Firstly, the sort of government operation that would conjure phony vaccination programs (and not even deliver proper vaccination doses) deserves no trust at all to uphold an ethical pledge.
In 2004, Lord Coe, chairman of the Olympic bidding committee, Ken Livingstone, London's then mayor, and John Biggs, then deputy chair of the London Development Agency, signed an "Ethical Olympics Pledge" in return for local support, giving guarantees on housing, jobs and training, and the promise that 30% of construction jobs would be set aside for local people.
This history resonates with Levinas's notion of ethical subjectivity as pledge or hostage.
If I was the dean of a school, I would see it as my ethical responsibility to pledge at least $10,000 to the project and put those copies directly in the dorm rooms (and off-campus housing as well) -- by force, if necessary".
Chipotle, a Mexican grill that encourages choice, has come to symbolise American millennials' health and ethical demands with its pledges to try to source mostly organic produce, rule out genetically modified foods and use only "responsibly raised" meats and dairy products from cows given daily access to pasture.
"Bill Clinton, as I recall, pledged the most ethical administration in history.
"The current president pledged the most ethical administration in American history.
After receiving their white coats and stethoscopes, the MSPA and MD students rose and stood together in their separate ceremonies to recite the Stanford Affirmation, a pledge to uphold ethical standards of caregiving, diversity, inclusion, and citizenship.
Giving What We Can was founded in 2009 by Oxford academic and ethical philosopher Toby Ord, who pledged to donate £1m of his estimated £1.5m lifetime income to charities.
Doctors take the Hippocratic Oath, pledging to uphold ethical standards in treating patients, which includes prescribing and administering medicines.
