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2008 President's Call Survey Results

Overview

As Dr. Kidder explained in his Ethics Newsline® commentary article of May 27, 2008, the Institute for Global Ethics created a poll using nine of the most threatening global issue facing humanity today as identified by the 2007 “State of the Future” report from the United Nations-affiliated Millennium Project. Each issue is supported with quotes material from the Executive Summary (available online as a PDF download).

You can take the survey here and let your views be known. This page will be updated with the results periodically.

The results so far...

The threats in order of most ethically impactful to least [according to 564 respondents]:

Governmental Corruption
CO₂ Emissions
Wealth Distribution
Terrorism
Mass Migration
Slavery
Disease/AIDS/Pandemics
Violence Against Women
Shortage of Medical Professionals

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