Countries Rated for Corporate Governance, Transparency

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2. Commentary by Rushworth M. Kidder:

Extremism at Beslan

In so many ways, ours is an age of extremism. We see it in political polarization and in the excessive disparities between rich and poor. We see it in the entertainment media's excessive reliance on sensuality and violence, and in radical interpretations of religion as a license for intolerance. But where are the voices raised in opposition to extremism?...

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3. What They're Saying:

Fact-check Claims Made in Political Speeches

"...Ascertaining the truth is the responsibility of every journalist in every story. It's the first point in the Society of Professional Journalists' code of ethics: 'Journalists should test the accuracy of information from all sources.'"

-- "Baltimore Chronicle" column by Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting, Sep. 3.

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4. U.S. Government Drops Case against Alleged Terrorists in Detroit

DETROIT

Abandoning one of its most-touted terrorism cases, the U.S. Justice Department last week asked a federal judge to toss out the conviction of three accused terrorists, saying prosecutorial misconduct had undermined and biased the entire case....

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5. British Council Fires Employee for Anti-Muslim Columns

LONDON

After working with the British public to promote tolerance and understanding of Muslims, the British Council last week was forced to look inward, firing one of its workers who allegedly had been authoring screeds on the side....

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6. WTO Knocks U.S. for Failing to Fix Anti-Dumping Amendment

GENEVA

The World Trade Organization (WTO) last week gave the green light to more than $140 million in sanctions against the United States, saying lawmakers had failed to correct a law that went too far in trying to stop cheap exports....

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7. Feds Charge Telemarketing Firm with Breaching Do-Not-Call List

WASHINGTON

The federal government last week targeted a Las Vegas firm with the first civil suit dealing solely with infractions of the federal Do-Not-Call list, accusing the company of more than 300,000 violations....

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8. Report to SEC Slams Hollinger CEO for 'Corporate Kleptocracy'

CHICAGO

A 513-page report written by former top U.S. securities regulator Richard Breeden for a special committee of Hollinger International slams Canadian media baron Lord Black and some of his board of directors for a seven-year pattern of "corporate kleptocracy."...

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9. British MDs Face Misconduct Charges over Failure to Stop Serial Killer

LONDON

Britain's General Medical Council last week charged seven doctors with serious professional misconduct, ordering them to explain why they compliantly co-signed medical forms that masked the murders of serial killer Harold Shipman....

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10. Unsafe Abortions Killing 70,000 Women Each Year, Report Claims

LONDON

Ten years after pledging to improve reproductive health and human rights, nations across the world are falling short when it comes to ending unsafe abortions, a report concluded last week....

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11. Britain Pushes Crackdown on Bad Behavior

LONDON

British authorities last year went on the offensive against offensive behavior, handing out twice as many "antisocial behavior orders" -- dubbed Asbos -- as in the previous year, the government reported last week....

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12. Research Report:

New Global Governance Ratings Released

From GovernanceMetrics International:

"GovernanceMetrics International (GMI),the corporate governance research and ratings agency, today announced new ratings on 2,588 global companies. Twenty-six companies -- twenty American, five Canadian, and one Australian -- received scores of 10.0, GMI's highest rating....."

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13. Quote from the Ethics File:

Opinions vs. Facts

"Everyone is entitled to their own opinion, but not their own facts."

-- Daniel Patrick Moynihan (U.S. academic and senator, 1927-2003)

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