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Yesterday, Big Think went West to Mountain View, CA to sit down with Anne Wojcicki, co-founder of personal genetics company 23andMe, a Google-backed start-up that makes home genetics tests available […]

The BlackAgendaReport.com Executive Editor’s greatest ethical dilemma involved helping out Barack Obama.

Leadership in Century 21 …

Molecular biologist and biotechnology researcher Lee Silver says scientists in his field can’t catch a break. There is something about the study and manipulation of living things that sets off […]

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The philosopher says individual ethical stances are ill-equipped to face today’s global challenges.

The dean describes the role of ethics in a complicated business world.

You’re in the market for a job, just like everybody else. But your situation is a bit different: Bernie Madoff was your boss. Or, you worked for now-defunct Stanford Financial […]

Last week, Attorney General Eric Holder ordered a review of whether the interrogations of detainees held abroad have violated federal laws. President Obama has repeatedly said he would prefer not […]

Lieutenant Raymond Foster has graciously invited me to make some comments on leadership. I highly appreciated Raymond’s gesture and sophistication in dealing with the increasingly relevant subject. I attended a “LIVE” forum as Raymond was being interviewed I found his words of wisdom very original and useful.

Back to school season can only mean one thing: Swine Flu season is upon us. Don’t panic. We’re not going to waste your time rehashing all that stuff you’ve been […]

With the newspaper industry in turmoil and media suffering from what Clay Shirky refers to as “mass amateurization,” it’s not a particularly good time to entangle the New York Times […]

HOW CAN ONE CONSIDER RISKS DIFFERENTLY…By © Copyright 2009 Andres Agostini (Andy) – Arlington, Virginia, USA

Would today’s Major League Baseball bar Lou Gehrig? That’s the argument some are using to oppose a new announcement by the MLB:  the league is conducting genetic testing on some […]

Peter W. Singer explains how the robotics revolution will allow generals the ability to micromanage even low-level operations.

A study published today in the journal Stem Cells and Development renders the male gender, evolutionarily speaking, unnecessary. Researchers from Newcastle University and the Northeast England Stem Cell Institute (NESCI) […]

Feeling down about your employment prospects? Don’t. It’s just as bad over at Harvard Business School. As of late April, only 81% of graduating students from the Harvard Business School […]

You may want to be socially conscious and do the right thing, both in your own community and in the larger global community

The business world has been blamed for just about everything from the dissolution of native cultures to the exploitation of natural resources. But Whole Foods CEO John Mackey and academic […]

Preter-Natural Leadership Success Tenets By Andres Agostini (Andy)

My idea of success in the business world with a strong structure of education,work ethic and intelligence.

Peter Singer tackles poverty and the environment.

Though it’s been year of scandal for two of the largest interactive sites on the web, the loose nature of open-source content has emerged unscathed. First came the Craiglist sex […]

From Leadership and Management to Risk Management, Strategist, and Futurist

Some considerations on corruption that emerged on some blogging at Ecademy. Andy at GOOGLE at https://www.google.com/#hl=en&q=%22andres+agostini%22&aq=&oq=&aqi=&aq=f&oq=&aqi=&fp=-Pw1cEIpNGU

Philosopher Peter Singer discusses the state of global ethics.

Three simple rules that might make “politician” a less dirty word.

Poker teaches you that all you have is your reputation, says the Poker Professor.

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Dacher Keltner on government ethics.