A week ago, an e-mail newsletter article published by Information Week in honor of Halloween caught my attention. The title was 14 Creepiest Ways to Use Big Data.
The creepiest one for me was number 8, Someone’s Time is Up, which focused on potential software design issues associated with self-driving cars.
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Last week, Farid Fata, a Michigan doctor, was sentenced to 45 years in jail for subjecting more than 500 patients to cancer treatments they did not need so he could collect millions in insurance payments. According to CBS News, he told healthy patients they were sick, he told sick patients they were dying,
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It is the gift-giving season.
This creates a dilemma for many professionals. The American Board of Industrial Hygiene (ABIH) code of ethics, like many other codes of ethics, contains a “no bribery” provision. It states –
“Refrain from offering or accepting significant payments, gifts or other forms of compensation or benefits in order to secure work or that are intended to influence professional judgment.”
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