U.K. Workers ID On-the-Job Bullies

Full story: http://www.globalethics.org/redir/nl.html?d=11/22/2004&;id=11220417075434

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2. Commentary by Rushworth M. Kidder:

A Call for Civility

While the U.S. presidential election raised deep disagreements, it left pundits in consensus on one thing: It was among the most negative and divisive elections this country has ever seen. Is healing possible? Two former U.S. ambassadors think so, putting forward an intriguing proposal....

Full story: http://www.globalethics.org/redir/nl.html?d=11/22/2004&;id=11220417084927

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3. What They're Saying:

The Covenant of Civil Behavior

"There is an element out there that thinks they can take certain liberties. That didn't used to be the case. We have to really begin anew to determine what that covenant of civil behavior in our arenas is going to be all about."

-- National Basketball Association commissioner David Stern, announcing disciplinary penalties, fines, and suspensions against 11 players for their involvement in violent fighting last Friday night....

Full story: http://www.globalethics.org/redir/nl.html?d=11/22/2004&;id=1122041716387

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4. Senate Says Saddam Pilfered More than $21 Billion

WASHINGTON

Through an elaborate web of kickbacks, smuggling, tricks, and favors, the regime of deposed Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein pocketed more than $21 billion in illicit profits, a U.S. Senate subcommittee was told last week....

Full story: http://www.globalethics.org/redir/nl.html?d=11/22/2004&;id=1122041717300

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5. House Republicans Change Rules to Protect DeLay

WASHINGTON

Republicans in the U.S. House of Representatives last week decided to alter their rules to insulate Majority Leader Tom DeLay (R-Texas) from being forced to step down if he is indicted on criminal charges....

Full story: http://www.globalethics.org/redir/nl.html?d=11/22/2004&;id=11220417180966

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6. Senate Hears of Double-Dealing by Washington Insiders

WASHINGTON

PR executive Michael Scanlon, the second of two men accused of bilking Indian tribes out of tens of millions of dollars, refused to answer questions last week at a U.S. Senate hearing into his actions....

Full story: http://www.globalethics.org/redir/nl.html?d=11/22/2004&;id=11220417184992

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7. SEC Launches Civil Fraud Suit against Canada's Conrad Black

CHICAGO

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) last week filed civil fraud lawsuits against former Canadian newspaper baron Conrad Black and his associate David Radler....

Full story: http://www.globalethics.org/redir/nl.html?d=11/22/2004&;id=11220417193874

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8. Reporter Found Guilty of Criminal Contempt for Protecting Source

PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island

A local television reporter was convicted of criminal contempt last week for refusing to reveal who provided him a videotape related to an FBI sting of the city's former mayor in 2001....

Full story: http://www.globalethics.org/redir/nl.html?d=11/22/2004&;id=11220417202334

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9. Abercrombie & Fitch Settles Lawsuit, Commits to Diversity

LOS ANGELES

Trendy clothing retailer Abercrombie & Fitch agreed last week to pay $40 million to settle charges that it discriminated against minority workers and job applicants in a push to promote an "all-white" public image....

Full story: http://www.globalethics.org/redir/nl.html?d=11/22/2004&;id=11220417205594

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10. Before Thanksgiving, a Trio of Good News Stories

DULUTH, Minnesota; NEW YORK; and GREAT FALLS, Montana

As the Thanksgiving holiday approaches in the United States, a few headlines last week took a break from the standard gloomy fare to provide a glimpse of good deeds....

Full story: http://www.globalethics.org/redir/nl.html?d=11/22/2004&;id=11220417212960

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11. Research Report:

U.K. Personnel Group Releases Report on Workplace Bullying

From the U.K. Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development:

"While 83 percent of employers have a clear anti-bullying policy in place, when bullying does happen, the focus is almost exclusively on supporting the victim, with little support, advice, and guidance being offered to those accused of bullying...."

Full story: http://www.globalethics.org/redir/nl.html?d=11/22/2004&;id=11220417220173

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12. Quote from the Ethics File:

What You Can Untie

"Never cut what you can untie."

-- Joseph Joubert (French essayist and moralist, 1754-1824)