user name and the top line steve massy is our tech person and so that purple line represents the ethics commission and you can see that participation and this far exceeds the other departments and steven wanted me to point out because he was a modest young man that many, members of the staff actually made these contributions, data, but he is the main user, which is why his name is the one that is up there. but does he ever sleep? >> he is magnificent staffer and we are lucky to have him. finally i have one other thing that i would like to point out and i don't want to do this, it makes me very sad, but this tonight is mabeline's last meeting. but i am going to have a lock changed on the office door so she can't leave. >> it saddens me very much. >> saddens me very well. >> she come to my first meeting last week and seeing a former student of mine, mabel lang who i was looking forward to working with during my tenure, and we have had several discussions, and communications over the past couple of weeks and they have been great and pleasant. and i am certainly going to miss you, and wish

in regards to the attachment, and the form for the certificate of ethics training. that is involved and attached and this died and i believe that there is a mistake, in the first bullet point, where it says please review the following to determine when you must complete the training. it says if you are completing training in 2013 you must complete your ethics training within two years of your last training and here is where i think that the mistake is, for example, if you are satisfied in your training on march 3, 2013, you must complete another ethics training session by march second, 2014 and that is a contradiction. if it says that you have two years that should be, you must complete another ethics training session by march second 2015. and i think that should... and >> we will change it. >> okay. >> i figured this is an update. >> it is an update, the one that i filled out which is the one from before and actually had it correct for two years. the problems were not with the forms just historically this one. >> any public comment on this matter? >> you can actual

. >> i don't know that it, if at some point it will make it to, i think the ethics commission but i was wondering where they were with the proposed legislation, the chiu herrera legislation, where is the city with that? >> i know that they were revising it. and i am not sure exactly when they intend to. >> okay. >> and that is correct. it does not have the committee schedule, but it actually has not had it the full examination in a public hearing for public comment, but i think that people want to move it forward fairly soon. >> okay, thank you. >> and at some point, i would like to discuss something which i actually saw in or on the materials last time, having to do with the executive director's power to dismiss complaints. and it is on the content calendar and one of us can pull it off if we want and it is nothing to do with your power to do that. it is just the options that are available because i saw one man and i am not going to go into it because it was on last week. and among the options, it talked about that you would exercise that power, if, for example, it was being investigat

and highest standards of probity and ethics deficit can bring down the entire financial system as we have seen in the past here we are on the verge of global financial catastrophe again with housing bubbles beyond even the last house and i'm going to use their stare equating gold with an ethical behavior no they're equating they're saying that the reason why people continue to hold gold in india is because they don't trust the ethics of bankers and their financial products so that if bankers instead become more ethical and they stop defrauding people that maybe the indians will give up their gold and go for their financial products so he's imploring them to please stop being so on ethical and then perhaps the economy and india can grow but you can't teach these bankers to be ethical just like you can't teach rust to stop rusting you can't teach cancer to stop being cancer they are at the molecular level at the level of their d.n.a. shyster malevolent malfeasance producing economic whole cause provokers they are a plague upon society there's no changing them the indian government shou

, land ethic. and we can't find one within the western tradition, the historical religions from the middle east provide us no guidance, nor does science or technology. we've got to look to the indigenous peoples and their hunting, fishing and and gathering cosmologies and values systems. in that we find the ingredients for a land ethic that we sorely need, the modern world has long forgotten and sorely needs. and so i think that by empowering indigenous peoples and protecting their human rights that relate to the environment, we can bring them to the table to help us fashion a truly american land ethic which we sorely need. there are so at this time i'm running out of time. i want to just close by looking at a few implementation challenges. the u.n. special rack on tour's report on the united states from last year that we need new measures to try to come to some kind of a reconciliation, and this study, a landmark study. it lays out ten areas, ten big areas where we need to work on all three branch

>>> ceo john mackey says business that ethical works now. >>> how the recipe for success start with one in -- thing. >>> i'm suzanne with bay area focus, next. . >>> hi welcome to the show. meet john mackey. he's the coceo of whole foods market. whole foods has grown into a successful supermarket chain. he authors capitalism. john welcome good to have you here. >> thanks good to be here. >> first of all people are going business, ethical. you say that's a misconception. >> i think the narrative about business has been basically captured by the enemies and critics of business who business is oftentimes disliked flu out history. commerce has been seen as dirty. business itself and capitalism has been the greatest creator of value. if you look back 23200 years a go people lived on less then $1 a day. 90% they were e lit -- unambulance to -- unable to read. we had a great prosperity and it's due to business. for it eats suppliers and investors. business is good but we can make it better. >> let's talk about some of the better you talk about. i think what you said just makes sense. if you di

no, it's interesting, i mean, you know, both of us teach, i think it's really when you teach ethic bs, i mean, there are very clear ethics in our profession, but you're absolutely right when you're dealing with somebody like jonathan, you are faced with conundrums and questions that you would never have considered. um, you know, i have a couple of questions before we'll take questions from you guys. what is -- i'm curious what the reception of the book's been like in south africa. >> i expected that i would really get slammed in the reviews because, you know, there's a pattern of people coming from outside south africa to tell the south african story and either to do the miracle story, you know? nelson mandela was the miracle leader of the exceptional place, the rainbow nation, etc., you know, we tell the story and sing "kumbaya", do a little dance. [laughter] one version. and the other version is it's all crap, right? it was all soiled and terrible trick that the nc played. and so i kind of figured i would get pegged as one or the other. rhea milan said i seemed to be immune to pessi

now the work ethic, holiday time, really? >> not at all. first, little miss madison root, megan kelly, watch out because she's coming for your job. i don't think it was a park ranger, i think it was a security guard. he was probably making minimum wage which meant he was hungry business food stamps have been cut. he made a bad decision. >> oh, my gosh. >> and it was a ridiculous decisi decision. >> he did it because of the city rules. >> she absolutely is going to be a entrepreneur. and we should value that. >> i think i would hire this young lady, wouldn't you? >> in a heartbeat. i'm just laughing at her reach for that one. that goes a long way. no, this is a remarkable thing. this says -- jonathan is absolutely right. this is a case where capitalism is going to will out, regardless of what you do. in other words, the natural propensity to trade is so strong that she is producing something here that we all want to do and any time and she did a great job. >> all right. we're going to have to leave it there. again, a great week. thank you fo

yes, i have had senators who have attended my bible study who have had ethical challenges and ethical problems. the psalm says we are born in sin and shaped in inequity. a poet once said there's a little bit of bad in the best of us and a little bit of good in the worst of us so it behooves the rest of us not to talk about the rest of us. >> i'm curious to get your take on the kind of impact pope francis is making. he's making catholics happy to be catholics again. he's making non-catholics look at the church and the tenets of the church based on what he has been saying and it's kind of political. what do you think about it? >> i think there's a providence that seems to raise up great leaders at the right time. i think he brings a desperately needed charisma, coupled with this amazing humility. you rarely see that kind of a synthesis of this marvelous charisma, yet this amazing humility. paying your own hotel bills and carrying your luggage and this kind of thing. just a tremendous example of how people of faith ought to live. i'm just so excited. >> it is christmastime. lot of people

fixed or it -- with ethics.very company and society at answer that one for themselves. >> just ahead, the middle east is a different place than it was a year ago. onwill ask a loom review this which country is the biggest immediate political risk going into 2014. ♪ >> time for today's company news. almosts they will pay $400 million to settle lawsuits from customers. the suits say -- claim the south korean automakers for --. they blamed testing procedural mistakes. until's parliament has passed a so-called google pack on web advertising. it requires a tie-in companies to purpose -- purchase internet ads from local companies instead of units in tax havens like bermuda. it violates euy laws and will face legal challenges. welcome back to "countdown." 6:40 in london. are bringing you some of our video stories of the year. we went for a ride in a lamborghini. ♪ head.m not a petrol i am not a car fanatic. that being said, i have always wanted to drive a lamborghini. i really did have a picture of a countach on my wal

yes, i have had senators who have attended my bible study who have had ethical challenges and ethicalth psalm says we're born in sin and shapen in inenick wit. a poet once said there's a little bit of bad in the best of us and a little bit of good in the worst of it so it behooves the best of us not to talk about the rest of us. >> pope francis, you're not catholic, but i'm curious to get your take on the kind of impact he's making. he's making catholics happy to be catholics again. he's making noncatholics look at the church and the tenets of the church based on what he has been saying and it's kind of political. what do you think about it? >> i think there's a providence that seems to raise up great leaders at the right time. i think he brings a desperately needed charisma coupled with this amazing humility. you rarely see that kind of a synthesis of just this marvelous charisma and yet this amazing humility. paying your own hotel bills and carrying your luggage and this kind of thing. just a tremendous example of how people of faith ought to live. so i'm so excited. >> reporter: it

problem and joining me now is head of the division of medical ethics at nyu.ing to hear any family talking in the way we heard jahi's family talk but at the same time there is an ethical dilemma here, how does it get resolved? it's an awful tragic situation. your heart has to go out to the mom and family. they had a healthy daughter, she went in for a minor procedure for sleep apnea and sadly she has died. when we hear that term brain death. sometimes people say is that really the same as being dead, it is. it's a different way to pronounce death than when you heart stops. if you brain stops functioning completely and you have that verified and they did at the hospital by independent doctors not taking care of her, the situation is one in which the legal right to stop is on the doctor's side. we don't treat the dead. even when the mother says please, give them a chance, death is that end point for treatment. they are going forward and trying to be toll rant, given the emotions and horrible outcome they had in this surgery, but i think the ethical dilemma point

and ethically domestic surveillance was completely off limits it isn't now. forgive me if i'm sort of harping on about this but this this is to me is is a major problem. i remember. in my time you we were operating obviously against your god tree. one of the things that we always said was that russia or nice to block was a surveillance society were people just could go about their business without government finding out about what they were doing now we find we're stuck in. that's a major difference i think technologically you know there is much more capability obviously but i remember listening in to german communications. an officer the british army officer came with visitors and he said don't you don't you feel that you're snooping orderings people well that was listening to east germans not listening to brits so. you know that's the major difference here now your book is called the real james bond is there a place for people like james plant in a modern intelligence or is it now a death job rating emails i think it's overstated when people say old is ther

people saw him as a straight shooter type, very ethical. what ultimately just happened was so outside the understanding of bob mcdonald, that so many people had. >> reporter: mcdonnell says he hopes his record will be judged by much more than the scientific

officer in this case and so we believe that there is a conflict of interest and a violation of the ethics code, of the city and council of san francisco. and we believe that this board can take action on it and can take disciplinary action, towards this agency, and its employees for failing to disclose this information. and that we believe that this relationship between the city and arbor well goes back beyond 2013, we have found information that the city has been doing business with arbor well as far back as 2009 when they okayed some work on behalf of dpw the department of public works to remove the trees up at the cpmc campus and so we want to bring that to your attention and we believe, that there is grounds, for rehearing on our request. we believe that you should hold this agency responsible for failing to disclose their relationship with arbor well, in the contracts that were awarded involves a removal of 144 trees in golden gate park and we heard one of the managers state on the record at the last hearing that he does not make any money from removal of trees he is making over a ha

peer ethics-which are different than clinical ethics-roles and boundaries, how to do a recovery plan that the peer owns-that is very different from a treatment plan-some very basic things in terms of how people can use their life experience but in a very, i would say, appropriate and authentic kind of way. very good. is that something that also your empowerment center does? well, we don't provide trainings, specifically, but there are so many exciting- but you refer? we absolutely, and we really- talk to us a little about what the center does. well, the national empowerment center, we're one of three consumer-survivor technical assistance centers that are funded by samhsa, and we, one of the functions is to provide information resources referral. we have people calling us looking for recovery resources in their community. we connect them with peer-run organizations, hopefully in their state. and another thing we do is we help consumer, state-sorry-statewide, consumer-run programs to develop their advocacy and to develop their non-profit skills and to just become stronger advocates wi

down from the high school and because the letter turned it down because it said it would upset the ethic balance at the school. at that time, native meridians were classified as asian. that's part of the problem not recognizing american indian for who we are is categorizing us so we fall off the priority point. it's federally mandated that we have our individual identification thank you.

i think we need to change some of the ethics rules in virginia to provide more clarity and certaintylike. >> joining me live, nbc news senior political editor mark murray. you had some people confused that, first, this was legal under virginia law, which it apparently s but now that the feds can come in and investigate and perhaps even eventually charge the governor and his wife here. >> tamron, my biggest takeaway from that entire "washington post" piece wasn't whether bob mcdonald would be indicted but when. one of the reasons had to do with the timing that one of the arguments bob mcdonald's legal team made. if there are going to be any kind of charges like this, let's do it when the governor is out of office. he's out of office in january. terry mcauliffe is going to be the new governor starting in the new year. they wanted to say, let's take the politics away. let's have the new governor in position and then if you guys want to go ahead and go with your charges, then go for it. >> now, you have those who believe this was bound to happen when you look at virginia's laws here. fro

people saw him as a straight shooter type, very ethical. what ultimately just happened was so outside the understanding of bob mcdonald, that so many people had. >> reporter: mcdonnell says he hopes his record will be judged by much more than the scientific controversy. >> in retrospect, i understand why people raise concerns and that's why i decided to retu return -- or return gifts and pay back loans, i've tried to restore that trust with the people of virginia. look, it's been a painful year for me. i never in 37 years have people raise questions about my ethics, about my -- about my judgment. >> reporter: as he looks ahead, mcdonnell will step away from elective office for the first time in 22 years. he and his wife will return to their home. mcdonnell says one thing he's drawn to is higher education. >> i have really loved the time i've spent with the university leadering over the last four years. >> reporter: and on virginia campuses like george mason university, there's already a buzz about reaching out to governor mcdonnell to have

the film "watershed" looks at efforts to save the colorado, and develop a new water ethic for the americant. >> it is said that nothing defines a region more than a body of water. this is particularly true in the american west. the colorado river, and the tributaries that make up her basin, shaped the spirit of her settlers. "el rio colorado," the river colored red from the land she flows through, made this dry land not only livable, but irresistible to settle. even still, her famed early explorer, john wesley powell, warned that combining arid land with civilization would eventually lead to a crisis. the relentless march towards progress led to the 1922 colorado river compact and other agreements among 7 american and 2 mexican states to divvy up the water. it transformed one of the world's wildest rivers, capable of creating grand canyons, and inland seas, into the most dammed, dibbed, and diverted river basin in the world. machines supporting the needs of 30 million people. agriculture, industry, urban growth, mining, energy production, claw for their share. so much so, that the mighty c

military, we have the represent the moral and ethical values of this country.o matter what the situation is. that is important that we do that. in some cases, a got away from us. >> what does that mean? wax -- >> what i would say is, the most of the cool thing for the military is you go out on an operation and you see your best or you see your best friend lose legs. it is about controlling your emotions so that we continue to focus on the mission and do it a proper way. we don't let our emotions get caught up with ourselves. when emotions get caught up, this is easy to say but difficult to do. you do things that are not in line with her ethical values. you run into improper interrogation. use of improper force. it gets us into trouble. ultimately, something like that will cause people to lose faith in us, and our enemies will exploit that. one of the things we have to talk about is the importance of maintaining these moral and ethical values that allow us to andhe job, do it right, gives us the respect that we need in order to execute these operations. it is im

bruce winestein, the ethics guy, firing by e-mail, fax, ftext? is this a good way?own to being fired by text or e-mail. >> what are the only ways to do it? >> the best way is face-to-face. if you recall the movie up in the air, it shows how difficult it can be to have those conversations, but with spiderman, he says with great power comes great responsibility. if you have to let somebody go, the best way to do it is face-to-face. >> i don't mean to fact check you, but i'm pretty sure it was peter parker's uncle. >> the spiderman genre. >> i had to step in. what's behind these impersonal firings? people don't want to create a paper trail? sloth? what do you think? >> managers will say it's easier that way, but it's easier on the managers, not on the employees. and employees generally want to be treated with respect, with the honor and dignity that is owed to them. so most people prefer to be told face-to-face. no one likes to hear bad news, a woman broke up with me saying i just don't feel a spark. i appreciate that as opposed to not returning my phone calls or any o

now let me ask jose che's an inspirational young man who goes above and beyond he's got a good work ethic. he's on the soccer team >> (speaking spanish.) >> thank you very much jose, congratulations (clapping) now let me call the next person he's been involved in the 7 teepee she's been involved and remains one of the exceptional student. she's got a 3.0 g pa she's a young council mentor to young students >> (speaking spanish.) >> (clapping) and now lastly but last but not least leann who is a 12 grader at the international studies camera in international studies academy she's move forward from mexico she's values her chinese culture as well as her mexican culture that's right chinese latino. she's a model student and is the model of commitment and reobsolesce she plays softball and volunteering countless hours with the red cross and mural project >> (speaking spanish.) >> so congratulations you see these students they're the future i'm very proud he i know with leadership like those young people our community is in good hands. >> (speaking spanish.) >> congratulations (clapping). >> than

would have to leave and that's a about china direct sale of the center for international business ethics and begin best of international business and economics. thank you very much indeed for years. the rees government has released a list of twenty six points. it sees as milestones and affixed a reformed elites and grief and freedoms of its citizens. i commend my spirit on the opposition have dismissed it as smoke and mirror as has already been international outrage of the fall rains decision to keep a position he said an appeal the county jail. this time hanging eligible for release another but for the precious commitment was there rest of the same job was not the major rights campaign that is why the snagged on which poll to the husband is innocent and the government denies it me i'm about my husband and son and he's just a tiny human body. he makes losing my patience practice by the government to change hands for a seventy eight with the police station and o occasion. the man agreed i am he thought he meant what i need all this calls for keys. eat your heart. he came to a government t

legitimacy of israeli law, a law, by the way, that goes back to the beginning of the judeo-christian ethic. i hope that answers your question. is there another question here? do you have a question? with that, ladies and gentlemen, thank you very much for having me. i hope to come back to a hearing room soon. thank you. [applause] >> is there a than fiction author or book you'd like to see featured on booktv? send us an e-mail at and they're not my keywords. arbaugh's words. i asked a couple of questions. when you look at the constitution empower the president, does the president have the power to transform america? of course not. why would you want to fundamentally transform? you don't like america very much, do you? you i capitalism, private property rights. he don't like our constitutional system very much. when you are the fundamental transformation, change is hard, we need our time for change. we need to understand this is a direct attack on our constitutional system. that's what he's talking about. that's what he means.

trust a corporation that holds so much of our personal information to develop absurd war machines for ethical purposes after all we really want private companies and you know up with robots that can do this. i don't know if i'm ready for google to have a private army of ironmen and let's break this up. they'll cut you a little very hard to take the target. that he ever had sex with that hurt right there. a. little. a little a. little. little a. little there's absolutely no doubt that there's a mental health epidemic in the u.s. military in fact in two thousand and twelve alone there was a shocking fifteen percent rise in the suicide rate from just the previous year but at least nowadays being neglected by the department of veterans affairs and being pumped full of pharmaceuticals doesn't compare to the insane method of treatment of veterans he used to receive for p.t.s.d. severin their brain stems yup last week the wall street journal published a stunning report about a world war two era government program and valving mentally ill vets from the late one nine hundred forty s. to the early one

the first time, how can we know that all of the previous maintenance tree issues were honest and ethical. conflict of interest arises in a situation which is actual, potential or perceived conflict exists that caused undue with constitutional responsibility and such as performing research results etc. and this is the case here. and in today's conflict of interest, i want to know about the environmental impact report and eir shall be repaired when there is serious public controversy and this is not just about trees, but it is about everything going on in the park, including the project to tear it down, this iconic, only two of a kind, in the west of the mississippi garden of apartment complex, where the environment is foremost to be preserved and protected in these days. this is not something that we take for granted it is a prize to be protected. last time someone was discussing park merced as available land. this land is just as available as his own backyard. we live there, we love it there. and we want to protect it and there is too much unethical controversy surrounding this. the eir,