Word: moralize
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...what moral ground can the United States spearhead the movement to end bribery in international business? American officials wanted this treaty to be modeled on the 1977 Foreign Corrupt Practices Act. However, even though many companies were charged with violating the act, no executive was ever convicted. If the U.S. cannot enforce its own law (which contains built-in punishments) it is less clear how effective this new international measure will be without any force behind...
...guidelines for ethics and fair business dealings. But for those of us surprised that there was need for such a discussion or disappointed that there were no teeth to the legislation, let's not get haughty: we can't even seem to keep our own country on high moral ground...
...council under Rawlins has followed a three-year trend toward increased political activism in the council and has tackled issues large and small, including the moral rectitude of the protests against Chinese President Jiang Zemin, Core Curriculum reform, shuttle service and the controversy over grapes in Harvard dining halls...
...mental health question currently hangs in the balance: prosecutors want Kaczynski to agree to independent neurological tests for mental illness -? an issue that has stopped him co-operating with his defense team. Whether he provides moral support or simply a good character reference, David Kaczynksi is on a mission to save his brother's life...
...leading advocacy group called the Center for Media Education, welcomes the new programming. "When they do it well," she says, "it really can educate kids. There's research on it that shows that it does enhance learning." Like their predecessors, the new shows attempt to foster the social, moral and cognitive development of their viewers. Each episode usually imparts a specific lesson, whether it be about friendship or lying or sibling rivalry or the risk of going down the drain with the bathwater. Psychologists and educators serve as consultants (this has become a small industry) and review scripts closely. Harvard...