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Research Reports
By Sheldon Chumir Foundation for Ethics in Leadership
This Report identifies problems with the Alberta Human Rights and Citizenship Commission and with the legislation which governs its activities.... It also makes recommendations for their solution.
Released Date: October 30, 2007
By Sheldon Chumir Foundation for Ethics in Leadership
A review of the Commission is central to a perspective on ethical leadership in human rights in Alberta. Leadership shown, or missing, in the Commission can be expected to have a tremendous impact on the state of human rights.
Released Date: October 30, 2007
Alberta Human Rights, Citizenship and Multiculturalism Education Fund and Ethical Leadership
By Sheldon Chumir Foundation for Ethics in Leadership
The fund is the only one of its kind in Canada – a unique contribution. Establishment of the Fund demonstrated vision and leadership in human rights education. Has this vision been achieved in practice? A review with an eye to ethical leadership follows.
Fellowship Reports
The real question, I believe, is whether Canadian newspapers are outsourcing the news when they run material from ideologically driven think tanks ...
Released Date: June 26, 2007
Shelter: Homelessness in a Growth Economy (full report)
By Gordon Laird, 2003-2004 Media Fellow
Canadian governments have focused more on short-term crisis management over long-term strategic investment... In practical terms, absenteeism on housing and homelessness has exacerbated efforts to reduce poverty in Canada.
Scandals and Their Aftermath: Why We Are Doomed To Repeat Our Mistakes
By Madelaine Drohan, 2004-2005 Media Fellow
Has the shock of the corporate scandals launched a new era in which corporations will become increasingly transparent and accountable? Or, once the restless media spotlight moves on, will everyone—leaders, legislators, and regulators—go back to business as usual?
Exposing the Boss: A Study in Canadian Journalism Ethics
By Bob Bergen, 2001-2002 Media Fellow
Competing loyalties, such as the question of whether a journalist’s primary responsibility is to the reader or their employer, bring about ethical dilemmas which may threaten their employment status. To what extent do the collective agreements of Canada’s English language newspapers enable journalists to take ethical stances on matters which bring them into conflict with their editors and managers?
Defining the Line Between the Public's Right to Know and the Individual's Right to Privacy
By Gail Hulnick, 2000-2001 Media Fellow
Defining the line between the public’s right to know and the individual’s right to privacy is an activity in which journalists are involved every day. Every situation has a slightly different set of facts and takes place in its own unique context of time and place; each is assessed on its own merits, using some combination of general principles born of shared journalistic values, knowledge of Codes of Ethics or Conduct, and the individual journalist’s conscience.
Reports by Public Policy Fellows are available for download in pdf.
International Peace and the Crisis of the Rule of Law
By Kristin Boon, 2003-2004 Public Policy Fellow
While some violations of the Rule of Law are serious and prevalent, the role of law in international affairs is ever expanding. So the question becomes: how much is too much? Are recent breaches of international law indicative of a crisis?
Public Policy, Private Power: Ethical Leadership and the Extractive Industry
By John Harker, 2002-2003 Public Policy Fellow
How might one corporation’s experience and one country’s response contribute to a general understanding of how a culture of ethical conduct can be fostered in extractive corporations, and in the public services which regulate, support, or protect them?
The Ethics of Corporate Responsibility: Management Trend of the New Century?
By Alison (Jeffrey) Azer, 2001-2002 Public Policy Fellow
In recent years, many companies have pledged to improve their social and environmental performance based on the principles of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR). Does the CSR movement hold any promise for making business genuinely more accountable for the social and environmental impact of its activities?
Globalization: The Path to Liberty, The Path to Captivity
By Allison (Jeffrey) Azer, 2001-2002 Public Policy Fellow
If we seek a form of globalization that is more equitable than that which currently exists, it would be important to truly understand the present state of the globalized culture and the global economy. What are the advantages of globalization and are these advantages being made available to all global citizens?
Responsibility, Accountability and the Duty to Resign in Public Service (full report)
Responsibility, Accountability and the Duty to Resign in Public Service (abstract)
By Stuart Whitley, 2000-2001 Public Policy Fellow
Responsible government is more than the mechanical processes of representative governance; it is an organizing principle that ensures the continuing accountability of government to ordinary citizens… safeguards must lie in the deeply held sense of integrity that public service requires, reinforced by more formal compliance mechanisms that are as yet in their infancy.
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