In Massive Swing, U.S. Government Rejects Land Protection for Economic Reasons

Full story: http://www.globalethics.org/redir/nl.html?d=7/6/2004&;id=07060418200840

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2. Commentary by Rushworth M. Kidder:

Tempting Teachers in Texas

Can something legal be wrong? Yes, but that distinction isn't always obvious. Take the case of some Texas teachers who retired last week. They raced against a legal deadline to get themselves paid two pensions instead of one. If they -- and Congress -- had only zoomed the ethics lens out a bit farther and seen a bigger picture, maybe they wouldn't have assumed so readily that whatever isn't illegal must be ethical. Here's the story....

Full story: http://www.globalethics.org/redir/nl.html?d=7/6/2004&;id=07060418234586

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3. What They're Saying:

No One is Here

"There may have been 3,000 to 4,000 people here as of 5 P.M. yesterday. Now, as you can see, no one is here."

-- United Nations spokesman Fred Eckhard, looking over the empty refugee camp at Mashtel in Sudan's Darfur province. Hours before UN secretary general Kofi Annan was to visit, Sudanese authorities emptied the camp of thousands of refugees victimized by government forces and the Janjaweed, renegade militias accused of engaging in ethnic cleansing....

Full story: http://www.globalethics.org/redir/nl.html?d=7/6/2004&;id=07060418250424

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4. 'Enemy Combatants' Have Legal Rights, Supreme Court Rules

WASHINGTON

The U.S. Supreme Court last week issued a firm legal rebuke to the Bush administration, handing down two decisions denying the executive branch's claims that it can hold enemy combatants indefinitely without appeal....

Full story: http://www.globalethics.org/redir/nl.html?d=7/6/2004&;id=07060418264248

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5. Human Rights Victims Can Use U.S. Courts to Sue for Redress, Supreme Court Says

WASHINGTON

In a controversial case, the U.S. Supreme Court last week upheld the right of foreigners to use U.S. courts to sue over human rights abuses committed overseas -- a decision closely watched for its implications in the wake of abuse at the Abu Ghraib prison....

Full story: http://www.globalethics.org/redir/nl.html?d=7/6/2004&;id=07060418271524

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6. Supreme Court Blocks Internet Porn Law

WASHINGTON

The U.S. Supreme Court again blocked a law meant to keep children from viewing Internet porn, ruling that the measure was too broad, could curb access to legitimate health sites, and could infringe on the right of adults to access legal content....

Full story: http://www.globalethics.org/redir/nl.html?d=7/6/2004&;id=07060418274246

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7. ISPs Not Responsible for Music Downloaders, Canadian High Court Rules

OTTAWA

The Supreme Court of Canada last week issued a controversial decision that ISPs cannot be held responsible for copyright infringement by music downloaders....

Full story: http://www.globalethics.org/redir/nl.html?d=7/6/2004&;id=07060418281045

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8. Israel Ordered to Reroute Controversial Barrier because of Impact on Palestinians

JERUSALEM

Ordering the government to find a better balance between security and humanitarian needs, Israel's High Court last week took steps to block and reroute construction of a wall isolating parts of the West Bank....

Full story: http://www.globalethics.org/redir/nl.html?d=7/6/2004&;id=07060418283879

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9. Bush/Cheney Campaign Continues Effort to Court Churches

WASHINGTON

Continuing to court both controversy and conservative Christians, the Bush/Cheney reelection campaign is asking churchgoers to lobby their fellow congregants and send in church directories to campaign organizers....

Full story: http://www.globalethics.org/redir/nl.html?d=7/6/2004&;id=07060418292593

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10. New Report Highlights Concerns about 'Revolving Door'

WASHINGTON

More than 220 government officials have spent time on the payrolls of the country's top 20 federal contractors over the past seven years, according to a new report released last week by a watchdog group....

Full story: http://www.globalethics.org/redir/nl.html?d=7/6/2004&;id=07060418295780

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11. Janklow Given a Pass on Speeding Tickets in Years before Killing Motorcyclist

SIOUX FALLS, South Dakota

A frequent speeder on his home state's roadways, former U.S. Rep. Bill Janklow, who was convicted earlier this year of killing a motorcyclist while speeding, was given a pass for years by the state's troopers, according to a local paper that received a copy of an official inquiry....

Full story: http://www.globalethics.org/redir/nl.html?d=7/6/2004&;id=07060418302699

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12. U.K. Nonprofits Rapped for Lack of Transparency

LONDON

A new report released last week warns that U.K. nonprofits are failing to do an adequate job of explaining their activities, finances, and priorities, warning that they could lose donors' trust if they fail to improve....

Full story: http://www.globalethics.org/redir/nl.html?d=7/6/2004&;id=07060418310454

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13. Research Report:

How Americans and Business Leaders Align (or Don't) on Business Ethics

From Public Agenda:

"When typical citizens talk about business ethics, what really gets under their skin are executives who enrich themselves while driving their companies into the ground. Protecting employees' jobs, they say, should be a top ethical priority for American business. When executives talk about ethics, they are very concerned about the damage that recent scandals have done to business' reputation and the need to restore public trust...."

Full story: http://www.globalethics.org/redir/nl.html?d=7/6/2004&;id=07060418344782

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14. Quote from the Ethics File:

Take the Helm

"A community is like a ship; everyone ought to be prepared to take the helm."

-- Henrik Ibsen (Norwegian poet and dramatist, 1828-1906)

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