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Sixty distinguished scientists last month criticized the Bush administration for how it uses scientific information in making policy, how it handles the selection of scientists for federal advisory panels, and other scientific issues. The current and former director of the federal Office of Science and Technology Policy join Diane to talk about this statement and the questions it raises.
Dr. John Marburger, Director, Office of Science and Technology Policy
Dr. Neal Lane, former Presidential Science advisor and former director of the National Science Foundation
Young people in their first jobs have a lot of things to learn -- not only how to dress and how to format a memo, but also how to handle moral dilemmas when they arise. Howard Gardner of the Harvard Graduate School of Education talks about what he and his research colleagues have learned about how people develop their own ethical standards in the workplace.
Howard Gardner, Professor at the Harvard Graduate School of Business,Senior Director of Harvard Project Zero, and the author of more than twenty books, including "Changing Minds," "Good Work," and "Multiple Intelligences."
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