The year 2023 marks the mid-point of the 15-year period envisaged to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals, targets for global development adopted in September 2015 by all United Nations Member States. To help track where we are on this journey, and to amplify success stories, in this ...
3.1.6 When a non-therapeutic trial is to be carried out with the consent of the subject's legally acceptable representative (see 4.8.12, 4.8.14), the IRB/IEC should determine that the proposed protocol and/or other document(s) adequately addresses relevant ethical concerns and meets applicable...
The third and final level reflects the BRI's ultimate goal: "To create a community with a shared future for mankind". The "community with a shared future for mankind" is a Chinese outlook on the direction of world development. Specifically, it includes "dialogue and consultation for a world...
The Company has a Code of Conduct applicable to all directors and employees of the company. The Chief Executive Officer and all senior financial officers, including the Chief Financial Officer and principal accounting officer, are bound by the provisions set forth therein relating to ethical conduct...
This finding further highlights the importance of banks’ ethical conduct in the eyes of the stakeholders. In particular, amid market disruptions in which the explicit wealth of stockholders is likely to be jeopardised, financial goals might become the sole priority for banks. Nevertheless, CSR ...
also a largely ethical problem and having to do with individual rights to act freely even in the face of unjust mandates – unjust on the basis of essential and fundamental questions of what does and what does not accrue harm to others as a result of an individual’s actions. I found my...
New progress has been made in improving Party conduct, promoting integrity and combating corruption. On the other hand, we must be keenly aware that there is still much room for improvement in our work and there are a lot of difficulties and problems on our road ahead. They include the ...
By allowing the ethical discussions to not only discuss the risks but also mention the benefits of genetically modifying crops, students might walk away with the idea that GMOs could be beneficial for humankind. The group believed that taxpayer money should not be used to foster special interests...
The principles of respect for persons, beneficence, and justice embody ethical concerns in the selection and recruitment of subjects, the process of obtaining informed consent from potential subjects, the assessment of risk and benefits, and the conduct of the research itself. An argument might be ...
David Levine discusses how ethical conduct is a special way of relating to others, one that secures respect for their integrity by assuring that what they do can express who they are. He argues that this special way of relating to others results not from knowledge of, or a stated commitment...