News tagged with moral development

How to make ethical robots

(PhysOrg.com) -- In the future according to robotics researchers, robots will likely fight our wars, care for our elderly, babysit our children, and serve and entertain us in a wide variety of situations. ...

Electronics / Robotics

created Mar 12, 2012 | popularity 3.8 / 5 (13) | comments 37 | with audio podcast feature

UN: Canada still obliged to fight climate change

The UN climate chief on Tuesday voiced regret over Canada's withdrawal from the Kyoto Protocol and said that the country still had legal obligations to work against global warming.

Space & Earth / Environment

created Dec 13, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 3

Economic recession takes toll on family relationships, researcher says

A majority of Americans rate their current financial situation as poor or fair, and nearly half of Americans say they have encountered financial problems in the past year, according to the Pew Research Center. A University ...

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Dec 07, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1

PR pros are good ethical thinkers, study finds

For years journalists and others have questioned the ethics of public relations practitioners and firms. People in PR, however, appear to be getting a bad rap. That's what a new study funded by the Arthur W. Page Center ...

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Aug 12, 2009 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 1




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Using strategy tools to exercise power in a company

Popular strategy tools used by businesses include SWOT analysis and scorecards. Strategy tools are seen as a means that provides companies with practical ways of making use of scientific theories in order to improve competitiveness. ...

Other Sciences / Economics & Business

created May 23, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Architecture of experience

Krystal Tung ’13 wanted to follow the yellow brick road. When the Cabot House resident heard that this spring’s House musical would be “The Wizard of Oz,” she headed straight for the stage.

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created May 03, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

'Ethical Adaptation to Climate Change' envisions the good life in a harsher world

Think like a planet - and reorganize society to reflect it, says Case Western Reserve University's environmental ethicist Jeremy Bendik-Keymer. That's a new way of thinking about reversing the tide of climate change.

Space & Earth / Environment

created May 03, 2012 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (5) | comments 1

Google in talks with insurers about self-driving car

A leader of Google Inc.'s driverless car project said Wednesday that the company is in discussions with major auto insurance companies about the implications of integrating its technology into real-world vehicles.

Technology / Hi Tech & Innovation

created Apr 26, 2012 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (8) | comments 10

Zero interest and growing fast

From humble beginnings, Islamic finance is now a trillion dollar industry and growing at a rate some in the West find alarming. A new analysis suggests it can be accommodated by the existing global financial ...

Other Sciences / Economics & Business

created Apr 25, 2012 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 4

Robots fighting wars could be blamed for mistakes on the battlefield

As militaries develop autonomous robotic warriors to replace humans on the battlefield, new ethical questions emerge. If a robot in combat has a hardware malfunction or programming glitch that causes it to ...

Electronics / Robotics

created Apr 23, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 5

Metal oxides hold the key to cheap, green energy

Harnessing the energy of sunlight can be as simple as tuning the optical and electronic properties of metal oxides at the atomic level by making an artificial crystal or super-lattice 'sandwich' says a Binghamton ...

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

created Apr 19, 2012 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (10) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Sales-tax collection likely in Amazon's future

When word emerged that Amazon.com Inc. was hunting for new warehouse sites, leaders in this business-friendly Southern state rolled out a welcome mat of tax breaks to lure the Internet retailer.

Technology / Business

created Apr 08, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 23

Children perceive humanoid robot as emotional, moral being

(PhysOrg.com) -- Robot nannies could diminish child care worries for parents of young children. Equipped with alarms and monitoring capabilities to guard children from harm, a robot nanny would let parents ...

Electronics / Robotics

created Apr 06, 2012 | popularity 4.1 / 5 (7) | comments 4 | with audio podcast

New Yahoo CEO sweeps out 2,000 employees in purge

(AP) -- Yahoo's turnaround attempt is going to be messy. In his first three months on the job, CEO Scott Thompson has imposed the largest layoffs in the company's 17-year history, reshaped the board of directors, ...

Technology / Business

created Apr 04, 2012 | popularity 1 / 5 (2) | comments 3


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