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New blog on social entrepreneurship from College of Wooster
in Audeamus - How dare we..., on July 5, 2009
...l Social Entrepreneurship (GSE) program. The trip is supported by the Smucker's Fund for Global Ethics.
For any new followers of our blog, here is a more linear collection of pages detailing...
Treatment For Gaucher Disease From Protalix
in Straightfromthedoc, on July 4, 2009
... Gaucher disease is a hereditary, genetic disorder with severe and debilitating symptoms. It is an inherited metabolic disorder in which harmful quantities of a fatty substance called glucocerebr...
Drug pushing Eli Lilly
in Sox First, on June 13, 2009
...drug company treated them as second class citizens in the area of pay and promotion. Talk about an ethics bypass. Eli Lilly is a company now worth watching....
Basic: Bio -Supermarkt mit neuer Webseite
in Bio Channel, on June 11, 2009
...ehende Kooperationen mit führenden, ökologisch aktiven Web 2.0-Netzwerken wie Utopia und New Ethics sowie ein Online-Shop.
In einem Punkt bin ich jedoch ein wenig skeptisch: es heißt, dass die Perso...
Global Rejection of Genetically Engineered Wheat
in The Biotech Weblog, on June 3, 2009
....S. released a joint statement confirming their collective commitment to stop commercialization of genetically engineered (GE) wheat .
Here's the summary statement:
In light of our existing exp...
New MBAs claim they'll be ethical. Yeah right!
in Sox First, on May 31, 2009
Interesting piece in the New York Times about future business leaders claiming they will be more ethical. According to the piece, about one out of five of the Harvard Business School graduating class have signed "The MBA Oath" pledging to serve the greater good and refrain from advan...
Is sacking people unethical?
in Sox First, on May 28, 2009
... managers ever ponder the ethical implications of what they're doing. As the self-styled "ethics guy" Bruce Weinstein says , sacking people is an ethical issue because it impinges on t...
Golden Rice is an Effective Source of Vitamin A
in The Biotech Weblog, on May 15, 2009
... Golden Rice is a genetically modified plant developed to contain more beta-carotene in the grains, seen as a viable method of alleviating vitamin-A deficiency particularly in developing countrie...
Why stricter laws won't work
in Sox First, on May 13, 2009
...;s a point I discussed the other week with Simon Longstaff, the executive director of the St James Ethics Centre in Sydney. Longstaff says there is a need for regulation, but not too much. He warns ...
Late Motherhood and Lifespans
in Next Nine Months, on May 8, 2009
... Utah . "If you have a female relative who had children after age 45, then there may be some genetic benefit in your family that will enhance your longevity."
For descendants of the Utah a...
A Hippocratic oath for managers
in Sox First, on May 8, 2009
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The global crisis is as much a failure of ethics as it is of finance. Business at the end of the day has to serve society which gives it its licence to operate. Creating virtual products as they d...
Lung Cancer Susceptibility Gene Identified
in The Biotech Weblog, on May 2, 2009
...o increased lung cancer susceptibility and development . This gene, called RGS17, could result in a genetic predisposition to develop lung cancer particularly in those with a strong family history of ...
Who are the world's most ethical companies?
in Sox First, on April 13, 2009
...he judges could identify how the companies established a business case for ethical behavior and how ethics contributed their bottom line. But then, that takes a lot more work. Much easier to do it th...
Prognostic Test for Frontotemporal Dementia
in The Biotech Weblog, on March 10, 2009
... most frequently in patients younger than 65. The test is based on previous findings showing that a genetic defect in two genes on chromosome 17 cause a hereditable form of FTD, one of which results t...
Pollution-Related Asthma May Start in the Womb
in Allergies, on February 27, 2009
...n areas with increased traffic-related pollution may be at greater risk of developing asthma due to genetic changes acquired in the womb . An alteration to the baby's ACSL3 gene is associated wi...
第29届金酸梅奖获奖名单
in YuleGuan, on February 25, 2009
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灾难电影（Disaster Movie）
天灾（The Happening）
美女与丑姑（The Hottie & The Nottie）
末日危城（In the Name of the King: A Dungeon Siege Tale）
爱情大师（The Love Guru）
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有线电视的拉里《乌龙保镖》/ Larry the Cable Guy, Witless Protection
艾迪·墨菲《戴夫号飞船》/ Eddie Murphy, Meet Dave
迈...
Genetic Sequencing of Cold Virus
in The Biotech Weblog, on February 19, 2009
Photo courtesy of iStockphoto , Image# 195814 Scientists have successfully mapped the genome of all known human rhinoviruses , which causes the common cold which in turn is responsible for about half of all asthma cases and is a factor in other upper and lower respiratory tract illnesses such a...
Stimulus Hype: Will the Stimulus Work? (Part I)
in Bizinformer, on February 7, 2009
...n that nurtured greed on Wall Street allowed the finance industry to operate with a reduced code of ethics. They loaned money to people they knew would in all likelihood eventually default. They did...
FDA Approxes ATryn, First Drug from a Genetically Engineered Animal
in The Biotech Weblog, on February 7, 2009
The Food and Drug Authority has approved ATryn , the first ever transgenically produced therapeutic protein and the first recombinant antithrombin approved in the U.S.
ATryn is indicated for the treatment of patients with hereditary antithrombin deficiency, undergoing high-risk surgical or c...
John Hardy Jewelry 2009
in The Jewelry Weblog, on February 5, 2009
...ans Hardy works with are descendants of those royal metalsmiths , whose extraordinary skill and genetic memory of ancient traditions are lavished upon each item, imparting a strength, texture, and in...
Three Genes Linked to Obesity Identified
in The Biotech Weblog, on January 23, 2009
... Photo courtesy of iStockphoto , Image# 3457127 Based on a genetic study of 1,380 Europeans, reseachers have identified 3 genes that increase risk of early-onset obesity in children, and morbid ob...
Early Childhood Diet Influence Health as Adults
in The Parenting Weblog, on January 21, 2009
...arch has shown that the food we eat changes how active certain genes in our body are - what we call genetic expression. In particular we believe that our diet has a direct influence on the genes that ...
Corporate ethics and law
in Sox First, on January 9, 2009
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More than two years ago, I did a blog entry on the difference between ethics and morality. Moral decisions, around issues like theft and corruption, are absolutes regardless of time or culture. ...
Blagojevich and Spitzer: a moral tale about power
in Sox First, on January 8, 2009
...t Spitzer and Blagojevich probably have more in common than that. According to Kellog School's ethics professor Adam Galinsky , it's all about people's susceptibility to get drunk on powe...
Latisse: First Eyelash Thickener, FDA-Approved
in Well Woman Blog, on December 29, 2008
...ote at the U.S. News and World Report Blog :
This drug is meant for those with a real (and often genetic) health problem called hypotrichosis, in which no hair grows on the eyelid. It may also be u...
Looking in the Mirror and Seeing Your Ethics Smiling Back at You
in Biz Plan Hacks, on December 29, 2008
... BusinessWeek had a piece last week on ethical self-assessment. They looked at Peter Druker's Ethics of Prudence and declared it "timely" in light of recent events like the bribery sca...
Recession means it's time to ramp up internal security
in The CIO Weblog, on December 24, 2008
... you surrender your personal information here ), "The Global Recession and its Effect on Work Ethics", desperate employees worried about layoffs are a thing to be feared by CIOs and corpora...
Type 1 Diabetes and Celiac Diasease: Genetically Linked
in Daily Diabetic, on December 14, 2008
...tein found in wheat, rye and barley.
Both are inflammatory disoders that now has been found to be genetically linked .
"Our results spotlight that much more research needs to go into investig...
HourVille: Anything. By The Hour.
in Wangtam, on December 10, 2008
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Fixing broken boards
in Sox First, on December 8, 2008
...governance. Below you will find links to the Firm's corporate governance guidelines and code of ethics, as well as charters for the Audit, Compensation and Benefits, and Nominating and Corporate G...
Lack of Sleep Is Genetically Linked To Type 2 Diabetes
in Daily Diabetic, on December 8, 2008
... Photo courtesy of iStockphoto , Stacey Newman
Lack of Sleep has a genetic link with type 2 diabetes is the new finding reported at Nature Genetics .
The said findings discovered a sur...
Genetic Blood Test Provide More Accurate Evaluation For Cystic Fibrosis Patients
in The Biotech Weblog, on December 3, 2008
...Image# 2049412 A preliminary "proof-of-principle" trial demonstrated the feasibility of a genetic blood test to demonstrate cystic fibrosis patients' response to therapy.
Using microarr...
Patagonia Fungus Produces "Myco-Diesel"
in The Biotech Weblog, on November 25, 2008
...Strobel said his team is already screening the fungus' genome. Besides determining the complete genetic makeup of the fungus, they will run a series of genetic and biochemical tests to identify th...
Sox First birthday
in Sox First, on November 21, 2008
...this month marks the third anniversary of Sox First. Three years ago, I was invited to write about ethics, governance and Sarbanes-Oxley. Being an Australian, the irony was not lost on me. Since the...
Genetically Modified Anthocyanin-Rich Tomatoes
in The Biotech Weblog, on October 27, 2008
A European group of researchers have successfully expressed genes from the Snapdragon flower in tomatoes, resulting to deep-purple colored tomatoes with unprecedentedly high anthocyanin content at concentrations comparable to the anthocyanin levels found in blackberries and blueberries. The expr...
Novel Antibiotic Candidates from Myxobacteria
in The Biotech Weblog, on October 26, 2008
...f action the active substances prevent the RNA polymerase from adhering to the DNA - reading of the genetic materials is suppressed completely. This new mechanism also operates in bacteria that are re...
Financial ethics and the meltdown
in Sox First, on October 15, 2008
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What does the implosion of markets teach us about ethics? Britain's Business In The Community business development director Mallen Baker has some interesting insights in his piece Financial...
Dating a Beautiful Woman
in The Dating Weblog, on October 13, 2008
...e beholder. But really, there are some ladies that are so beautiful it seems as if they won the genetic lottery. If you're a guy, do you feel threatened by them? Do you act differently in fron...
deCODE BreastCancer Genetic Diagnostic Test Launched
in The Biotech Weblog, on October 13, 2008
... Photo courtesy of iStockphoto , Dawn Poland deCoODE Genetics launched deCODE BreastCancer™ , a new non-invasive tool for assessing risk of the common forms of breast cancer.
The deCODE Br...
LEV Pharma's Cinryze™ Got FDA Marketing Approval For HAE
in Straightfromthedoc, on October 13, 2008
... A rare genetic and life threatening disease, hereditary angioedema (HAE) is an autosomal dominant disorder of C1 inhibitor (C1-INH) deficiency manifested by painless, nonpruritic, nonpitting swe...
Non-Invasive Blood Test for Fetal Genetic Anomalies
in The Biotech Weblog, on October 12, 2008
Photo courtesy of iStockphoto , Sylvia Cook Researchers have developed a new prenatal blood test that accurately detected Down syndrome and two other serious chromosomal defects in a small study of 18 pregnant women. The test scan fetal DNA present in the mother's blood to detect chromosom...
Embryonic-Like Stem Cells From Human Testes?
in Straightfromthedoc, on October 9, 2008
...rt the development of human embryonic stem cells. Within a few weeks, the cells took on many of the genetic and growth characteristics of embryonic stem cells.
One other source of stem cells that...
Diabetes May Be Reversed From The Fat Cells
in Daily Diabetic, on October 8, 2008
...ssue.
According to Jerrold Olefsky of the University of California, San Diego :
"We used a genetic 'trick' that allowed us to rapidly kill these macrophages. The treatment killed thes...
Pea Metabolomics Under Drought
in The Biotech Weblog, on September 21, 2008
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This study, published in the December issue of Metabolomics , was funded by the Defra Pulse Crop Genetic Improvement Network and the EU Grain Legumes Integrated Project .
Source ...
Data Security is Still a Top Concern Among Prospective LPO Buyers
in The Outsourcing Weblog, on September 12, 2008
...ockphoto, Image# 6793837
Mark Ross of LawScribe, Inc., recently hosted a webinar discussing the ethics of legal process outsourcing. According to Mark, the Q&A section offered some surprising ...
New Tuberculosis Vaccine Goes Into Clinical Trials
in The Biotech Weblog, on September 12, 2008
...week. The new vaccine, VPM1002, is based on a vaccine that has been in use since 1921, and has been genetically engineered to prevent infection with tuberculosis bacteria much more effectively than it...
Norway has ethics problems with Rio Tinto
in Sox First, on September 10, 2008
Fascinating developments with reports that Norway's $436 billion sovereign wealth fund has sold its stake in Rio Tinto because of concerns about the company damaging the environment in Indonesia. What's interesting about this story is that most companies excluded from Norway's inv...
Ethics code copies
in Sox First, on September 4, 2008
...anes -Oxley Act, all public companies are required to disclose whether they have adopted a code of ethics for principal executive, financial, and accounting officers. If they don't have an ethics...
Researchers Identify Key Allergy Gene
in Allergies, on August 29, 2008
...ries with less contact, however, elevated IgE levels are associated with allergic disorders.
In genetically susceptible individuals the immune system becomes biased and produces IgE antibodies agains...
Other Voices: Links for 8/14/08
in The Personal Finance Weblog, on August 14, 2008
Photo courtesy of iStockphoto, Randolph Pamphrey
From the PF blogs:
Mapgirl :
I just don't understand the DC housing market. How can people live here, save and have kids all at the same time? Unless you really are a K Street lobbyist raking in the dough, it's nigh impossible to li...
Shopping
in The Parenting Weblog, on August 11, 2008
...Does anyone else shop as if they are feeding an army ? Is there some genetic code inside me as an Irish and Italian girl from a huge extended family?
It is just my husband, my daughter and myself....
Kiwi Fruit's Expressed Sequence Tags Published
in The Biotech Weblog, on August 4, 2008
...dlings and find out right-away which ones are likely to have the type of fruit we want."
The genetic data have been published in BMC Genomics .
Source ...
SEC Compliance Alert
in The Hedge Funds Weblog, on July 28, 2008
... in several areas including; personal trading by investment advisory employees, incomplete code of ethics, soft dollar practices, "Free lunch" sales seminars , broker-dealers' issu...
DNA Love Matching
in The Dating Weblog, on July 23, 2008
...mpatibility. You give them a saliva sample, and they analyze it and compare it against "genetic combinations" found in successful relationships.
Think this approach will work? Will ...
Three key functions of supply chain ethics management
in Supplychainer, on July 21, 2008
...Chain " in Supply and Demand Chain Executive.
In Levin's point of view, SEM (Supply chain Ethics Management) platforms provide three key functions from risk management perspective:
- Distr...
CDC: Mississipi Remains Most Obese State
in Daily Diabetic, on July 17, 2008
...t's the diet and the lifestyle, folks. That has gotta change...else research on treatments and genetic will be a waste. Need I say more?...
Genetically Modified Salmonella Delivers Vaccine
in The Biotech Weblog, on July 17, 2008
... Scientists have successfully genetically engineered Salmonella enterica to deliver an antigen that protects against pneumonia. The method apparently effectively delivers the antigen in the body,...
Ethics of the part-time bootstrapper
in BootStrapMe, on July 9, 2008
...courtesy of iStockphoto, Andy Dean
Carl Jongsma raises the interesting question of what the ethics should be for a part-time bootstrapper when business interests intersect with those of an emp...
BAE vows to clean up
in Sox First, on June 30, 2008
... improve the company's ethical standards in the wake of the Woolf Report into the company's ethics following allegations of bribery and corruption, and the Serious Fraud Office's controver...
Women and Casual Sex
in Straightfromthedoc, on June 27, 2008
...ever, quality seems to be more important than quantity.
Also for women, finding partners of high genetic quality is a stronger motivator than sheer number, and it is commonly believed that women are ...
CEOs hate SOX
in Sox First, on June 23, 2008
...corporate America still hates Sarbanes-Oxley. According to the National Survey of CEOs on Business Ethics, by Georgia State's Center for Ethics and Corporate Responsibility and Clemson's Robe...
$12M Research Study on Impact of Genetic And Environmental Factors on Asthma and Allergies
in Allergies, on June 15, 2008
...vesting $12 million in a research study referred to as the CHILD study , which will investigate the genetic and environmental factors that influence the development of asthma and allergies in children...
Glucose Levels-Regulating Gene, Identified
in Daily Diabetic, on June 14, 2008
...es our basic biologic knowledge about regulation of glucose and may also be useful in future genetic studies to help discriminate between genetic variants that do or do not contribute to diseas...
Genetic Sequencing Companies Join 1000 Genomes Project
in The Biotech Weblog, on June 11, 2008
Photo courtesy of iStockphoto, Image# 3676922
Three DNA sequencing companies have joined an international research consortium called 1000 Genomes , aimed at creating a new map of the human genome that will provide a view of biomedically relevant DNA variations at a resolution unmatch...
Deutsche Telekom spying scandal
in Sox First, on May 27, 2008
...ct the huge amount of data that comes its way,'' Ulf Pose, president of the Association for Ethics in German Business told The Times . There will be a massive fallout from this case with pol...
Genetic Tests to Detect and Predict Recurrence Likelihood of Lung Cancer
in The Biotech Weblog, on May 25, 2008
...ts for lung cancer: a blood test for accurately detecting lung cancer in its early stages, and a genetic test to predict the likelihood that cancer would recur in patients whose non-small cell lun...
Tightening the rules for ethical investment
in Sox First, on May 21, 2008
... interests of their shareholders, accounting rules and performance indicators. The paper, Putting Ethics into Environmental Law: Fiduciary Duties for Ethical Investment says companies are fooling t...
Blackwater's "get out of jail" card
in Sox First, on May 10, 2008
...#39;t afford not to have it providing services when it is hell-bent on staying in Iraq. So much for ethics at government level. "We cannot operate without private security firms in Iraq," P...
Arms trader pledges to be more ethical
in Sox First, on May 8, 2008
...se BAE's unpopularity with the British public. It is absurd to ask a committee to report on the ethics of an arms company without even considering whether it is ethical to arm dictatorships, or to...
John Hardy Jewelry
in The Jewelry Weblog, on May 5, 2008
...artisans Hardy works with are descendants of those royal metalsmiths, whose extraordinary skill and genetic memory of ancient traditions are lavished upon each item, imparting a strength, texture and ...
