On the importance of ethics: a report on the President of Ireland's Ethics Initiative/Tábhact na hEitice: Tuarascáil ar Thionscnamh Eitice Uachtarán na hÉireann.

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Foreword by President Michael D. Higgins -- Section I: The President of Ireland's Iniative -- Section 2: The reponse of Higher Education Institutions -- Introduction -- Broader challenges for society -- Ethics,t he media and the internet -- Ethics in the public sphere, public policy and decision making -- Ethics in the financial and busines spheres -- Equality, diversity and difference -- Ethics in the education spheres -- Equality, diversity and difference -- Ethics in the education sphere -- Ethics and commemoration -- Enriching understandings of ethics and human rights -- Community voices for a renewed Ireland (CVRI) - making the link between campus and community -- Section 3: The involvement of civil society -- Development -- Poverty -- Ethics in the public spheres -- Equality, diversity and difference -- Ethics and education -- Ethics and commemoration -- Ethics and human rights -- Conclusion: ethics, morality and society.