Ethical issues no longer on backburner

It is difficult to open a newspaper or turn on the television without being exposed to ethical issues and their implications

The widespread, simultaneous awakening to global issues such as climate change, global warming and greenhouse gases has changed the argument from whether global warming is affecting the planet to what measures need to be taken to combat climate change. Doing nothing is not a viable option. In addition, geopolitically, the one longstanding major barrier to developing a coordinated global solution to the problem was the United States. Now even the US Government has finally conceded that action needs to be taken. Meanwhile ever stricter rules and regulations are coming into force concernin...