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Abortion restrictions put hospital ethics committees in the spotlight – but what do they do?

Many states have imposed sweeping restrictions that all but ban abortion since the June 2022 Supreme Court ruling that overturned the 50-year-old constitutional right to the procedure. These laws have created new obstacles for pregnant patients facing life-threatening complications like severe fetal anomalies, cancer diagnoses and ectopic pregnancies – when…

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Asean to set ‘guardrails’ on AI

SINGAPORE: Southeast Asian countries are drawing up governance and ethics guidelines for artificial intelligence (AI) that will impose “guardrails” on the booming technology, five officials with direct knowledge of the matter told Reuters.

Bangkok Post

Taoiseach Leo Varadkar subject to another complaint from ethics body

The complaint has come from the English Language Students Union

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Leo Varadkar faces fresh complaint to ethics watchdog over alleged preferential treatment towards Deliveroo management

A complaint against the Taoiseach and a number of other individuals, some of whom are also politicians, has been submitted to the Standards In Public Office commission

Irish Mirror

Group recommends reforms for scandal-plagued Los Angeles city council

Los Angeles should add more city council members, create two new independent redistricting commissions and better enforce ethics rules, a panel of academics tasked with proposing reforms for the scandal-plagued city government said Thursday

The Independent UK

Ex-NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio fined nearly $500,000 for misusing NYPD detail during failed presidential campaign

NEW YORK — The New York City government’s ethics watchdog ordered former Mayor Bill de Blasio on Thursday to cough up nearly $500,000 for misusing his personal police detail during his failed 2020 presidential campaign — the largest fine ever levied by the agency.

Tribune News Service

Rishi Sunak warned AI being racist or sexist is immediate risk not human extinction

An expert in AI ethics has warned the Prime Minister to focus on the 'real' risks of artificial intelligence including how its use in health systems could mean treatment is biased towards people with white skin or men

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As Trump pleads not guilty, Liz Cheney warns: ‘We have a continued assault on the rule of law in this country’

Ex-Rep. Liz Cheney received the 2023 Paul H. Douglas Award for Ethics in Government — named after the Illinois senator and corruption fighter — in a ceremony hosted by the University of Illinois system.

Chicago Sun-Times

Ethics office director in hot seat at House hearing over DUI

The House Administration Committee on Tuesday grilled Office of Congressional Ethics director Omar Ashmawy over alleged ethical breaches.

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Creator of AI game Hidden Door: 'I don't think AI is innately evil—I think what we're arguing about is who gets to benefit'

Hidden Door co-founder and CEO Hilary Mason on how her AI-narrated RPG works, and the ethics of machine learning.

PC Gamer

Giant review – medical ethics and 18th-century freakshows create a compelling new opera

Sarah Angliss and Ross Sutherland’s taut tale of an 18th-century ‘giant’ and the doctor who wants his body for research is vividly realised in this Aldeburgh festival opener, with tenor Karim Sulayman towering in the lead role

The Guardian - UK

West Ham and Fiorentina charged by UEFA following Europa Conference League final

UEFA’s Control, Ethics and Disciplinary Body (CEDB) will decide on the matter in due course

Evening Standard

Chris Christie says he’s anti-Trump – but did he secure a presidential pardon for a crony?

Ethics expert says former New Jersey governor must answer questions over George Gilmore, pardoned on Trump’s last day in office

The Guardian - US

EU Commission proposes common ethics body for all EU officials in wake of corruption scandal

The European Union’s executive is proposing to create an ethics body that would set up common rules of conduct for the bloc’s institutions

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Supreme Court justices, minus Thomas, and Alito, file financial disclosure reports

Justice Clarence Thomas' disclosure form had been eagerly awaited in the wake of news reports that he accepted luxury trips worth hundreds of thousands of dollars from GOP megadonor Harlan Crow.

The Independent UK

Justice Jackson reports flowers from Oprah, designer clothing as Thomas delays filing disclosure

Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson has disclosed that she received a $1,200 congratulatory floral display from Oprah Winfrey and $6,580 in designer clothing for a magazine photo shoot in her first months as the first Black woman on the Supreme Court

The Hindu

Bifurcation demand | 10 Manipur MLAs get showcause notice

The Privilege and Ethics Committee (PEC) of the 60-member Manipur Assembly has asked 10 MLAs to explain why they demanded a separate administration for a group of ethnic communities.

The Hindu

Focus on foundational literacy and numeracy, Botcha tells teachers

Samagra Shiksha State Project Director Srinivasa Rao emphasised the need for education with ethics.

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Queensland teachers receiving expensive gifts from parents may breach Public Sector Act, former government ethics adviser says

An ABC examination of the gifts handed to teachers in the past 18 months has found their receipt apparently breaches the enforceable regulation under the Queensland Public Sector Act.

The Independent UK

One justice explained absence from case. Another didn't. Ethics questions vexing Supreme Court

One Supreme Court justice explained her absence from a case

The Guardian - US

Congress ‘absolutely’ can impose ethics reform on supreme court, senator says

Democrat Sheldon Whitehouse insists legislature has power to make justices follow ethics code but ‘It is not going to be easy’

Tribune News Service

House ethics panel recommends impeachment for Texas AG Ken Paxton

AUSTIN, Texas – In an historic move that portends the ouster of one of the most powerful Republicans in the state, a House ethics panel on Thursday recommended the impeachment of Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton.

The Independent UK

Ethics adviser seeks more efficient approach to ministers’ interests publication

Sir Laurie Magnus suggested that there was ‘merit’ in asking ministers to ‘attest annually’ that they have read the Ministerial Code.

The Guardian - UK

Researching your family tree: A complete beginner’s masterclass with Tahitia McCabe

Learn how to use digital and real-life resources to uncover your family history, how to record your results, and the ethics of research, in this fascinating workshop with the genealogical researcher Tahitia McCabe

The Conversation

What is 'ethical AI' and how can companies achieve it?

The rush to deploy powerful new generative AI technologies, such as ChatGPT, has raised alarms about potential harm and misuse. The law’s glacial response to such threats has prompted demands that the companies developing these technologies implement AI “ethically.”

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