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Even so, abortion advocates and most doctors argue that the viability debate is still largely academic. "The fact is that the threshold of viability is not that much different from what it was at the time of Roe v. Wade," says Dr. Alan Fleischman, director of neonatology at New York City's Montefiore Medical Center. "There is a biological limit to what we can do." Even at the most sophisticated hospitals, babies born before the 24th week of gestation or weighing less than 500 g (1.1 lb.) have virtually no chance of survival. Meanwhile, fewer than...
...been brewing for a long time; the current scandals serve to illustrate the weakness of the old system, experts on ethics say. "Ethics are so prominent right now because of the wild coincidence of people in pulpit, people in politics and people in government transgressing," says Edward M. Fleischman '54, who is a member of the Securities and Exchange (SEC) Commission. "But we won't know for 30 years whether this period is really a crisis," he adds...
...Fleischman agrees with Edwards' assessment of the problems that institutions are currently battling with. "Corporate culture is the buzzword these days," he says, explaining that the general impression conveyed by a company's management influences the organization's ethical standards...
...others say the blame cannot be placed on only one sector of society. "I don't subscribe to the notion that youth of America has been brought up to worship the almighty dollar," Fleischman says. "I don't think you can indict an entire generation, or a society...
...Commissioner Edward M. Fleischman '54 said that Shad gave money to Harvard for a program that would approach ethics from a variety of angles. "The chairman is no visionary, and he's no fool. His attitude is multi-dimensional, and part of his attitude is that you have to teach ethics along with the rest," Fleischman said. "Part of the job is to give an official imprimateur to the role of ethics, showing what the problems...