey is heading a new office that will try to engage reli

there are a number of questions about ethics in the supreme court.our members of congress announced supreme court ethics act of 2014 to force justices to adhere it a code of conduct. something they shockingly don't actually have right now. it was justice clarence thomas's wife, jenny, who started in 2009 before stepping down an scalia who went on the hunting trip with cheney in 2004. but wait, there's more. in 2001 the american enterprise institute gave justice thomas a bust of lincoln worth $15,000. that same institute's project fair challenged federal voting roets, lo and behold thomas was the lone descent on that case. aei denies any involvement in bringing the suit. in 2005 if you watch closely at swearing in of justice roberts, you might notice justice scalia was nowhere to be found. why was he? on a trip to the ritz carlton in colorado expensed by the federalists society. as pair, scalia and thomas attended a 2010 koch fund-raiser months after deciding a case to allow the koch brothers to spend endless money for candidates known as citizens uni

the question is is it ethical? and there's a big difference between the two. >> he's one of california's premiere experts in government ethics. >> we show the travel records to bob stern. >> it always raises questions to me when we have such extensive travel -- i don't think that private groups should be providing travel for public officials. >> that's right, private groups and some non-profits are picking up the tabs for the travel. some might call it a loophole. it's a state law allowing special interest groups, lobbyists and executives special access to power brokers like michael peevevy. it's wherever a commissioner wants to go anywhere in the world. all expenses paid, except for every step of the way, you're with a gaggle of lobbyists lobbying you. >> lor receipt at a lynch served from 2000 to 2002. >> you were offered trips like this? >> absolutely. >> what did you say? >> no. >> why? >> it's improper. it creates at least the appearance of impropriety. and i know what happens at those trips. >> here's a stark

>> for religion and ethics newsweekly, this is bob faw in the south bronx. >>> political philosopher jean bethke elshtain died this week. a professor of ethics at the university of chicago, she was a strong proponent of the "just war" theory and defended u.s. intervention in iraq: in the classic just war teaching, it's protecting the innocent from certain harm. the data on what was going on in iraq was horrid and overwhelming. >> a convert to catholicism, elshtain was 72 and had suffered heart problems. cardinal francis george of chicago called her "a woman of deeply held principles." >>> the actress bette davis once said that "old age ain't no place for sissies." aging may be a universal quality of being human, as the author lewis richmond puts it, but that doesn't mean it's easy. his book, "aging as a spiritual practice," tells how buddhist principles can help with life's transitions. richmond leads meditation workshops on the subject of aging, and we attended one at the shambhala center in new york city. >> buddhist wisdom begins with a very simple principle - everything changes.

we're ethically barred. they are also being assigned more serious cases and they're handling more homicide cases, more serious felony cases which are much more time intensive cases. and, so, you know, these savings will have to wait to determine as to what their cost per case is, what their billings show at the end of the year. ~ will have to weight the programs that we are very well known for championing, the magic programs in the bay view, in the western addition, just to give you highlights of the work we've done, in the past year we distributed over 4,000 back packs and school supplies to kids. this is a community building effort. there is a summer learning program now in the western addition that's drawing more than a thousand kids every week. in the bay view we have a literacy fair which drew over 350 children. and we distributed over 3,000 resource guides. this program is made possible with the support of the department of children, youth, and families. and i want to acknowledge their support as well

. >>> major funding for "religion and ethics newsweekly" is provided by the lilly endowment, an indianapolis based private family foundation dedicated to its founders' interest in religion, community development, and education. additional funding also provided by mutual of america, designing customized individual and group retirement products. that's why we're your retirement company. and the corporation for public broadcasting. >>> welcome. i'm fred de sam lazaro sitting in for bob be aer thety. thank you for joining us. religion groups are among those marking the 50th anniversary of the march on washington with a series of events held throughout the country. at an interfaith service at the mount airy baptist church in washington, a diverse group of clergy said they must continue to fight inequality. >> we will never be satisfied with the injustice of our land. we will never be complacent until all have equal rights. >> through the work of our hands this week and beyond shall we pass that light from hand to hand, from heart to heart until the radiance of the promised land of peace and right

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it is unclear if the ethics committee would be able to move with expulsion. this is a misdemeanor and under their rules a felony is what can force them out of the legislature. >> tom fitzgerald, live in annapolis, thank you. new edge on virginia, at least right now, survey shows 48% of likely voters support democrat terry mccalla. and 47% support ken cuccinelli. turning to the crisis in egypt jipt -- country order release of hosni mubarak. he was held on corruption case and still faces charges for his role in the deaths of protesters under his regime. meanwhile the u.s. is temporarily suspending military aid to egypt. white house is concerned about chemical weapons used against civilians in syrian and plaming assad. the syrian government denied the involvement. this calms at the same time a chemicals team arrived. new detailed emerging the man suspected of firing shots inside a georgia elementary school on tuesday. 20-year-old michael brandon hill brought nearly 500 rounds of ammunition along with ak-47 rifle. cops say hill has a criminal history that include

it's all legal but is it ethical? >> you got a job to do. sir -- >> it's pathetic what you're doing. >> reporter: you might remember michael peavy. >> what is the message you send coming here to napa instead of talking to the senate. he wasn't fond of our questions after we found him at an exclusive napa resort and winery. >> we have a couple of questions. >> reporter: and he wasn't pleased to see us in sacramento. >> will you answer my questions, sir. >> i find you extremely insulting. >> reporter: how he will respond to the questions uncovered in these documents? records filed with the state show since 2007 michael peavy has accepted $165,000 in gifts and free travel. in fact, records obtained by the nbc bay area investigative community have found in the last six years, he has accepted 16 trips, each valued at more than $6,000. >> this time last week i was in china. >> reporter: trips to hong kong and sweden. >> last week i spent a week in germany. >> reporter: germany, spain and israel. >> i get the award in the last year for traveling th

that's just ahead on "global ethics forum." - as one of the world's leading behavioral economists, dan ariely has taken direct aim at conventional economic theory. he argues not only that our decisions are often irrational, but that they are predictably irrational. dan ariely is the james b. duke professor of psychology and behavioral economy at duke university. he has not one but two ph.ds under his belt,

and kirk understands the work ethics that's necessary.d some great things. >> chick: false start by the redskins. move by chris thompson. false start. on number 73. >> joe: it's been a long time since chris thompson has taken big hits. he does have some jets. he can get around the corner. all different kinds of styles in the running gaming. alfred morris has a style. roy helu, jr. has a style. and chris thompson does. >> chick: second and 6. out of the pistol, pat white will work. straight drop. slant. spectacular by ron brooks. almost off to the races. >> joe: he is such a big target. you have such variety. you talk about variety at the running back position. jordan reed gives him that kind of variety at the tight end position. you have to figure out what you're going to do. release it outside. pat white hesitates a second, gets the ball out. almost breaks out. >> chick: i think they're going to see four tightends in this spot. white out of the pistol, the give -- the fake. he faked me out. white tries to get to the line of scrimmage, ge

the other part is ethical. and this is rare really hope that this book is received by our style of a community as scholarship which is that there is a kind of fun fought plane necessarily it seems to me that to be in an academic conversation binds you often to the following relationships to the people you write about. you go out, have this conversation, and have an empirical encounter with people. you come back and continue the conversation. the people in some way become reduced to data. what's produced as those of us to think in those of us to write about and those of us who are thought of and written about. especially when dealing with the kinds of problems of power that come with writing about prisoners, i really wanted to write a book in which my interlocutors with primarily not necessarily bees dollars in the field, although it's the field that makes me the person who i am, but really the man that i met at graterford and to have my perspective pitted against their perspective and to see what happens. >> we

was legal and was ethical and morally two different things.u don't be trained people eat you know it's like the courts that are supposed to defend you betray and you feel you feel betrayed. they're orchestrating the process so that they will eventually win with their win because people are beat down and there they are tired of the fight or they don't even have the money to pay for the lawyers. nestle has unlimited funds you know we don't have the legal funds we don't have the the p.r. machines behind us but if you look at their message in freiburg they're good neighbor policy and you look at their message throughout the country they're all very self-serving they have a project called project wet for water education in the community school systems well all cheek they did a pilot program in freiburg isn't that interesting and then they can say look we did a pilot program for project wet for water education look we're helping the community well you're helping the community conserve water while you're taking one hundred fifty million gallons out o

being true to that event is what makes you an ethical person. this is such an event for me.the time that i spent with these men. it seems to me that they gave me a lot in here i am talking about this book and i owe it to them and i owe it to the south that i became and hope to become two remaining gauge. before the end of my fieldwork people encouraged me to teach at villanova university that has a b.a. program. i taught a number of classes in the years that followed through the villain of a program. is that enough? i don't know. i'm not a perfectionist so i feel if i have got some kind of responsible practice going but that's not the worst thing in the world. right now i'm working on a project as a loss of or an anthropologist. the work is breaking every yoke which is language from isaiah the abolitionist views and we are having a conference in the fall. we are writing it look i think in which we are going to try to make public and marshaled the kinds of religious resources that might prove useful in helping to cultivate a mass movement against mass incarceration akin to th

was legal and what's ethical and moral are two different things.ou don't betray people you know it's like the courts that are supposed to defend you betrayed and you feel you feel betrayed. they're orchestrating the process so that they will eventually went with their wind because people are beat down and they're they're tired of the fight or they don't even have the money to pay for the lawyers. now as lee has unlimited funds you know we don't have the legal funds we don't have the the p.r. machines behind us but if you look at their message in freiburg they're good neighbor policy and you look at their message throughout the country they're all very self-serving they have a project called project wet for water education in the community school systems well all cheek they did a pilot program in freiburg isn't that interesting and then they can say look we did a pilot program for project wet for water education look we're helping the community well you're helping the community conserve water while you're taking one hundred fifty million gallons out

bobby mcferrin about faith and the transcendent power of music. >>> major funding for "religion & ethicsewsweekly" is provided by the lily endowment, an indianapolis-based planet family foundation, dedicated to its founders' interests in religion, community development and education. >>> additional funding also provided by mutual of america, designing customized, individual and group retirement products. that's why we're your retirement company. >>> and the corporation for public broadcasting. >>> welcome. i'm kim lawton sitting in for bob abernathy, thank you for joining us, muslims around the world celebrated the end of ramadan, with eid al-fitr, one of their most important holidays. the festival was observed with special prayers and elaborate feasts to break the month-long daytime fasting. but in some area, the holiday was marred with continued violence and threats of violence. fighting continued in syria, where civilians prayed for an end to the conflict. meanwhile, syrian friends of a prominent italian priest, father paolo delalio confirmed that he been abducted. he went missing as

ethical professionals. you are preparing each other. we all change the world from here. in the year 2029 children who are starting kindergarten this week will be your age now. will they have benefited from integrated quality schools and be ready in the science and technology or other fields of that era? will they be able to interact, appreciate and love and more diverse setting than we've ever seen before? our job today is for the answer and 2029 to be not just, yes we can, but yes, we did. it is now my honor to introduce the mayor of our great city and county of san francisco, and lee. i've known him and admired him since his days as a civil rights attorney at the asian law caucus. mayor lee has worked hard to keep the economy and economic recovery on track. to create jobs for our residents. mayor lee keeps his focus on making san francisco a city that celebrates diversity and leads the way in job creation innovation, education, healthcare, and the environment for future generations. mayor lee began his career in civil rights as a community activist. he later served as

the question is, of course, is it ethical? there's a difference between the two. >> reporter: one of california's premier experts in government ethics. we showed the travel records to bob stern. >> it always raises questions to me when we have such extensive travel. i don't think that private groups should be providing travel for public officials. >> reporter: that's right. private groups and nonprofits are picking up tabs for the travel. some might call it a loophole. it's a state law allowing special interest groups, lobbyists and executives, special access to power brokers like michael peevey. >> it's wherever a commissioner wants to go, anywhere in the world, all expenses paid except for every step of the way you're with a gaggle of lobbyists lobbying you. >> reporter: loretta had peevey's job, served from 2000 to 2002. you were offered trips like this? >> absolutely. >> reporter: what did you say? >> no. >> reporter: why? >> it's improper. it creates at least the appearance of impropriety. i know what happens at those tri

the question is of course is it ethical?difference between the two. >> reporter: he's one of california's premier experts in ethics. we showed the documents to bob stern. >> it raises question when we have expensive travel. i don't think that private groups should be providing travel for a public official. >> it's that's right, private group and non-profits are picking up the tabs for the travel. some might call it a loophole. it's a state law allowing special interest groups, lobbyists and executives access to power brokers. >> it's wherever a commissioner wants to go anywhere in the world. all expenses paid accept for every step of the way you are with a gaggle of lobbyists. >> reporter: loretta had his job. she was president of the public utilities commission from 2000 to 2002. >> you were offered trips like this. >> absolutely. >> what did you say? >> no. it's improper it creates the appearance of impropriety. >> reporter: and here's a stark contrast. in lynch's five years on the commission including two as president her

you will have fulfilled the requirement at csu american cultures and ethic is studies. at berkeley and any of the other uc systems. i encourage you, you will have a leg up in transferring or graduating into a four-year college ~ by having these courses under your belt. so, i just wanted to encourage folks to know that these possibilities are there for the students and they should take advantage of them. and city college is there to support both san francisco unified school district and the entire community. thank you very much. (applause) >> thank you. public comment is now closed. item k, advisory committee reports, appointments to the advisory committees. are there any appointments by board members? no. seeing none, we will move to item l, special order of business. so, first is the public hearing. i'm going to call to order the public hearing on the 2012-2013 initial proposal for a successor agreement from laborers international union of north america, liuna, local 261 to san francisco unified school district and the 2012-2013 initial proposal for a successor agreeme

moral darwinism, how we became hedonists showing how darwinism completely undermines the ethical foundations of christianity, judaism, and islam. its materialism cosmology is incompatible with natural law. also co written books, the architects of the culture of death and ten bucks that screw up the world. his book today is worshiping the state, how liberalism became our state religion. [applause] been did the title of my book is obviously all little in your face, i guess you could say. rather outlandish claims. first it implies that liberals where should the state and second that liberalism itself has become a kind of established religion. that brings us to an obvious set of questions. first of all, is this just overblown rhetoric to sell a book? liberalism really has become our established state religion. and liberals somehow do, in fact, worship the state. we can add on top of this, what does it matter? >> let me begin with that last question. what does it matter if liberalism is, in fact, and religion or at least functions like a religion. because it functions like one and if it is, in fa

and ted cruz all praising actor ashton kucher this week for something he told kids aboutkids work ethict the teen choice awards. take a listen. >> and i've never had a job in my life that i was better than. i was always justh lucky to have a job and every job i had was a stepping stone to my next job. i never quit my job until i hade my next job. and so opportunities look a lot like work. >> katy, you agree, this is thee exact message kids should be hearing. >> absolutely. kids these days, right. i think the attitude is that everyone wants the next fancy iphone. everyone wants the next fancyin. thing. they don't understand that takes work to obtain these things. i've seen a lot of young people turn their nose up at these entry level jobs that do get you to your next paycheck and your next job. so i'm glad to see someone with such a platform talk about how hard work gets you places and opportunities, not pretending like you're entitled. l >> you make a good point. at the teen choice awards. a lot of teens are tuning in.od wayne, hollywood gets a bad rap. you're from hollywood, spend a lo

there's an ethics board that conflicts of interest, etc. and he told the ethics board, i , there were contractors, took some money from them. there was a gift. had dn't influence what i done. but i thought i should report it. and right now the council is figure out, what are they going to do about nair i don't know barry and this situation? voted 12-0 to take his committee away from him? >> yes. yes. now?hat can they do to him >> they could refer the matter -- they could push to efer the matter to the u.s. attorney's office. >> i want you back up -- >> the u.s. attorney's office is now. right >> he actually reported -- >> yes, he reported it himself. that is one of the, i think, if on barry -- i don't know you call it mystique or he's he's like, atever, okay, yes. this is what i did. i did it, you know? uncover t going to something. he's going to tell you. what the to tell you deal is. >> he's 78. >> did someone give him a kidney? yes, in my story, i explain all of the connections that jeffrey thompson has had through the years. is he gave

there are some ethical questions with him. and there are with ken cuccinelli, who democrats are going to attack for being too extreme. the poll reinforces the fact that both of these guys have liabilities. for now, terry mcauliffe does show a small lead, but it is very early. ofxpect there to be a lot attention on this campaign. >> we were talking about the role of michael bloomberg. in virginia, there is the one term governor in virginia. republican,l, a talked about earlier as a potential national candidate in 2016. we have been following the ethics investigation into the governor and his wife. what kind of a role or influence will that have among the electorate in the fall? not help the republican party to have their governor, under these allegations and scrutiny. i do not think it damages ken cuccinelli. i do not think their political brands are tied together. they were elected separately. there is some kind of connection between the donor at the center of the bob mcdonnell situation and ken cuccinelli. the democrats are r