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Those pesky facilitation payments
Not so very long after the AWB's $300 million tax deductible facilitation payment to Alia trucking, the Australian Government has proposed an APEC-wide code of conduct for the private sector to combat bribery. < Click for more> |
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Democratic values
 A lot of blood is being spilt supposedly to defend and promote democratic values, but perhaps these values are not very important in most organisations in the developed world, after all. Certainly democratic practice seems to be more and more limited to voting once every 3 to 6 years and fewer and fewer people seem to be interested in that.
Crikey founder Stephen Mayne has been taking on Rupert Murdoch, global defender of democratic values, on just how consistent he is. < Click for more> |
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Better not to know
 The first rule of ethical decision-making is: "Get the facts." Conversely, one way of avoiding the challenge of ethics us to avoid knowing them. Then, says that slippery little voice inside, I can't be held responsible. < Click for more> |
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Public ethics in a time of "war"
 Many would argue that ethics in war, like ethics in business is an oxymoron. Does the "war on terror" mean we should suspend our normal ethical judgements about what we ought to do? The recent Dr. Haneef case urges careful consideration about the ethics of law and government. John Sweeney < Click for more> |
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