Amid Ethics Office Debacle, Googling Congress Members Spiked. Sort Of
It's true that more people looked up their lawmakers than usual. But that was still only a handful of people.
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Prominent Trump Backers Sign Letter Pushing To End Conflicts Of Interest
President-elect Donald Trump hasn't done enough to separate his role as president from his role as businessman, several high-profile conservatives and others wrote in an open, bipartisan letter.
U.S. Ethics Chief Was Behind Those Tweets About Trump, Records Show
Trump-style tweets from the Office of Government Ethics urging divestitures made many suspect a hack of this typically staid agency. New records shared with NPR show the author was the agency chief.
Should Doctors Game The Transplant Wait List To Help Their Patients?
A cardiologist knows how to game the system to get his patients bumped up the list for a heart transplant by giving them care they don't need. Is that being a good doctor — or a moral failure?
Advance In Human Embryo Research Rekindles Ethical Debate
Scientists have been able to keep human embryos alive twice as long as before. The technique is reopening a debate over a rule limiting research on human embryos to 14 days.
Do These Jeans Make Me Look Unethical?
In theory we do not want to buy products made by child labor or polluting factories. But in practice, we don't want to know about a company's practices.
Google's Traffic Stop: A Crash Course In Self-Driving Concerns
California police pulling over Google's self-driving car is just the latest buzz surrounding autonomous vehicles. How will these cars respond to the variables found in a daily commute?
At What Point Does A Fundraising Ad Go Too Far?
Images of the "starving child" were popular in 1980s campaigns. Critics didn't like the depiction of the developing world as a place of helpless victims. Such ads faded away, but now they're back.
Disgraced Scientist Clones Dogs, And Critics Question His Intent
A lab in Seoul is the only place in the world known to commercially clone dogs. But often the dog clones are sickly, critics say, and many other dogs are subjected to surgery to make a clone.
Pressure To Act Unethically Looms Over Wall Street, Survey Finds
About half of the financial professionals surveyed say their competitors have behaved unethically or illegally to gain an advantage. And many say compensation and bonuses can create bad incentives.