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Superannuation ‘objective’ likely to be captured by industry

07 Apr 2016

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

Vexed issue of ethics: investing in hedge funds in tax havens

30 Oct 2015

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

Maintaining integrity: Anthony Asher on an ethical life in finance

22 Oct 2015

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.

Here’s why Australians are missing out on the HIV prevention pill

22 Oct 2015

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.

The rise of cognitive enhancers is a mass social experiment

16 Jun 2015

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

The nanoscientist and the sociologist

12 Jun 2015

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.

Universities are misguided to evade controversy with ‘ethics’

04 Mar 2015

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

Music for Mercy built on empathy, the most intelligent of emotions

30 Jan 2015

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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Should doctors refuse to work in immigration detention centres?

11 Sep 2014

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.

Just what are you trying to pull?

01 Oct 2013

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

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