https://phys.org/ en-us Phys.org internet news portal provides the latest news on science including: Physics, Nanotechnology, Life Sciences, Space Science, Earth Science, Environment, Health and Medicine. Corporate scandals have been on the rise for the past decade. https://phys.org/news/2023-09-firms-corporate-scandal-lengthy-codes.html Economics & Business Mon, 11 Sep 2023 16:38:19 EDT news613669094 The existence of harassment and discrimination in academia has been well documented across a variety of fields of study. A report from the American Institute of Physics goes beyond the numbers to examine types of harassment experienced by members of the astronomy community over the span of a decade, highlighting the pervasiveness of the issue. https://phys.org/news/2022-03-discrimination-astronomy.html Astronomy Tue, 29 Mar 2022 15:51:24 EDT news567787880 Uber's business model is incredibly simple: It's a platform that facilitates exchanges between people. And Uber's been incredibly successful at it, almost eliminating the transaction costs of doing business in everything from shuttling people around town to delivering food. https://phys.org/news/2019-05-uber-digital-platforms-behavioral-scienceunless.html Business Fri, 10 May 2019 10:55:14 EDT news476704504 Corporate codes of ethics can have reverse effects and mask anomalies or social evils in operations outsourced to low-wage countries. This according to Maira Babri at Umeå University in a study of Swedish corporate codes of ethics contra Chinese suppliers' attitudes. https://phys.org/news/2017-01-codes-ethics-problems-overseas.html Economics & Business Tue, 24 Jan 2017 07:00:01 EST news404462477 Edward Snowden, who admitted leaking details of secret U.S. government surveillance programs, was fired by his employer Tuesday while the U.S. government considers criminal charges against him. https://phys.org/news/2013-06-booz-allen-snowden-leak.html Internet Tue, 11 Jun 2013 16:15:39 EDT news290186132 (PhysOrg.com) -- Although the question of what makes humans different from other animals doesn't have a single obvious answer, one seemingly conspicuous human trait is morality. Darwin, in his book The Descent of Man, and Selection in Relation to Sex, published in 1871, singled out "the moral sense or conscience" as by far the most important difference between humans and other animals. Darwin’s argument was, of course, strongly based on the concepts of biological evolution and natural selection. Now, upon further investigating the origins of morality, Francisco Ayala, a professor of ecology and evolutionary biology at the University of California, Irvine, has proposed a Darwin-inspired explanation of how human morality might have evolved. https://phys.org/news/2010-05-professor-complex-evolution-human-morality.html Evolution Wed, 19 May 2010 09:00:04 EDT news193472479 Whatever their reason for posting their thoughts online, bloggers have a shared ethical code, according to a recent study published in the journal New Media Society, published by SAGE. Key issues in the blogosphere are telling the truth, accountability, minimizing harm and attribution, although the extent to which bloggers follow their own ethical ideals can depend on the context and intended audience. https://phys.org/news/2009-06-online-ethics-bloggers-code-revealed.html Social Sciences Thu, 25 Jun 2009 13:54:00 EDT news165156796