In the words of the chief editor, Nigel J Young, the ethical impetus behind The Oxford International Encyclopedia of Peace is "the humanitarian morality" of the French philosophes.
So says the editor of Ethical Consumer, which describes itself as the UK's leading alternative consumer magazine, and which has this month published a personal finance guide to carbon divestment that recommends a number of best-buy products in banking, savings, mortgages and investment.
The disciplinary council of the order of journalists in the northern region of Lombardy, around Milan, announced it is investigating Chi's editor, Alfonso Signorini, for "manifest violation of the ethical rules on privacy and acts inconsistent with the decorum and professional dignity".
"After two months of disciplinary procedures, I have been dismissed from my position as senior editor of the Lancet for putting my ethical obligations before the policies of Elsevier, the Lancet's publisher," MacDonald said in a statement.
He told the inquiry that if anybody was at fault it was the editor: "I think the ethical risk was something, and the legal risk around that was something that was very much in the hands of the editor".
Katy Brown from Ethical Consumer and editor of the clothes shop buyers' guide said: "We know from experience that clothing companies will respond to consumer feedback which is why it's vital that shoppers keep up the pressure on companies to improve their ethical standards".
Charles Auffray, Section Editor, Systems medicine and informatics Public perception research has long been a big part of the ethical, legal and social issues (ELSI) research agenda.
Marc Diamond New York To the Sports Editor: The article on the possible banning of altitude tents by the World Anti-Doping Agency touches on many of the ethical issues at the root of the doping issues plaguing cycling and many other sports.
Without naming his own sources, how can Mr. Bailey claim to uphold any higher ethical and professional journalistic standards than the editor of the blog?
Mr Morgan, former editor of the Daily Mirror and News of the World, told the Leveson Inquiry that "ethical considerations" had been "interwoven" into his work.
