Public Policy

Authors: Miller, Richard ; Dillard, Brenda ; Dodds, Rhiannon ; Potthast, Adam ; Carr, Edward ; Diaz-Sprague, Raquel ; England, Renee ; Matalski, Mark ; Elliott, Deni ; Price, Connie
Publication Type: Case Study
Abstract: Grave safety concerns about the Alaskan Way Viaduct and the SR 520 bridge in Washington State have been debated for the past decade. However, little had been done because of the fragmentation of stakeholders and the inability to rea...
Year: 2007
URL: http://ethics.iit.edu/EEL/Vacillating%20on%20Public%20Safety.pdf

Authors: Althaus, Ruth Ann ; Bellon, Christina ; Skipper, Robert Boyd ; Connolly, Peggy ; Brinkman, Anthony
Publication Type: Case Study
Abstract: As the town of Palmdale expanded as a bedroom community through the nineties, they expanded the reach of city codes and regulations into annexed rural areas, codes that include regulations regarding the ownership and housing of anim...
Year: 2008
URL: http://ethics.iit.edu/EEL/Case%204.pdf

Authors: Skipper, Robert Boyd ; Althaus, Ruth Ann ; Bellon, Christina ; Connolly, Peggy ; Brinkman, Anthony
Publication Type: Case Study
Abstract: When the the parents of Anna Mae He face severe financial troubles, they agree to grant short-term custody of Anna Mae to some friends from church, Jerry and Louise Baker. This agreement is extended after the financial trouble of A...
Year: 2008
URL: http://ethics.iit.edu/EEL/Case%205.pdf

Authors: Carr, Edward ; Funke, Rhiannon Dodds ; Dillard, Brenda ; Carr, Sarah ; Price, Connie ; England, Renee ; Elliott, Deni ; Boxall, Susanna Flavia ; Potthast, Adam ; Diaz-Sprague, Raquel
Publication Type: Case Study
Abstract: Prior to the Civil war, a number of African Americans lived on Cherokee lands as slaves of tribe members, as freed slaves, or as children of bi-racial parents. While some "Cherokee Freedmen" have remained active in the tribe, othe...
Year: 2008
URL: http://ethics.iit.edu/EEL/Cherokee%20Freedmen.pdf

Authors: Carr, Sarah ; Dillard, Brenda ; Funke, Rhiannon Dodds ; Boxall, Susanna Flavia ; Diaz-Sprague, Raquel ; Carr, Edward ; Potthast, Adam ; Elliott, Deni ; Funke, Michael Brian ; Price, Connie
Publication Type: Case Study
Abstract: More than half of U.S. states have passed legislation to restrict the locations of where sex offenders can live, often keeping them from living within a given distance from schools, parks, school bus stops, and day care centers. Wh...
Year: 2009
URL: http://ethics.iit.edu/EEL/Pedophile%20Housing

Authors: Carr, Sarah ; Dillard, Brenda ; Funke, Rhiannon Dodds ; Boxall, Susanna Flavia ; Diaz-Sprague, Raquel ; Carr, Edward ; Potthast, Adam ; Elliott, Deni ; Funke, Michael Brian ; Price, Connie
Publication Type: Case Study
Abstract: Senator Dianne Feinstein (D-California) is a long-time supporter of immigration reform, especially in the form of guest-worker status. In 2008, she co-sponsored the Ag-Jobs bill which would have given temporary legal status to 1.3 ...
Year: 2009
URL: http://ethics.iit.edu/EEL/Low%20Cost%20Illegal%20Workers

Publication Type: Case Study
Abstract: The Servicemembers Civil Rights Relief Act was signed into law to help ease the economic legal burdens on military personnel in active duty status, and postpones creditor action while military personnel are serving their country. Ho...
Year: 2008
URL: http://ethics.iit.edu/EEL/Soldiers%20Losing%20Custody%20While%20Serving.pdf

Authors: Carr, Sarah ; Dillard, Brenda ; Funke, Rhiannon Dodds ; Boxall, Susanna Flavia ; Diaz-Sprague, Raquel ; Carr, Edward ; Potthast, Adam ; Elliott, Deni ; Funke, Michael Brian ; Price, Connie
Publication Type: Case Study
Abstract: Google Health allows users to create their own electronic medical records online, with the capability to enter and managed health information and access it online from anywhere. Experts have touted electronic medical records as a w...
Year: 2009
URL: http://ethics.iit.edu/EEL/Google%20Health.pdf

Publication Type: Case Study
Abstract: The increased demand for corn-based ethanol in the United States has lead to a rise in the global prices for corn. This price has had the devastating effect of inflating food prices for the poor, and as growing corn requires a mass...
Year: 2008
URL: http://ethics.iit.edu/EEL/Biofuel.pdf

Authors: Carr, Edward ; Boxall, Susanna Flavia ; Dillard, Brenda ; Carr, Sarah ; England, Renee ; Funke, Rhiannon Dodds ; Elliott, Deni ; Potthast, Adam ; Diaz-Sprague, Raquel ; Price, Connie
Publication Type: Case Study
Abstract: Newly passed legislation, known as the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act, prohibits health insurance companies from using genetic information to deny benefits or raise premiums for individual policies. The act also fines em...
Year: 2008
URL: http://ethics.iit.edu/EEL/Genetic%20Information%20Nondiscrimination%20Act.pdf

Publication Type: Case Study
Abstract: A member of the South African National Assembly announced in 2006 that the South African Government would consider a proposal to limit affirmative action to those born before 2 February 1090-the day bans on the African National Cong...
Year: 2007
URL: http://ethics.iit.edu/EEL/Affirmative%20Action%20and%20Born%20Free.pdf

Publication Type: Case Study
Abstract: After the passage of Proposition 8 in California which amended the state constitution to bar same-sex couples from civil marriage, an anonymous individual put together a website, wwweightmaps.com, that takes the names and zip codes ...
Year: 2009
URL: http://ethics.iit.edu/EEL/In%20the%20Spirit%20of%20Full%20Disclosure.pdf

Authors: Dillard, Brenda ; Jones, Jeremy ; Matalski, Mark ; Dodds, Rhainnon ; Carr, Edward ; Miller, Richard ; Potthast, Adam ; Diaz-Sprague, Raquel ; Russell, Terry
Publication Type: Case Study
Abstract: Ardent R. Porter is an investigatory journalist with a respected Washington D.C. newspaper. He has a long list of contacts that often help him when he is writing articles on corruption within politics and government. When one of h...
Year: 9999
URL: http://ethics.iit.edu/EEL/Government%20Whistleblower%20and%20the%20Press.pdf

Authors: Russell, Terry ; Diaz-Sprague, Raquel ; Potthast, Adam ; Dodds, Rhainnon ; Jones, Jeremy ; Dillard, Brenda ; Matalski, Mark ; Miller, Richard ; Carr, Edward
Publication Type: Case Study
Abstract: Beginning in 2005, protests at funerals for military personnel killed in Iraq have been increasing-had have received much media attention. In the U.S. Congress, Representative Mike Rogers sponsored a house bill that prohibited prot...
Year: 2006
URL: http://ethics.iit.edu/EEL/Protests%20at%20Military%20Funerals.pdf

Publication Type: Case Study
Abstract: In an effort to make polling places easily accessible to the public, some areas have put polling places in places of worship when schools are not conveniently located. However, some voters are uncomfortable about going into houses ...
Year: 2007
URL: http://ethics.iit.edu/EEL/Churches%20as%20Polling%20Places.pdf

Authors: Robert Ladenson
Publication Type: Case Study
Abstract: In October of 1999 the government of Canada agreed to pay 2.3 billion dollars to 230,000 federal workers, both current and retired, in the form of back pay to conform with the principle of "equal pay for work of equal value" embodie...
Year: 2000
URL: http://ethics.iit.edu/EEL/Comparable%20Worth.pdf

Authors: Robert Ladenson
Publication Type: Case Study
Abstract: For the past three years, New York City has refused to allow the setting off of firecrackers in Chinese New Year Celebrations. Opponents of the ban say that they simply want to be allowed to use firecrackers in specially designated...
Year: 2000
URL: http://ethics.iit.edu/EEL/An%20Explosive%20Dispute.pdf

Publication Type: Case Study
Abstract: In Alaska, about half of the State's native population of 100,000 people leave partially or entirely off the land through fishing, hunting and gathering. A controversy exists as to if, n years of low yield, Native Alaskans who live ...
Year: 2000
URL: http://ethics.iit.edu/EEL/Conflicting%20Rights.pdf

Authors: Dodds, Rhainnon ; Potthast, Adam ; Matalski, Mark ; Jones, Jeremy ; Dillard, Brenda ; Russell, Terry ; Carr, Edward ; Miller, Richard ; Diaz-Sprague, Raquel
Publication Type: Case Study
Abstract: On Friday, April 7, 2006, the White House appeared to confirm that President Bush had authorized a leak of classified information about pre-Iraq War intelligence, describing the release of such information as beneficial for the "pub...
Year: 2006
URL: http://ethics.iit.edu/EEL/White%20House%20Leaks%20to%20Reporters.pdf

Authors: Carr, Edward ; Diaz-Sprague, Raquel ; Matalski, Mark ; Potthast, Adam ; Dodds, Rhainnon ; Dillard, Brenda ; Miller, Richard ; Jones, Jeremy ; Russell, Terry
Publication Type: Case Study
Abstract: Politicans have switched parties for as long as political parties have been in place. In 2004, U.S. Representative Ralph Hall made the switch from Democrat to Republican. He stated that he did so because the Democratic Party refuse...
Year: 2006
URL: http://ethics.iit.edu/EEL/Switching%20Parties.pdf

Publication Type: Case Study
Abstract: James Cameron, director of the movie Avatar, had become philanthropically involved a conflict over the Belo Monte damn project in the Amazon rain forest. The Belo Monte dam is part of a proposed hydroelectric project on the Xingu R...
Year: 2010
URL: http://ethics.iit.edu/EEL/Avatar.pdf

Publication Type: Case Study
Abstract: Discusses the reality television show "Whale Wars" in which the environmental group the Sea Shepherds whose mission is to "use innovative tactics to investigate, document, and take action when necessary to expose and confront illega...
Year: 2010
URL: http://ethics.iit.edu/EEL/Sheparding.pdf

Publication Type: Case Study
Abstract: In the United States, virtual sexualized depictions of children are not illegal as long as no actual children are involved. These images, referred to as "virtual child pornography" must be distinguished from digital manipulations of...
Year: 2010
URL: http://ethics.iit.edu/EEL/CGI%20Child%20Porn.pdf

Publication Type: Case Study
Abstract: As concern over illegal immigration has become a hot topic in U.S. politics, some have begun to question the wisdom of granting automatic citizenship for anyone born on U.S. soil. Opponents of citizen-by-birth provisions argue that...
Year: 2010
URL: http://ethics.iit.edu/EEL/Children%20Illegal.pdf

Publication Type: Case Study
Abstract: In Australia, voting is compulsory for all citizens. Australians who do not vote and cannot provide a valid reason for not doing so face a fine. As in the United States, Australians can choose to leave the ballot blank, declining t...
Year: 2010
URL: http://ethics.iit.edu/EEL/Responsibility%20to%20Vote.pdf