Children are often taught that "honesty is the best policy" and to "do unto others as you would have them do unto you," while law students are instructed that attorneys should "avoid even the ...

There is growing recognition that the analysis of patient data can bring powerful improvements in patient care and the development of new medicines. At the same time, there is acknowledgement that ...

In science, ethical guidelines ensure that research takes place in a way that respects public trust and is conducted responsibly. Traditional ethics approval procedures work well for projects ...

It's as proud a day as you're likely to have as a small-business owner: The day that you overhear one of your employees telling a customer, "Around here, we don't believe that the ends justify the ...

One can scarcely open the newspaper without finding examples of smart, well-educated people who have behaved in ethically challenged ways: for example, Bernard Madoff and the numerous investment ...

In April, researchers in China reported that they had initiated pregnancies in monkeys through a procedure seemingly much like in vitro fertilization (IVF), in which embryos created in a dish were ...

There's a fairly large flaw in the way that programmers are currently addressing ethical concerns related to artificial intelligence and autonomous vehicles (AVs). Namely, existing approaches don't ...