ethics

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Enshrining the objective of superannuation in legislation could have unintended consequences, writes Anthony Asher.

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John Taylor explores whether investing in hedge funds in tax havens is both legal and ethical.

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In his new book, Working Ethically in Finance: Clarifying our Vocation, UNSW Business School Associate Professor Anthony Asher looks at ethics in terms of virtues, or values, and finds an aspiration to integrity is universal. Asher speaks with Julian Lorkin for BusinessThink.

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A pill a day can prevent HIV, but there’s no guarantee Australians will get access to this life saving drug anytime soon, writes Bridget Haire.

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A cognitively enhanced society is neither inevitable nor unobjectionable, write Emma A Jane and Nicole A Vincent.

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Her vision is to use nanotechnology to deliver drugs and gene-silencing therapies directly to cancer cells. He is a social scientist with an interest in the social and ethical issues of technological change. 

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Evaluations of research ethics do not benefit from a tick-box approach, writes Gigi Foster.

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The vigil for convicted drug smugglers Andrew Chan and Myuran Sukumaran showed the two men and their families that "lots of people walk this path with you," writes Joanna Mendelssohn.  

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UNSW ethicist Dr Bridget Haire says doctors working in immigration detention face tough ethical dilemmas and may find themselves unable to fulfill their professional obligations.

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Career networking is an immoral attempt to gain an illegitimate advantage over others, Ned Dobos argues. 

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