Category Archives: Ethics

Have we really evolved beyond the days of throwing the Christians to the Lions?

Posted on April 24, 2009 by Katrin Becker

By now almost everyone online is familiar with the wonderful story of Susan Doyle. There are many interesting dimensions to this story, like the one discussed by Henry Jenkins having to do with how quickly the world came to know … Continue reading →

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Kids These Days (sheesh)….

Posted on August 14, 2008 by Katrin Becker

Net Gen kids cheat, they say…. OK, this annoys me.  Apparently, we learn very little through the millennia. “The children now love luxury; they have bad manners, contempt for authority; they show disrespect for elders and love chatter in place … Continue reading →

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The University of Calgary (my alma mater) wins an award!! –for bullying its faculty

Posted on May 21, 2008 by Katrin Becker

Richly deserved: http://bulliedacademics.blogspot.com/2008/05/university-of-calgary-in-alberta-canada.html AND: http://bulliedacademics.blogspot.com/2008/05/university-of-calgary-in-alberta-canada_21.html Be the first to like. Like Unlike

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Student gets slammed for creating an online study group…

Posted on March 10, 2008 by Katrin Becker

 So much for the importance of team work in this modern world….. From TheStar.com: ” Study groups may be a virtual trademark of the Ivory Tower – but a virtual study group has been slammed as cheating by Ryerson University. … Continue reading →

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Laborious Drudges

Posted on February 28, 2008 by Katrin Becker

One learns more from a good scholar in a rage than from a score of lucid and laborious drudges. – Rudyard Kipling The University of Calgary says it cares about its students. Let’s see, “The U of C is pursuing … Continue reading →

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Corrosive Leadership

Posted on September 24, 2007 by Katrin Becker

Although it is not new, I came across this today. Corrosive Leadership (Or Bullying by Another Name): A Corollary of the Corporatised Academy? by Margaret Thornton The literature reveals that the incidence of bullying is increasing in corporate workplaces everywhere. … Continue reading →

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Is there a 12 step program for scientists?

Posted on September 21, 2007 by Katrin Becker

[My name is Katrin. And I am a scientist. ] Note:  no disrespect is meant to any of the real 12-step programs. 1.        We admitted we were powerless over science—that our lives had become uncorrelated. 2.        Came to believe that … Continue reading →

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More heretic stuff.

Posted on August 15, 2007 by Katrin Becker

This time from Stephen Pinker: http://www.suntimes.com/news/otherviews/469317,CST-CONT-danger15.article In defense of dangerous ideas In every age, taboo questions raise our blood pressure and threaten moral panic. But we cannot be afraid to answer them. Be the first to like. Like Unlike

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