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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...ethical questions raised by developments in science, politics, and social issues in the past few years emphasize the rapidly increasing importance of responsible professionals. Was Karen Quinlan's doctor right to prolong her life? Should administrators employ affirmative action? How should scientists decide where to limit cloning? In response to questions like these, Harvard, and many other colleges are developing "applied ethics" courses. Enrollment in such courses has increased dramatically in recent years...
...members include large firms, among them Peabody Coal Co. In 1976 Peabody mined about 10% of the 671 million tons of coal produced in the U.S. Other big firms are the mining subsidiaries of big steel and oil companies. A big firm, such as Consolidation Coal Co., employs about 21,700 people. Companies of this size are often run by executives with degrees from the country's leading business schools. The rest of the membership comprises medium-size mines owned by utility companies, as well as many small independent operators who employ as few as a dozen miners. Said...
...LEGISLATION. Increases in the minimum wage and Social Security taxes were known to be costly, but the impact was not appreciated until January. Those raises alone could add a full point to the inflation rate for the year. Prices at fast-food restaurants will go up because they employ many workers at the minimum wage. Says a high official of the Government's Council on Wage and Price Stability (COWPS): "This year will destroy once and for all the argument that the minimum wage is not inflationary...
...simple question of where to stop. Having set such a precedent, one is compelled to weigh the legitimacy of any other claimant groups that may arrive on the scene. When other groups (final clubs, athletic teams, commuters, Hungarian-Americans, short people) seek similar status, what criteria do we employ in selecting among them...
...House of Representatives Committee on Education and Labor has approved a bill amending the National Labor Relations Acts (NLRA) to permit interns, hospital residents and other medicaltrainees to employ collective bargaining techniques in labor disputes...