1. Statline:

Gallup Takes Pulse of Catholics' Hopes for Church Doctrine

Full story: http://www.globalethics.org/redir/nl.html?d=4/4/2005&;id=04040518092183

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2. Commentary by Rushworth M. Kidder:

The Eger Dilemma

To walk the cobbled streets of Eger, Hungary, is to be enchanted by a half millennium of history still alive in the stones of this regional city three hours northeast of Budapest. To talk to Ferenc Bárdos, a leading environmentalist, is to understand the dilemmas that arise in maintaining that enchantment. Over lunch last month, Mr. Bárdos raised an ethical dilemma that is emblematic for environmentalists everywhere....

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3. What They're Saying:

A Regulatory Frenzy

"We are in a regulatory frenzy. Corporations are acting out of fear and they don't want to take a chance that employees did something wrong under their watch, so they are basically cleaning house. Someone has to say enough."

-- A senior white-collar crime lawyer in Manhattan, speaking to the New York Times about the willingness of companies to fire workers for infractions that might have incurred private reprimands before the era of Enron and WorldCom...

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4. After Death of Terri Schiavo, Ethical Controversies Linger

PINNELAS PARK, Florida

Although the protestors have left the hospice where Terri Schiavo died last Thursday, 13 days after her feeding tube was removed under a judge's order despite attempts by Congress, the White House, and the governor of Florida to intervene, the battle over the wrenching right-to-die case continues on several fronts....

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5. Supreme Court Finds Broader Reach for Anti-Discrimination Laws

WASHINGTON

The U.S. Supreme Court last week ruled that a federal law barring gender-based discrimination at U.S. schools and universities applies not only to those suffering the discrimination, but also to whistle-blowers who complain on their behalf....

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6. Societies Struggle with Accommodating Religious Beliefs, Legal Rights

DENVER

Religious beliefs and legal rights came into conflict last week on multiple fronts, prompting debate in the United States and abroad about how to balance competing ideas of morality....

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7. Scientists Urge Fight against Watering Down Teaching of Evolution

WASHINGTON

Two of the world's leading scientific organizations last week independently called on educators and learning centers to withstand pressure from religious groups that would censor the teaching of evolution....

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8. U.K. Teachers Union Addresses Student Violence

BRIGHTON, England

Unruly students and teachers' safety took center stage last week at the annual conference of a leading U.K. teachers' union, with policy proposals putting the spotlight on cleaning up the classroom....

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9. Kofi Annan Criticized but Not Accused of Wrongdoing in New Report

WASHINGTON

An independent panel investigating allegations of corruption at the United Nations last week faulted U.N. Secretary General Kofi Annan for poor management, but stopped short of accusing him of wrongdoing....

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10. Berger Admits Taking Documents from National Archives

WASHINGTON

Former U.S. security advisor Samuel Berger last week admitted taking and destroying documents from the National Archives, agreeing to pay a $10,000 fine and have his security clearance suspended for three years....

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11. Canada to Impose Trade Sanctions on United States under WTO Rules

OTTAWA

Canada, in a rare move, is imposing trade sanctions against the United States in its continued fight against the so-called Byrd Amendment, a U.S. law repeatedly found to be a violation of international trade rules....

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12. Charges of Steroid Use Surface in National Football League

CHARLOTTE, South Carolina

The steroid controversy spread last week from the baseball diamond to the gridiron, following a report from CBS that two football players with the Carolina Panthers received a banned substance shortly before the 2004 Super Bowl....

Full story: http://www.globalethics.org/redir/nl.html?d=4/4/2005&;id=04040518153550

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13. Research Report:

U.S. Catholics 'Revere Pope, Disagree With Some Major Teachings'

From the Gallup News Service:

"With the death of Pope John Paul II, most American Catholics believe that history will judge him favorably -- either as a great pope, or even one of the greatest ever.... As for the future, many Catholics appear to disagree with church teachings in several areas -- use of birth control, allowing priests to marry, making church doctrine less strict on stem cell research, and allowing women to become priests. The poll shows that a majority of Catholics support each of those policies, while Pope John Paul II was adamantly against all of them...."

Full story: http://www.globalethics.org/redir/nl.html?d=4/4/2005&;id=04040518161542

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14. Quote from the Ethics File:

Plaster

"Whenever nature leaves a hole in a person's mind, she generally plasters it over with a thick coat of self-conceit."

-- Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (U.S. poet, 1802-1882)

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