UNIV102-096 – Freshman Seminar, “Numbers
and Ethics”
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Welcome!
Next Movie – The Constant Gardener (about drug testing
in Africa;
Based on a true story) – Monday, 19th
November at 5.00pm. Pizza at 4.30 pm.
Please join us.
Revised
Schedule of Reading Assignments
Course
Syllabus and Timetable of Reading Assignments
Handouts or Discussion Papers
Lyrics
to "God's Away on Business"
Nov
14 2004 N.Y. Times article on Drug Companies and dubious ethics
The New
York Review of Books - The Body Hunters
IHT
article on Nigeria, Pfizer, and Trovan
PLoS
Medicine Initiative Article
PNAS
article on choosing politicians via facial traits
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Author(s) |
Title |
Publisher |
Year |
Amazon Price |
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1 |
Avorn, Jerry |
Powerful Medicines: The Benefits, Risks, and Costs of Prescription Drugs |
Knopf |
2004 |
$11.96 |
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2 |
Crossen, Cynthia |
Tainted Truth: The Manipulation of Fact in America |
A Touchstone Book (Simon & Schuster) |
1996 |
$13.00 |
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3 |
Jackson, Brooks and Jamieson, Kathleen Hall |
unSpun: finding facts in a world of disinformation |
Random House |
2007 |
$10.36 |
Useful Websites
Vocations and avocations - Loyola Evoke
Academic Integrity at Loyola (statement) - Academic
Integrity