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      <title>U.S. Government Halts Dealings With BP Over Lack of Ã¢â¬ÅBusiness IntegrityÃ¢â¬Â</title>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 07 Dec 2012 15:56:57 EST</pubDate>
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      <description>British oil company, BP, was banned by the EPA from new federal contracts because of their lack of business integrity in the 2010 Deepwater Horizon disaster.  Two weeks ago, BP agreed to the largest criminal fine in history as part of a $4.5 billion...</description>
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      <title>The Real Ethical Question For For-Profit Colleges</title>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 07 Dec 2012 15:56:14 EST</pubDate>
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      <description>Ethical issues are arising from for-profit colleges who are failing to inform students of the huge debt burden they will incur, low graduation and retention rates to which they may fall victim, and the struggle they will likely face to obtain stable...</description>
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      <title>Global Food Prices on the Rise</title>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 07 Dec 2012 15:53:22 EST</pubDate>
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      <description>Global prices for meats, dairy products and cereals resumed rising last month, the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization reported.  With the rise brings concerns that developing countries may face food shortages.  Oxfam, a nonprofit...</description>
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      <title>Accountability &amp; Transparency</title>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 07 Dec 2012 15:51:33 EST</pubDate>
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      <description>Kostas Vaxevanis, the editor of the magazine Hot Doc, was charged with violating Greece's data protection law.  Vaxevanis published the names of about 2,000 Greeks with Swiss bank accounts. The names were known as the &amp;ldquo;Lagarde list&amp;rdquo; because...</description>
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      <title>Privacy &amp; Text Messages</title>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 07 Dec 2012 15:50:33 EST</pubDate>
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      <description>A recent murder of a 6-year-old boy have sparked controversy among the privacy of using text messages as evidence in court trials.  Evidence that led to a man being charged with the murder of the 6-year-old boy was thrown out, saying the police needed a...</description>
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