All Living Ethics articles
Below are all articles which have been published in Living Ethics, our newsletter, and have also been published on this website.
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The significance of saying sorry
While the recent apology to Indigenous Australians was warmly endorsed by a large...
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A brave new education
Two years ago, researchers found Australian university students to be five times more likely to...
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Advancing the responsible investment sector
The world of business continues to highlight just how relevant and important the role of...
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As the Disability Discrimination Act (DDA) turns twenty, Disability Discrimination Commissioner Graeme Innes has launched an online film series called Twenty Years: Twenty Stories
Twenty years ago, life for millions of Australians got easier. The then Deputy Prime Minister in...
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Australia’s banking system is out of balance
Since the Global Financial Crisis, competition in the banking sector has significantly decreased...
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Ethics in critical care
‘I wouldn’t let my dog die like this, yet I have to watch my wife die this way....
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Laughter is the best Medicine
Humour cannot be bottled for consumption but it can have great power. I believe there is truth...
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Selling ethical consumption
We’ve hit 2013, the teen years. Cynics may laugh but ethical consumerism is arguably...
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Sturm und drang: stress proofing soldiers’ ethics in Afghanistan
In the midst of confusion about what led to the recent, untimely deaths of two Afghan boys, two...
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The ethics of open data
Every decision we make is underpinned by raw information, measurables, experience and other data...
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The role of business in peace
The great Scottish economist Adam Smith once said that there are some activities which are for...
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Why non-profit social media policies need values
Your organisation may have recently taken its first brave steps into the social media realm...
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Advisers are already held to account
Exposing ministerial advisers to greater public scrutiny may make them more powerful, by giving...
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Always do the right thing
In ‘The values of principle over prescription’ (Living Ethics Issue 89) Dr Simon...
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Beating the system: doping in sport
The practice of doping is said to have been so commonplace and engrained in some high-level...
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Confession and Confidentiality
In 1077, a penitent Holy Roman Emperor, Charles IV, crossed the Alps by foot and knelt for three...
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Health justice: the line between patient autonomy and patient abandonment
The tragedy that befell Sydney’s Waterlow family in November 2009 raises complex issues of...
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How Australia can benefit from having more women in the workplace
In early 2012, it seemed that Australians started to raise their collective consciousness...
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Junzi and Rushang: a Confucian approach to business ethics
A common retort to the introduction of a discussion on ‘business ethics’ remains a...
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Power in the workplace: addressing the elephant in the room
Use of power in the corporate landscape is often discussed in hushed tones. However, rarely have...
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Primary Ethics report card
As we approach the end of our second year of teaching ethics to children in NSW public schools...
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Showing us their Woolloomooloo
In 2011, a group of six people with a passion for social change seeded the idea of Show Us Your...
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The lure of authenticity: Julia takes a stand
Politics and authenticity mix like oil and water in our poll-driven, sound-bite culture. Yet it...
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Why responsible investment?
Responsible Investment is an overarching term for what is still considered to be a niche area of...
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Women on boards but not in pipeline to leadership
The 2012 Australian Census of Women in Leadership, released on 27 November 2012, reveals that...
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Principles and politics
Australia has been witness to a number of disturbing revelations flowing from investigations...
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Alleviating Homelessness
There is no doubt that Australia’s housing and homelessness services are currently...
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Big Tobacco and plain packaging
In August 2012, Australia’s High Court dismissed the plain tobacco packaging case brought...
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Combatting cartels
Cartels throw up all sorts of ethical dilemmas and questions. The Australian Competition and...
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Mining royalties and state governments
The proceedings that unfolded in the NSW Land and Environment Court concerning a Hunter Valley...
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NSW Government response
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Open government in action
Openness is good for government. It not only protects us from ourselves but also regularly...
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The banking and finance oath
With banks worldwide on the reputational back foot after the fallout of the GFC, the...
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The ethical traveller
Most of us like to live our lives as ethically as possible, but what about when we leave...
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The social conditions for openness
In the winter 2012 issue of Living Ethics Sarah Macdonald encouraged us all to open our...
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The value of principle over prescription
As a child, I visited the ski fields of New South Wales but once. So, you would think that my...
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The values of principle over prescription
As a child, I visited the ski fields of New South Wales but once. So, you would think that my...
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Transforming business from the inside out
Cindy Gallop creates business opportunities that tap the pool of good intentions. Her website If...
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UN Global Compact Network Australia at Rio+20
In June 2012, the United Nations Global Compact Network Australia led a business delegation to...
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’Tis better to have switched and saved than never to have switched before
As a consumer advocate it’s usually easier to cry foul from the sidelines about alleged...
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On Lady Gaga and liberty
The cancellation of the Lady Gaga concert in Jakarta sparked more than just indignation from her...
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Pornography and education
I don’t think you can blame young people who watch porn. It’s often free, it’s...
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Rogue practitioners–accepting the challenge
Insolvency practitioners—bankruptcy trustees, liquidators, administrators and receivers...
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The Australian Global Reporting Initiative Conference on Sustainability and Integrated Reporting
The inaugural Australian Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) Conference on Sustainability and...
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The James Hardie case: risk, reputation and business ethics
Much has been written about the James Hardie appeal decision since it was handed down by the...
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The lies we tell ourselves
At the launch of the Daily Life website earlier this year, a microphone was passed...
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What directors need to know
Directors and boards make a significant contribution to the Australian economy...
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Why compulsory voting undermines democracy
Australia is one of the 19 countries in the world that legally enforces the vote. For Australian...
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Workplace dishonesty
If we were to form our views about organisations from high profile court cases and public...
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Adolescent suicide
The suicide of a child is a tragic event for parents and other relatives....

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