Corporate News
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Why Use a Hook When You Can Use a Shotgun?
September 8, 2014Several years ago while I was visiting Hong Kong, I came across a beautiful lake with a ‘No Fishing’ sign. It had a picture of a fishing pole with a hook and then a large red diagonal line through it. I’m sure we’ve all seen these types of signs – ‘No Smoking’, ‘No Cellphones’, ‘No […]
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Scientific Misconduct – The High Cost of Competition
September 8, 2014It ought to be an oxymoron. After all, researchers are expected to be scrupulous in their application of the scientific method to the question at hand. According to NSF’s Science and Engineering Indicators 2014, “Americans are more likely to have a “great deal of confidence” in leaders of both the scientific community and the medical […]
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Being Human and Considering the Role of Human Trials
September 8, 2014The use of an experimental drug to treat a handful of health care and ministry workers infected with the Ebola virus may have attracted more press attention than the outbreak itself. One interesting aspect of this coverage is the platform that it provides for a discussion of the ethics of human subject research. Ebola virus […]
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Living La Vida Online
September 8, 2014I recently spent a month away from home and it offered me an opportunity to lead and experience a more simplified life during this period of time. Armed with a computer, smartphone and an internet connection, not once did I feel the need to reach for the filing cabinet, the mug on my desk containing […]
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World War Ebola
September 8, 2014#EBOLA The Public, The Media, The Epidemic, The Real Risks Ebola has been a sweeping health concern this summer. Not since the H1N1 outbreak of 2009, where President Barack Obama declared the virus a national emergency, have we seen a health incident of such concern to Americans. Strangely enough, Ebola isn’t a disease that has […]
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