Tenth worker at ipad factory commits suicide.

Do workers have the right to good working conditions? What constitutes good conditions and what should an employer do when 10 of their workers commit suicide? Read the following report from The Independent and consider it in the light of the business ethics topic and the recent programmes on "Blood, sweat and luxuries"

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/asia/tenth-worker-at-ipad-factory-commits-suicide-1982897.html

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'Artificial life' breakthrough announced by scientists

Scientists in the US have succeeded in developing the first synthetic living cell.

The researchers constructed a bacterium's "genetic software" and transplanted it into a host cell.

The resulting microbe then looked and behaved like the species "dictated" by the synthetic DNA.

See the story here...

Is this the ultimate in intelligent design? What are the ethical implications here?