Widening Divide on Fighting a War that One Believes to be Morally Wrong

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2. Commentary by Rushworth M. Kidder:

Steroids in Baseball: Before They were Illegal, were They Wrong?

"I wanted to get your thoughts," ESPN Radio talk show host Chuck Wilson wrote me the other day, "on the argument that steroid use in baseball, prior to its being banned from the sport, does not constitute 'cheating.' I have argued that players who used steroids cheated the sport. My co-hosts and many listeners have argued that it's only cheating if you break stated rules. What do you think?" It's a great question, because it seems to be about only baseball. In fact, it's about business, government, education, the professions -- anything that puts scandals into the headlines....

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3. What They're Saying:

Pride

"I let my pride get in my way.... I am ashamed to be here today, and I accept full responsibility for my actions."

-- John Rowland, the former governor of Connecticut, speaking last week at his sentencing after being found guilty of corruption while in office...

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4. Ebbers Convicted on All Counts in $11 Billion WorldCom Fraud

NEW YORK

A New York jury last week found former WorldCom chief executive Bernard Ebbers guilty of securities fraud, conspiracy, and filing false documents, rejecting his "know nothing" defense in what many say should serve as a warning to other CEOs awaiting trial for leading their firms into scandal and bankruptcy....

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5. SEC Sues Former Qwest CEO and Executives for Fraud

DENVER

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) last week filed civil charges against Joseph Nacchio, the former chief executive of Qwest Communications International, and 10 other executives accused of orchestrating the firm's $3 billion bookkeeping fraud ....

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6. Questions Continue over Integrity of U.S. Contracts in Iraq

WASHINGTON

Questions about U.S. contracts in Iraq resurfaced last week with reports examining fraud allegations against Halliburton and the murder of a subcontractor who warned about corruption. Among the developments...

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7. Bush Administration Rejects Warning about Video News Releases

WASHINGTON

Rejecting criticism that public relations pieces designed to look like genuine television news reports are unethical, the Bush administration last week said it will continue making and distributing video news releases, and that it is the responsibility of television stations to inform viewers of the source of the videos....

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8. Apple Wins Right to Probe Bloggers' Records for Leaks

SAN JOSE, California

A California judge last week gave Apple Computer the green light to subpoena email records from three bloggers who printed information on an upcoming product, saying journalistic freedoms were secondary when a law had been broken....

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9. Caterpillar Sued over Bulldozer that Killed Activist in Israel

SEATTLE

The family of a U.S. activist killed by Israeli forces while she was trying to block the demolition of a Palestinian home filed suit last week against Caterpillar, accusing the company of exporting specially armored bulldozers that the company knew would endanger people....

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10. Not Guilty Verdicts in Trial over Canada's Worst Terrorist Incident

VANCOUVER

Justice Ian Josephson of the British Columbia Supreme Court stunned Canadians last week by acquitting two alleged masterminds of the worst terrorist incident in Canadian history. The judge found Ripudaman Singh Malik and Ajaib Singh Bagri not guilty of eight charges connected with plots to blow up two Air India airliners in 1985....

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11. NASCAR Penalizes Three Racecar Crew Chiefs for Cheating

CHARLOTTE, North Carolina

NASCAR last week slapped three crew chiefs with suspensions and fines after discovering rigged cars and other rules violations, saying the time had come to put an end to the sport's tradition of cheating....

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12. Research Report:

Pew Takes Comprehensive Pulse of Nation's Values

From the Pew Research Center for the People & the Press::

"A comprehensive study of long-term public values finds that beliefs about national security are now twice as important as economic or social values in shaping a person's partisan identification.... Yet this survey cannot be viewed as simply a study in rising partisanship. It also confirms that a number of consensus values endure, which may be a surprising finding in today's political climate...."

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13. Quote from the Ethics File:

Perspective

"The man who goes up in a balloon does not feel as if he were ascending; he only sees the earth sinking deeper below him."

-- Arthur Schopenhauer (German philosopher, 1788-1860)