Top 10 Firms for Working Moms

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2. Commentary by Rushworth M. Kidder:

Tolerating Deception

Last week, the U.S. presidential candidates ratcheted up their attacks, a virus invaded my computer, and a "2004 Medicare Update" came in the mail. There's an odd but telling relationship among these three happenings. It has to do with a public indifference to dishonesty....

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3. What They're Saying:

National Security

"The United States has determined that Mr. Hamdi could be transferred out of United States custody subject to strict conditions that ensure the interests of the United States and our national security."

-- U.S. Justice Department spokesman Mark Corallo announcing the release of alleged terrorist Yaser Esam Hamdi, who was captured by U.S. forces in Afghanistan. Hamdi, a U.S. citizen who has been held in solitary confinement for nearly three years but never charged with a crime, will be forced to renounce his citizenship, agree to severe travel and fraternization restrictions, and cannot file suit against the United States over his treatment. He is being sent to Saudi Arabia....

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4. Big Tobacco, Jack Welch, and Fannie Mae in the Ethics Spotlight

WASHINGTON

Past corporate scandals reclaimed the headlines last week with new charges ranging from lying to the public, excessive compensation, and accounting irregularities....

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5. Computer Associates Gets Unusual 18-Month Probation

NEW YORK

In a highly unusual deal, Computer Associates agreed to pay $225 million to defer criminal prosecution for extensive bookkeeping fraud and illegal activities, reported the Associated Press....

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6. Merrill Lynch, Enron Executives on Trial for Nigerian Barge Deal

HOUSTON

Trial began last week in the case of six executives -- four from Merrill Lynch, two from Enron -- accused of engineering an illegal deal involving three energy-generating barges floating off the coast of Nigeria....

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7. Canadian Regulators Investigate Nation's Largest Mutual Funds

TORONTO

Canada's top securities regulator, the Ontario Securities Commission, has announced that it is launching an investigation into alleged abusive trading practices called market timing that go back to 1999....

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8. Court Rebukes Jeb Bush and Florida Legislature in Right-to-Die Case

MIAMI

Florida Governor Jeb Bush and the state Legislature acted illegally when they rushed to intervene in a right-to-die case by hastily penning a new law, the Florida Supreme Court ruled unanimously last week....

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9. Three Aides to Tom DeLay Indicted in Campaign Cash Probe

AUSTIN, Texas

Three top aides to Rep. Tom DeLay, the second-highest ranking Republican in the U.S. House of Representatives, were charged last week with money laundering and funneling corporate contributions to political campaigns....

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10. Armed with Genetic Tests, Doctors Face New Disclosure Dilemmas

CHICAGO

Advances in genetic testing are putting some doctors in an impossible position by forcing them to choose between a patient's confidentiality and a discovered threat that could strike the patient's family members, according to a piece in the new "Journal of the American Medical Association."...

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11. Government Orders Airlines to Turn Over Passenger Data

WASHINGTON

The U.S. government last week ordered the nation's airlines to turn over their passengers' private data, reviving a controversial plan that privacy advocates say gives the government too much latitude for abuse....

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12. British Group Urges Bosses to Employ Ex-Offenders

LONDON

U.K. employers were urged last week to find a place in their workforce for former convicts, whose employ could help curb both staffing shortages and recidivism, according to a leading personnel group....

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13. Research Report:

Magazine Names 100 Best Companies for Working Mothers

From "Working Mother" magazine:

"Want to quit smoking, lose weight, or manage stress? Go to work, says 'Working Mother' magazine, which today released its 19th annual list of the 100 Best Companies for Working Mothers...."

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14. Quote from the Ethics File:

Passion without Proper Deliberation

"When men are most sure and arrogant, they are commonly most mistaken, giving views to passion without that proper deliberation which alone can secure them from the grossest absurdities."

-- David Hume (Scottish philosopher and historian, 1711-1776)

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