Apr
07
2009
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How does ‘Freedom Food’ compare with Free Range food?

Chickens outdoors in the grass. (Photo by woodleywonderworks - CC-BY)

UK supermarkets now label some meat, fish, and eggs as “freedom food” or “freedom foods”. If this sounds pretty much the same as free range food to you, look again. You may have been confused by the similar-sounding words free and freedom. ‘Freedom Food’ is the name of a programme designed to improve the lives of [more...]

Mar
17
2009
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What is a conflict-free, ethical diamond?

Diamonds (Photo by swamibu - CC-BY)

What story could a sparkling diamond tell about its journey from mine to engagement ring? More and more people want jewellery with no hint of the storyline in Blood Diamond where Leonardo DiCaprio plays a mercenary smuggling diamonds against a background of civil war in Sierra Leone. The film reflects the way diamonds mined in [more...]

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Feb
09
2009
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What are the ethics of blogging and “link love”?

Link Love (photo by oskay - CC-BY)

Those who take blogging seriously have developed or adopted a formal or informal “code of ethics”, based on a desire to uphold what they believe to be important for the credibility, vibrancy and sustainability of serious blogging. Just about every blogger’s code of ethics covers the use of links. Blogger Rebecca Blood doesn’t aspire to have [more...]

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Jan
30
2009
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What is ethical banking?

Ethical Banking (photo by laurenatclemson - CC-BY)

Ethical banking is a sector of the banking industry which takes ethical considerations into account when making business decisions. Sometimes it represents little more than a marketing catchphrase, but at the other end of the spectrum there are financial institutions whose entire reason for existence is to further a particular ethical goal. Ethical concerns may include [more...]

Jan
24
2009
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What are stem cells?

Protest on embryo use

Stem cells have been called the master cells of the human body. Unlike other types of cells, stem cells have the capability, as they reproduce, of becoming other types of cells. So, for example, a muscle cell will always be a muscle cell. But some types of stem cells, though a series of divisions, might [more...]

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