Code of ethics

Talent, arrogance, and the cost of not being ready in sports and war - opinion

Sport, of course, is never just sport. It is one of the most powerful metaphors we have for life itself. ...In Israel, the clamor is growing for a full national investigation into October 7 failures.

|ByJONATHAN LIEBERMAN
England players shake hands after the match. The Ashes, Australia vs England, Fifth Test at the Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney, Australia, last week.
CEO of Norges Bank Investment Management, which manages the Norwegian oil fund, Nicolai Tangen holds a press conference on the Government Pension Fund Global's results for the first quarter in Oslo, Norway, April 24, 2025

Norway’s ethical funds: The double standard of global capital - opinion

The same Norwegian funds invest billions in countries whose human rights records make Israel’s look like a Scandinavian summer picnic.

|ByILAN ALON
HOW DO factory farms figure in?

Kosher or cruel? The Jewish ethical dilemma of factory-farmed meat

Growing demand for meat worldwide sparks debate about 'tza’ar ba’alei chaim' – causing needless suffering to living creatures.

|ByABIGAIL KLEIN LEICHMAN
An illustrative image of a hospital bed.

Jewish ethical dilemma: What does Halacha say about coercing medical treatment?

In respecting a competent patient’s wishes, rabbis have upheld that choice in such cases reflects not a disregard for life but a sober recognition that the obligation to prolong life has limits.

|BySHLOMO BRODY

Proposed university ethics code: Protective or stifling?

MKs propose bills for and against initiative as Israeli public debate over role of university heats up.

JULY 1, 2017ByUDI SHAHAM
Students sit in a library at the Ariel University Center in the West Bank settlement of Ariel

Cracking Bennett’s Code of Ethics

Professors and students slam proposals to muzzle political opinions

JUNE 29, 2017ByMARK WEISS
Naftali Bennett

In search of an Israeli contrarian

Naftali Bennett’s proposed Code of Ethics has sparked fierce debate. What can we learn from the late Christopher Hitchens?

JUNE 29, 2017ByTERRANCE MINTNER
Christopher Hitchens

Israeli university heads slam proposed muzzling of faculty's political comments

"Thinking that within the academy one can limit speech and thought is fundamentally wrong," said student union head.

JUNE 11, 2017ByUDI SHAHAM
Students sit in a library at the Ariel University Center in the West Bank settlement of Ariel