Business ethics lessons from crime history at Iowa schools
Iowa City students study ethics amid corporate crimes such as Enron and Tyco, with speakers like ex convict Patrick Kuhse sharing warnings. Faculty say ethics are woven into courses at the Tippie School, while students like Emily Vaughan face tough real world dilemmas and firm moral lines.
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Enron
Global Crossing
Tyco
Qwest
Martha Stewart
Stead
Tippie School of Business
Nancy Hauserman
Hauserman
Emily Vaughan
Iowa City
Vaughan
Patrick Kuhse
Iowa
Kuhse
San Diego
Grundy Center
Flu vaccine production risks cited by experts
Vanderbilt University and St Jude researchers say the flu shot industry faces financial risk due to reliance on few manufacturers. Demand fluctuates yearly, vaccines require large upfront capital and are discarded if unused. Experts propose higher, steadier demand and more active adult vaccination to attract firms.
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Vanderbilt University
Richard Webby
St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital
Memphis
Poland
Schaffner
Webby
Rumsfeld presses to avoid troop rise questions in Iraq
Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld and General Casey defend Iraqi security forces as the focus shifts to Iraqi-led operations. He tours Kirkuk and Baghdad meeting officers and Iraqi leaders, stating a post election drawdown depends on security and highlighting Iraqi forces growing to about 100,000 with 45,000 more by elections.
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Rumsfeld
Kirkuk
John Batiste
U.S
Zaytun Division
Iraq
Irbil
8Td Marine Air Wing
Maj
Dennis Reed
Reed
Baghdad
John Negroponte
George Casey
David Petraeus
Hazem Shaalan
Casey
Ayad Allawi
Allawi
United States
Anbar
Saddam Hussein
Ramadi
Fallujah
Elective C-Sections: Patient Choice Versus Medical Guidance
Area hospitals allow patient doctor decision on elective C-sections amid fears of future sexual satisfaction and pelvic floor issues. ACG's Ethics Committee supports informed choice, yet doctors must refuse if harm is likely. Few obstetricians would perform elective C-sections, with Yankowitz cited as against them.
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University
Cedar Rapids
The
American College of
Gists
Activists push marijuana vote in Oregon Alaska and Montana
Activists push to change drug laws in Oregon Alaska and Montana with marijuana ballot measures on November 2. If approved Montana would join states legalizing medical cannabis, Oregon would expand medical marijuana, and Alaska would decriminalize marijuana. Walter warns against political use of medical marijuana. Oregon patients rely on self grown or unpaid caregiver supplied cannabis.
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Ore
Asia
Latin America
John Walters
Oregon
Alaska
Montana
Walters
California
Colorado
Hawaii
Maine
Nevada
Vermont
Washington
U.S. House
Linn County Tops Iowa Defense Spending in 2003
Defense funds flowing to Linn County, Cedar Rapids home of Rockwell Collins, reached $456.6 million in 2003 or $2,327 per capita, with Linn leading Iowa counties. Johnson County ranked eighth with $14.4 million or $124.97 per person, while Polk county stood second at $171.5 million. Rockwell Collins forms gear for gov and commercial clients and runs a Coralville plant in Johnson County. Other federal outlays included Social Security, Medicare, general medical assistance, and student loans.
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Afghanistan
Iraq
Hapgood
Iowa
Linn County
Cedar Rapids
Rockwell Collins
Linn
Rockwell
Coralville
Johnson County
Polk
Fense
Consolidated Federal Funds
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