In June, it was revealed that Facebook had conducted a research study on over 600,000 of its users to determine whether it could change their emotions by manipulating their news feeds.
The answer was “yes.”
The results of the research were published in an article entitled – Experimental Evidence of Massive-Scale Emotional Contagion through Social Networks.
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The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) has been in the news for the long wait times before veterans are able to receive medical care.
The Electronic Wait List is one of the metrics used for evaluating performance within the VA hospital system. Based on news reports, it appears that the wait time that triggered listing on the Electronic Wait List was lengthened from 30 days to 120 days.
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Earlier this month, General Motors dismissed 15 employees following the completion of an internal investigation into GM’s failure to respond appropriately to reports of ignition switch defects. The report found GM was “incompetent and negligent” in failing to prevent the deaths that were caused by this defect.
GM declined to identify the employees who were dismissed.
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When I opened my internet browser to post my previous newsletter, Our Need for Media Literacy, the article that popped up was “What to do when companies deceive you.”
This article outlines how three companies with very different products – a running shoe,
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Our local PBS station is currently running the Frontline series – United States of Secrets. This program focuses on the release of NSA documents by Edward Snowden. Part 1 covered the history and rationale underlying the development of “The Program” by NSA. The goal of The Program was to monitor all communication,
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Two weeks ago, Steve and I went to a presentation by Kelly McBride on the topic of ethics and the media. Kelly is the ethicist with the Poynter Institute in St. Petersburg FL. She also contributes to an NPR broadcast on ethics for WUSF. In 2013, she published a book –
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This is the first issue of the Ethics in Focus Newsletter.
This newsletter is a companion to the Ethics for the OH&S Professional course. This web-based training course was developed with the following learning objectives:
This course specifically focuses on the Code of Ethics established by the American Board of Industrial Hygiene (ABIH) for guiding the practice of Certified Industrial Hygienists.
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