Now, let me be clear, this contest and the others I have since been a part of, are fair, ethical competitions, nothing like those that Foetry and Poets and Writers "The Contester" column exposed some years back as heavily weighted toward students and/or friends of the final judges.
Although Indonesia's corruption eradication commission did not announce its first case for over a year after its inception, it spent that time recruiting staff through open competition, establishing ethical codes, training investigators and developing comprehensive internal procedures.
In 2004, Andrei Shleifer, an economist at Harvard University, published a paper in the National Bureau of Economic Research titled 'Does Competition Destroy Ethical Behaviour?' In it, he argues that unethical behaviour we readily attribute to "greed" — like corruption or the use of child labour — are actually the result of market competition.
"The monopolisation of data demonstrates the need for strong ethical, data protection and competition frameworks in the UK, and for continued vigilance from the regulators," it concludes.
Competition for the ethical pound has reaped dividends for fairer trade.
Fairtrade is also facing rising competition from rival ethical labelling systems, such as the Rainforest Alliance.
This situation partly stems from architectural culture, which is reluctant to engage with marketing culture, and whose ethical standards traditionally precluded active competition.
Among the issues demanding collective ethical action, Russell identifies political rule, economic competition, propagandistic competition, and psychological life.
Moreover, Hastings' Ethical Stickball League has some serious competition.
We cannot guarantee that all the photos submitted to the competition followed the recommended ethical principles with regard to consent.
