Word: camara
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...character tests, and other states have laws that may curb their use. The House Education and Labor Committee has asked the Office of Technology Assessment to determine whether such tests are dependable gauges of integrity. "There's a tremendous disagreement about whether you can even measure honesty," says Wayne Camara, who develops testing standards for the American Psychological Association. But no one disputes that when honesty is lacking, the effect on business can be extremely expensive...
...Camara, a four-time nominee for the Nobel Peace Prize, said that he was encouraged by leaders in the industrialized countries who want to end the arms race, and who are buying shares in multinational corporations in order to change their policies from within...
...also said that it was important to establish a dialogue between nations from the North and South, and that self-help community projects are often productive. "We want to work not only for, but with the people." Camara said...
...Camara founded Operation Hope, an organization which promotes self-help projects and provides community services, including health, educational and recreational programs for Brazil's poor...
...come to universitites to speak to the human beings inside the scientists and the experts--to ask them to help us," Camara said...