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Electronic Eyes & EthicsImagine some everyday events in this possible future world: On your way to work you stop to visit your elderly father, who has developed dementia and has wandered off in the past. You activate a tracking device that will monitor his movements and alert you if he leaves a predetermined area. Next on your itinerary is the bus stop, where you drop off your daughter. Her student ID card is scanned to ensure that she will be tracked getting on and off the bus and entering the school building….
...[read more]Despite Boston Bombings, Trend Against Blaming Islam For Violence Perpetrated by Followers Continues
For more information, see this week’s Research Report.
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Requires Absolute Integrity
“If, in fact, IRS personnel engaged in the kind of practices that had been reported on and were intentionally targeting conservative groups, then that’s outrageous and there’s no place for it. And they have to be held fully accountable, because the IRS as an independent agency requires absolute integrity, and people have to have confidence [...]
...[read more]Organizations Ratchet Up Efforts To Improve Labor Conditions In Bangladesh
Policy and political groups are turning up the heat on Bangladesh to reform its labor standards, as well as pressuring retailers to more carefully vet their sourcing in the wake of the horrific collapse of a substandard factory building….
...[read more]Appallingly Obvious
“It has become appallingly obvious that our technology has exceeded our humanity.” – Albert Einstein (German-born U.S. physicist and Nobel Prize winner, 1879-1955)
...[read more]Editor’s Note: Open for Comments
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