Ethics Readings and Resources

Because ethics is about how to live with each other and all of us can be leaders for good.

Bias is ubiquitous, but we can take steps to overcome it if we understand where it comes from.

The 2021 Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI) was released by Transparency International this week. CPI ranks 180 countries and territories around the world by their perceived levels of public sector corruption. Australia got its worse ever score with 73 points and fell from seventh in the world in 2012 to 18th in 2021.

Global Ranking (CPI) - Transparency International Australia

We do not want more trust argues Professor Onora O'Neill, a distinguished academic philosopher and politician who is particularly known for her work on trust. She explains the limitations of the standard views of trust and urges us to focus on being trustworthy and giving others adequate, useful and simple evidence of our trustworthiness.

A recent systematic review of postgraduate medical ethics training programs identified a number of enabling factors for their success. The enablers, summarised in the table provided in the linked article.

Pre-mortem decision making

Finding New Year’s resolutions isn’t always easy. To help you out, we’ve gotten ideas from some of the greatest thinkers of all time.

A short filming showcasing some of the work done in human rights education by Victoria Police. 

Where Do Universal Rights Begin?

People join public service organisations with the best of intentions, so why do they sometimes do bad things?