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Supporting Our Troops?: Veterans Take Care of Their Own and US Too

It is often said that a society can be judged and measured by how well it takes care of its children.

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The Case for Apprenticeships: Having Groom N Go's Chelle Kilmury As Your Mentor

Local dog groomer, Chelle Kilmury, a partner-in-business at Groom N Go, not only takes care of dogs the right way. She is also an excellent mentor to younger people interested in going into the animal grooming business.

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Introducing Michigan High School Swimming Coach of the Year: Kelton Graham

Last spring, the Huron High Boys Swimming team ended a 20 year drought by winning the state championship. As Coach Kelton Graham, now in his second year there, tells it, it was all about teamwork and motivation. He is too humble by half.

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Does Our Food Heritage Deserve to be Saved and not Just Savored?

The Ypsilanti, Michigan water tower landmark. Is our food heritage also worth saving? 

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The College Admissions Counselor's Ethical Dilemmas

In Washtenaw County, we all know that education is our major industry. Michigan, Eastern Michigan, Washtenaw Community College, Concordia University, Cleary University are all options. Given the large number of education choices, why is college admissions so hypercompetitive?

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The Photojournalist As Insider

A2ethics.org discusses how the photojournalist outsider becomes an insider in a community and the ethical problems becoming an insider can pose.

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Do Actors Have Ethics?

Most people just assume actors take any part they can get. And that actors will do anything, including acting unethically, to get a part. But, as it turns out, actors may have limits too. Or do they?

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HIV/AIDS Is A Local and a Global Issue

A2ethics.org met with Executive Director Jimena Loveluck of HARC (HIV/AIDS Resource Center), and asked her about the challenges of dealing with a disease that some Americans think has been outsourced (like jobs in Michigan) to places overseas, but which she and others who work in the field know i

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The Ethics of Breaking Bad News

Auto company and supplier red ink and job losses? Housing market in steep decline? Rising college tuition costs and student debt overload? During the past year, bad news has taken over. Yet, we know that getting and giving bad news is part of living.

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Getting Resources in an Epidemic: Should The First Responders Always Be the First in Line?

A2ethics.org was fortunate to gather a group of policy-makers and professionals all charged with considering the ethics of reasoned rationing when an generalized epidemic, such as AIDS or pandemic flu occurs. Is is possible to be reasonable in such situations?

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