Ethics

Education, Immigration, and the "Right of Abode" in Hong Kong (B)

Publication Date: October 01, 2003

In early August, 2001, just in advance of a new school year, the Education Department of Hong Kong issued what officials believed to be a standard, non-controversial advisory to the 1200-plus primary and secondary schools receiving government...

Education, Immigration, and the "Right of Abode" in Hong Kong (A)

Publication Date: October 01, 2003

In early August, 2001, just in advance of a new school year, the Education Department of Hong Kong issued what officials believed to be a standard, non-controversial advisory to the 1200-plus primary and secondary schools receiving government...

Listening to the City: Rebuilding at New York's World Trade Center Site (Epilogue)

Publication Date: April 01, 2003

In the wake of the terrorist destruction of the twin towers of New York's World Trade Center on September 11, 2001, city officials--even as rescue and recovery operations continued--also set in motion a process to plan what might be built on the...

Listening to the City: Rebuilding at New York's World Trade Center Site

Publication Date: April 01, 2003

In the wake of the terrorist destruction of the twin towers of New York's World Trade Center on September 11, 2001, city officials--even as rescue and recovery operations continued--also set in motion a process to plan what might be built on the...

Aung San Suu Kyi: "Icon of Hope" in Burma (B)

Publication Date: April 01, 2003

Aung San Suu Kyi, who would win the Nobel Peace Prize and galvanize world attention on the brutal military rulers of Burma, was, until 1988, an expatriate for much of her life, with largely historical and intellectual connections to the country...

Aung San Suu Kyi: "Icon of Hope" in Burma (A)

Publication Date: April 01, 2003

Aung San Suu Kyi, who would win the Nobel Peace Prize and galvanize world attention on the brutal military rulers of Burma, was, until 1988, an expatriate for much of her life, with largely historical and intellectual connections to the country...

Democracy in Zimbabwe: The Presidential Bid of Morgan Tsvangirai

Publication Date: May 01, 2002

In early 2002, world attention turned to the upcoming election in the southern Africa nation of Zimbabwe. Once viewed as a model of relative prosperity and potential, as well as democracy in sub-Saharan black Africa, the nation faced political...

The Good Commissioner

Publication Date: April 01, 2001

A high-ranking district administrator in India, upon taking office, is informed that his predecessor agreed to acquire a plot of land for a local jail. When he learns that the landowner is the wife of an influential local politician, he becomes...

Breaking the "Circle of Poison": Senator Patrick Leahy and Pesticide Export Controls

Publication Date: August 01, 2000

What would prompt an elected official to take on what appears to be a moral cause with little immediate political benefit? That is the implicit political ethics question raised by this case, which describes the somewhat quixotic, decade-long...

The Woman in the Corridor

Publication Date: February 01, 2000

This powerful first-person memoir-style case tells the story of a Western journalism teacher in post-war Cambodia where, amidst near-ubiquitous hardship and tragedy, she finds herself drawn to one individual tragedy--that of a woman she...

Mayor Steve Judy of Coeur d'Alene, Idaho and the Parade Permit Request by Neo-Nazis

Publication Date: January 01, 2000

In February, 1998, the 28-year-old newly-elected mayor of the small city of Coeur d'Alene, Idaho faces, without warning, a decision which would tax both the most experienced mayor and constitutional lawyer. The neo-Nazi group known as the Aryan...

Mayor Steve Judy of Coeur d'Alene, Idaho and the Parade Permit Request by Neo-Nazis (Sequel)

Publication Date: January 01, 2000

In February, 1998, the 28-year-old newly-elected mayor of the small city of Coeur d'Alene Idaho faces, without warning, a decision which would tax both the most experienced mayor and constitutional lawyer. The neo-Nazi group known as the Aryan...