Given the increased complications junior officers face and what was seen as a gradual deterioration in moral and ethical standards of behavior within the government, the class of 1948, at their 40th reunion, felt that the Academy graduates should have the best foundation possible in the humanities, government, integrity, ethics and political judgment. Furthermore, they felt that Academy graduates must be outstanding citizens, as well as good officers and leaders. These words reprinted with minor modification are part of the program for the 20th Annual Coast Guard Academy Ethics Forum. In 1989, the Class of ‘48 established an endowment fund, now supplemented by the ...
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In my opinion, one of the most interesting discussions related to religious studies is that of morality. I won’t deny the fact that many power-hungry people throughout history have used Christianity and the name of Jesus in the wrong way for selfish gain. However, the message of the Christian Bible is one of love and restoration. Particularly in the New Testament world where the civil and ritual laws are not specifically renewed from the Old Testament, the moral laws do still stand providing guidance to us for what a Christian life should look like. In fact, every ‘good’ Christian knows that they shouldn’t do ...
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Just like clockwork every day I receive an e-mail from google listing the new content for a selected topic - “Business Ethics” - a topic I specialize in as a speaker . Most days there is something of interest - either a new article, headline or blog posting. But over the course of the past several weeks I have begun to see a new entry in this arena and I must say it caught me by surprise. Read below - as this is copied from the goole alert that I received in early November 2008. After you read, I’ll offer some comments. $50.00 - ...
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As an ethics speaker , I have the opportunity to travel the country and meet citizens of all the states in our great nation. Amazing what you can find when you just take the time to ask questions. People are in many cases better connected than our leaders might think. When it comes to Texas, as a recent resident of that great state, I can say that, overall, there is a feeling of positive prosperity. Texans expect government to be responsive to them and, for the most part, it seems that it is working. The report just issued came from the Better Government Assoication. ...
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A bunch of academics have been talking about what makes a successful city at a conference in Montreal these past few days. The topic is “Great Cities: Locomotives of National Economic Development,” and much talk about encouraging creativity, and research has been heard. One of the most interesting points of views was presented yesterday by Richard Shearmur, professor at the l'INRS Urbanisation, Culture et Société, (Institute national de recherche scientifique.) Le Devoi r quotes him as telling a workshop on what makes a city work that, while economists say a city’s success can be measured by the GDP per capita, that view doesn’t take ...
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