Conference Board Charts Declines in U.S. Job Satisfaction

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2. Commentary by Rushworth M. Kidder:

Why Ebbers' 'Aw, Shucks' Defense is Morally Indefensible

Over the last six weeks, an experiment has been playing out in a Manhattan courtroom that has profound moral significance for the nation. What's being tested is the "aw, shucks" defense of Bernard Ebbers, WorldCom's former chief executive....

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3. What They're Saying:

Fight Injustice

"Peter Benenson's life was a courageous testament to his visionary commitment to fight injustice around the world. He brought light into the darkness of prisons, the horror of torture chambers, and tragedy of death camps around the world. This was a man whose conscience shone in a cruel and terrifying world, who believed in the power of ordinary people to bring about extraordinary change...."

-- Irene Khan, secretary general of Amnesty International, speaking about the organization's founder Peter Benenson, who died late last month....

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4. Supreme Court Bars Death Penalty for Juveniles

WASHINGTON

Citing a shift in society's view and with a nod to international norms, the U.S. Supreme Court last week ruled that executing people who committed their crimes as juveniles is unconstitutionally cruel and illegal....

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5. Rumsfeld Sued for Alleged Role in Creating Abusive Environment

WASHINGTON

The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) and a human rights group last week sued U.S. Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld for allegedly creating an environment conducive to the abuse of military prisoners in Afghanistan and Iraq....

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6. Legal Actions Challenge U.S. Anti-Terror Tactics

WASHINGTON

The U.S. government's wide-ranging attempts to fight terrorism were tested last week by a series of court rulings and legal actions probing alleged overreaches by the administration. Among the developments...

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7. Titan Corp. Pleads Guilty to Violating Anti-Bribery Laws

SAN DIEGO

California-based defense and telecommunications firm Titan Corp. agreed last week to pay $28.5 million in criminal and civil penalties for bribing government officials in the West African state of Benin....

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8. Bank of America to Settle WorldCom Suit for $460.5 Million

NEW YORK

Bank of America will pay more than $460 million to settle charges that it failed to exercise due diligence by underwriting billions of dollars' worth of bonds for WorldCom shortly before the telecom giant went bankrupt....

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9. U.S. Judge Blocks Opening of Border to Canadian Beef

BILLINGS, Montana

U.S. District Court Judge Richard Cebell has granted a temporary injunction to stop the Bush administration from allowing the importation of Canadian cattle into the United States....

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10. Temple University Weighing Fate of Coach following On-Court Violence

PHILADELPHIA

Temple University last week said it had not decided yet whether to renew its contract with men's basketball coach John Chaney, who has been benched since ordering a player to play rough two weeks ago....

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11. New York High School Looks to Test Students for Alcohol

EAST HAMPTON, New York

Concerned about underage drinking, a school district on Long Island is debating testing students with breath analyzers during school hours....

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12. Research Report:

'U.S. Job Satisfaction Keeps Falling': Conference Board

From the Conference Board:

"Americans are growing increasingly unhappy with their jobs, The Conference Board reports today. The decline in job satisfaction is widespread among workers of all ages and across all income brackets...."

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13. Quote from the Ethics File:

Others Merely Swell

"Some people grow under responsibility, others merely swell."

-- Carl Hubbel (U.S. baseball player, 1903-1988)

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