What effect the recession has had on ethical pledges?
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.
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.
This view suggests that professional values influence nurses' behaviour in practice, and assumes that there is a direct link between nurses' awareness and understanding of the code and pledge and their ethical behaviour and practice (4, 5).
"Bill Clinton, as I recall, pledged the most ethical administration in history.
"The current president pledged the most ethical administration in American history.
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.
In the last few days, however, Chancellor Daniel LaVista has pledged to review ethical standards, contracting practices and oversight procedures.
Similarly, Republicans faltered on their 1994 pledge to run an ethical and transparent Congress.
