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2. Commentary by Rushworth M. Kidder:

Osama bin Laden's Gauntlet

Osama bin Laden's latest videotape magnifies a moral dilemma at the heart of U.S. foreign policy: Do you or don't you negotiate with terrorists? Each side has powerful arguments. Each agrees that terrorism is morally repugnant and must be dealt with firmly and immediately. But how? Do you talk with them, or destroy them?...

Full story: http://www.globalethics.org/redir/nl.html?d=11/1/2004&;id=11010418092150

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3. What They're Saying:

How We Define Ourselves

"This is not about Gaza -- this is the opening of a major debate about Israel's soul. We are for the first time since 1967 discussing what Israel is, how it shall be governed, and how we define ourselves. Is Israel a secular democratic state or a state governed by Jewish religious law? We are debating the borders of Israel, its long-term survivability, and the very nature of the Jewish state."

-- Asher Susser, director of the Moshe Dayan Center for Middle Eastern and African Studies, speaking to the "New York Times" about last week's high-stakes vote by the Israeli Parliament endorsing Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's controversial plan to pull some Jewish settlements from land claimed by the Palestinians....

Full story: http://www.globalethics.org/redir/nl.html?d=11/1/2004&;id=1101041814271

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4. Ethicists to Guide Government during Flu Vaccine Shortage

WASHINGTON

Pressured by the sudden shortage of flu vaccine, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention last week called on a panel of ethicists to help navigate the difficult dilemmas of how to apportion the dwindling supply of medicine as winter comes on....

Full story: http://www.globalethics.org/redir/nl.html?d=11/1/2004&;id=11010418150547

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5. Medical Mistakes Targeted by International Effort

WASHINGTON

The World Health Organization last week announced an international effort aimed at reducing the number of medical mistakes that currently kill or injure an estimated 10 percent of hospital patients....

Full story: http://www.globalethics.org/redir/nl.html?d=11/1/2004&;id=11010418153094

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6. U.S. Defends Secret Transfers of Prisoners from Iraq

WASHINGTON

The U.S. government last week faced renewed scrutiny over its handling of prisoners in Iraq, fending off questions about whether the administration is circumventing the Geneva Conventions and quashing investigations into abuse at Abu Ghraib....

Full story: http://www.globalethics.org/redir/nl.html?d=11/1/2004&;id=11010418155698

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7. Halliburton at Center of New Charges over Iraqi Contracts

WASHINGTON

Energy services giant Halliburton was the subject of numerous headlines last week, with an expanded FBI probe into whether the firm enjoyed preferential treatment amidst allegations of defrauding the government....

Full story: http://www.globalethics.org/redir/nl.html?d=11/1/2004&;id=11010418163214

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8. Marsh CEO Resigns; Insurer Announces Reforms

NEW YORK

After two weeks of intense public scrutiny, the head of embattled insurer Marsh & McLennan Companies resigned last week, clearing the way for a settlement of allegations of bid rigging and conspiracy....

Full story: http://www.globalethics.org/redir/nl.html?d=11/1/2004&;id=11010418170270

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9. Ontario Follows NY Lead in Forcing Transparency in Insurance Sector

TORONTO

Following the lead of New York's investigation into the U.S. insurance sector, the Ontario government has succeeded in its attempt to have the property and casualty insurance industry disclose commission compensation to the public, a move intended to stop hidden payments made to brokers....

Full story: http://www.globalethics.org/redir/nl.html?d=11/1/2004&;id=11010418173045

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10. More Students Try Fraud to Enter U.K. Universities

LONDON

British authorities last week said fraud on university applications more than doubled this year, with more than 1,000 fake entries being flagged -- a volume more than double the normal number....

Full story: http://www.globalethics.org/redir/nl.html?d=11/1/2004&;id=11010418175528

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11. U.K. Navy Says Satanist Has Right to Practice Religion

LONDON

Insisting that religious freedom is a protected right, Britain's Ministry of Defence last week said it had decided to allow a Satanist to practice his beliefs aboard a Royal Navy vessel....

Full story: http://www.globalethics.org/redir/nl.html?d=11/1/2004&;id=1101041818179

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12. Research Report:

Study Finds Correlation between Values and Salary Preferences of Execs

From Kansas State University:

"Executives who downplay ethics and values in their decision making may also be the ones who prefer extraordinarily high salaries for themselves. By comparison, those executives who are more inclined to consider ethics and values in their decisions preferred more fair pay throughout their organizations...."

Full story: http://www.globalethics.org/redir/nl.html?d=11/1/2004&;id=11010418185567

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13. Quote from the Ethics File:

What is Necessary Now

"Democracy is never a thing done. Democracy is always something that a nation must be doing. What is necessary now is one thing and one thing only ... that democracy become again democracy in action, not democracy accomplished and piled up in goods and gold."

-- Archibald MacLeish (U.S. poet, writer, and public official, 1892-1982)