In the June 7, 2004, edition of Ethics Newsline:

1. Statline:

U.S. Presidential Campaigns Go Negative

Full story: http://www.globalethics.org/redir/nl.html?d=6/7/2004&;id=06070417034147

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2. Commentary by Rushworth M. Kidder:

Presidential Transparency

Who was Ronald Reagan? He was a man visibly motivated by a few key principles, which were simple and easily understood. It wasn't that he had no depth. It was that the depth was transparent, so you could see right to the bottom. What you saw was what you got: a kind of Midwestern faith that values, adhered to over time, create progress....

Full story: http://www.globalethics.org/redir/nl.html?d=6/7/2004&;id=06070417042648

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3. What They're Saying:

Burned

"Burn, baby, burn."

-- Enron energy traders singing to news that a forest fire had shut down a major transmission line into California, boosting energy prices and company profits. The traders' gloating was caught on audiotapes obtained by CBS News, which released outtakes last week. According to the report, the tapes, which implicate Ken Lay and Jeffrey Skilling, "also confirm what CBS reported years ago: that in secret deals with power producers, traders deliberately drove up prices by ordering power plants shut down." ("Enron Traders Caught On Tape," CBS News, June 1)

Full story: http://www.globalethics.org/redir/nl.html?d=6/7/2004&;id=0607041704545

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4. Investigations into Prisoner Abuse by U.S. Troops Continue

WASHINGTON

The scandal spawned by evidence of Iraqi prisoner abuse at the hands of their U.S. captors continued to widen on several fronts last week. Among the developments....

Full story: http://www.globalethics.org/redir/nl.html?d=6/7/2004&;id=06070417053168

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5. Partial Birth Abortion Ban Overturned

SAN FRANCISCO

A U.S. District Court judge in San Francisco last week overturned a federal restriction on abortion, ruling that the Partial Birth Abortion Ban Act is unconstitutional in at least three separate ways....

Full story: http://www.globalethics.org/redir/nl.html?d=6/7/2004&;id=06070417055668

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6. Ads Questioning Nation's Drug Policy Cannot be Blocked: Federal Judge

WASHINGTON

While it may disagree with their message, the U.S. government has no right to block ads urging a dialogue over the decriminalization of marijuana, a federal judge ruled last week....

Full story: http://www.globalethics.org/redir/nl.html?d=6/7/2004&;id=06070417062997

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7. Russian Broadcaster Fired over Censored Interview

MOSCOW

One of Russia's last independent voices on network TV was fired last week after rebelling against his bosses and Kremlin pressure to kill an interview with the widow of a Chechen separatist....

Full story: http://www.globalethics.org/redir/nl.html?d=6/7/2004&;id=06070417065846

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8. Glaxo Accused of Hiding Dangers of Paxil to Children

NEW YORK

The State of New York last week sued British pharmaceutical firm GlaxoSmithKline for allegedly concealing studies showing that its antidepressant drug Paxil might increase suicidal tendencies in children....

Full story: http://www.globalethics.org/redir/nl.html?d=6/7/2004&;id=06070417072571

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9. U.K. Regulators Impose Six-Year Ban on Former CEO

LONDON

The former head of U.K. insurer Equitable Life last week was banned from holding any senior management position for six years, as punishment for withholding documents during an investigation....

Full story: http://www.globalethics.org/redir/nl.html?d=6/7/2004&;id=0607041707577

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10. Former Canadian Judge Given Jail Sentence for Assaults on Prostitutes

VANCOUVER

Former Canadian judge David Ramsay was sentenced last week to seven years' imprisonment for serious sex assaults against underage aboriginal prostitutes in Prince George, British Columbia....

Full story: http://www.globalethics.org/redir/nl.html?d=6/7/2004&;id=06070417082685

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11. Glass Ceiling Still Firmly in Place, Reports Find

LONDON

Women looking for cracks in the glass ceiling got bleak news last week from both sides of the Atlantic, where pay for men still far outstrips women's earnings, according to recent surveys....

Full story: http://www.globalethics.org/redir/nl.html?d=6/7/2004&;id=06070417085983

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12. Research Report:

One-in-Five Women Face Lower Pay, Fewer Opportunities than Men

From CareerBuilder.com:

"Pay disparity continues to be a concern for one-in-five women, who say they are paid less than men with similar talents and experience. The same amount of women reported they have fewer opportunities for career advancement than men at their current organizations, according to a new CareerBuilder.com survey. The CareerBuilder.com 'Men and Women at Work 2004' survey of men and women was conducted from April 6 to April 19, 2004...."

Full story: http://www.globalethics.org/redir/nl.html?d=6/7/2004&;id=06070417093833

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13. Quote from the Ethics File:

Fences

"Fences are made for those who cannot fly."

-- Elbert Hubbard (U.S. writer, 1856-1915)

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