Women, Minorities Still Rare on U.S. Boards, Group Says

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2. Commentary by Rushworth Kidder:

Tom DeLay and the Whatever-You-Call-It Committee

How are we to think about House Majority Leader Tom DeLay? These days, that's a more helpful question than *what* are we to think about him. Answers to the what question ooze from every media crevice inside the Beltway. But if our goal is not simply to pick sides but to make moral sense of this crossfire, we need frameworks rather than opinions....

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3. What They're Saying:

Open Discussion

"A church that cannot openly discuss issues is a church retreating into an intellectual ghetto."

-- Catholic magazine "America," in an editorial that appeared shortly after Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger was elected to become the next pope. Last week, "America" editor Rev. Thomas Reese resigned under orders from the Vatican's office of doctrinal enforcement after reportedly falling out of favor for questioning official Catholic positions on same-sex marriage, abortion rights, and the supremacy of Catholicism. The order was issued while Ratzinger, now called Pope Benedict XVI, was head of the doctrinal office....

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4. Army to Suspend Recruiting for One-Day 'Values Stand-Down'

WASHINGTON

Following high-profile reports of serious misconduct by some of its recruiters, the U.S. Army last week said it will hold a one-day "values stand-down" to reemphasize the importance of sticking to legal and ethical standards....

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5. Task Force Begins Investigation of Proselytizing at Air Force Academy

COLORADO SPRINGS

A U.S. Defense Department task force spent three days last week at the U.S. Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs, investigating allegations of heavy-handed Christian proselytizing by academy officers and cadets....

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6. Court Rules that Cheney Can Keep Secret Details of Energy Task Force

WASHINGTON

Vice President Dick Cheney does not have to disclose the names of energy industry insiders who helped craft the nation's energy policy, a federal appeals court ruled last week, likely ending a legal effort to enforce government transparency in the energy issue....

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7. Saks Fires 3 Senior Execs over Questionable Practices

NEW YORK

Department store chain operator Saks Inc. last week announced the firing of three senior executives and an undisclosed number of managers and other workers for wrongdoing involving the overcharging of vendors....

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8. Lloyds TSB Accused of Abusive Lending Practices

LONDON

British bank Lloyds TSB was accused last week of pushing massive loans onto consumers ill-qualified to repay the large sums, violating industry standards and prompting internal and regulatory investigations....

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9. Europe Tackles Pay Inequity and Other HR Struggles

STRASBOURG, France

France last week witnessed a multi-pronged push to improve the rights and rewards of workers, with efforts to limit work hours, diversity the workforce, and improve pay for female employees....

Full story: http://www.globalethics.org/redir/nl.html?d=5/16/2005&;id=05160517282660

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10. Study Notes Link between Obese Workers' Higher Healthcare Costs and Lower Wages

SAN FRANCISCO

Obese workers may be having their paychecks cut to cover higher healthcare costs, according to a new study of employment wages released last week by researchers from Stanford University....

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11. TV Viewers Protest Sexually Explicit Ads in Canada

TORONTO

The Globe & Mail is reporting that Canadian television viewers have bombarded the Advertising Standards Canada, an industry self-regulation body, with complaints about sexually explicit ads....

Full story: http://www.globalethics.org/redir/nl.html?d=5/16/2005&;id=05160517293934

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12. Research Report:

Alliance Gauges Diversity among Fortune 100 Boards

From the Alliance For Board Diversity:

"Uniting under the common goal of increasing representation of women and minorities on corporate boards, three leadership organizations -- Catalyst, The Executive Leadership Council, and Hispanic Association on Corporate Responsibility (HACR) -- today announced their collaboration as the Alliance for Board Diversity and released the results of their first joint research, 'Women and Minorities on Fortune 100 Boards,' which assesses diversity in the boardrooms of the Fortune 100 companies...."

Full story: http://www.globalethics.org/redir/nl.html?d=5/16/2005&;id=05160517301826

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13. Quote from the Ethics File:

Hills and Caves

"At 18, our convictions are hills from which we look; at 45, they are caves in which we hide."

-- F. Scott Fitzgerald (U.S. writer, 1896-1940)

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