While the ethical conflicts discussed in medical school once focused primarily on patient privacy, end-of-life issues, and conflicts of interest with pharmaceutical companies, today, the list of ...

Ethical dilemmas at work rarely arrive with clear answers, yet how leaders respond defines their company’s character and long-term success. We asked industry experts to share an example of a time when ...

The definition of an ethical dilemma is quite simple. A matter of two conflicting moral ideas, where both present viable pros and cons. The average joe could rattle off several instances of ethical ...

New technology allows accountants to do far more for their clients, but with this increased capacity has come more ethical issues, especially with regard to objectivity, independence and competence.

The research ethics issues involved in the Human Microbiome Project paralleled very closely those that are raised by human genetics research, said Dr. Amy McGuire, associate professor in the Center ...

What if you learned someone in the accounting department was, as they say, “cooking the books”? Or you overheard a company executive on the telephone sharing confidential information? Maybe a ...

The recent furor over fabricated data in a paper of which Nobel laureate David Baltimore is a coauthor raises serious questions about the scientific community's approach to ethical issues. It also ...

Margot Eves, JD, clinical ethicist for Cleveland Clinic, was called in for an emergency consult: A man in his early 50s was asking doctors to take him off the ventilator. Just 24 hours before, the man ...

Vegan woman inherits an item from her late mother—and ignites a fierce debate over ethics, sustainability and what to do next.

Ethical dilemmas are important puzzles with no easy answers but are fun to contemplate. Of course, they exist in all forms of counseling, from short-term advising to long-term therapy, from eating ...

Sex therapists can be “certified” by a handful of private organizations, but they are not licensed by the government. And unlike “dentist,” “acupuncturist,” or “cosmetologist,” anyone can call ...