The Writings list is organized under the following subject headings: Business and Economic Ethics, Communications, Environmental Issues, Technology & Science, Social & Political Issues, Reports and Briefs.
On Business and Economic Ethics
Book
Hard Like Water: Ethics in Business. Oxford University Press, Toronto, 1998.
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Business Ethics: The State of the Art. Corporate Ethics Monitor. July-Aug.,1991. 3:4, 63.
Business Ethics in Europe. Corporate Ethics Monitor. 2:1 January, 1990. p. 15-16.
The Cambridge Conference. Corporate Ethics Monitor. 2:2; March, 1990: p. 31-2.
Ethics and Technology: the Guelph Conference. Corporate Ethics Monitor. July-Aug., 1990. 2:4, 64-5.
Business Ethics in Europe. Corporate Ethics Monitor. 2:1 January, 1990. p. 15-16.
The Cambridge Conference. Corporate Ethics Monitor. 2:2; March, 1990: p. 31-2.
Activism or Action? The Pollution Probe Controversy. Corporate Ethics Monitor. 1:5; September, 1989: p. 77-78.
The Bentley College Conference. Corporate Ethics Monitor. 1:4; July, 1989: p. 31-32.
Good Ethics means Good Management. Corporate Ethics Monitor. 1:2; March, , 1989: p. 31-2.
Business Ethics in Britain. Corporate Ethics Monitor. November,1989. 1:6, 91-2.
On Communications
Intellectual Property and the Commercialization of Research and Development. Science and Engineering Ethics. April, 2005. Vol. 11, No. 2: pp. 203-220.
The Knowledge Economy and Moral Community. Journal of Business Ethics. 38:1; 2002: pp.167-177.
Diverse Knowledges, Competing Interests: An Essay on Socio-Technical Problem-Solving. Science and Engineering Ethics Journal. Vol 8:1; January, 2002: pp. 83-98.
Heraclitus and the Spirit of Technology. A review of Wade Rowland. The Spirit of the Web: The Age of information from the Telegraph to Internet. In The Literary Review of Canada. Winter, 2000/01: pp. 22-25.
Knowledge, Power and Professional Ethics. Critical Notice of C. Derber, W. A. Schwartz and Y. Magrass. Power in the Highest Degree. Professionals and the Rise of a New Mandarin Order. Oxford University Press, New York: 1990. In Business Ethics Quarterly. 4:2: April, 1993: pp. 185-95.
Communications, Power and Time: an Innisian View. Canadian Journal of Political Science. June, 1990; XIII.2: pp. 336-57.
Of Stone, Books and Freedom. Visible Language. Summer, 1986; 12:3: pp. 344-55.
On Environmental Issues
Darwin on Moral Intelligence. Philosophy Now. January-February, 2009. pp. 11-16.
Mr Bush's national energy plan- a case study in ethical policy assessment. Public Integrity. Spring, 2003. vol.5, no. 2: pp 113-225.
The Commons. Entry in The Philosophy Of Law, an Encylopedia. Christopher B. Gray, editor. Garland Press, New York, 1999: p. 129-131.
Effective Environmental Performance in Mining: an international Perspective. In K. Rehbein and Jeanne M. Logsdon, editors. 1996 Proceedings, 7th Annual Conference. International Association for Business and Society. University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, 1996: pp. 312-17.
Environmental and Social Performance. Journal of Business Ethics. 15:7; 1996: pp. 773-784.
Environmental Performance and Technology in Mining. In T. Hynes and M. Blanchette, editors. Sudbury '95: Mining And The Environment: Conference Proceedings. CANMET, Ottawa, 1995. Volume I, pp. 239-48.
A Performance Ethic and Sustainable Forestry: Comments from an Ethical Realist. An Environmental Ethic Perspective on Sustainable Development. P. Crabbe, editor. University of Ottawa Institute for Research on Environment and Economy, Ottawa, 1995: pp. 249-59.
Mining and the Environment: New Directions. Partners in Progress. Sudbury Chamber of Commerce. 4:4; August, 1994: p. 10.
Environmental Reform in Peru. Corporate Ethics Monitor. 6:3; July-Aug., 1994: p. 53
Environmental Performance and Competitive Advantage In Canada's Paper Industry. With Barry Cotton and John Dodge. Business Strategy and The Environment. 2:1, 1993: pp. 2-7.
From Critical Theory to Critical Ecology. Telos. Winter; 22, 1975: pp. 83-98.
On Technology & Science
The Olivieri Report - A Compelling Study of the Growing Tensions in Clinical Research. Science and Engineering Ethics Journal. Vol 9:1; January, 2003: pp. 125-32.
Complexity, Ingenuity, and Moral Intelligence. A review of Thomas Homer-Dixon. The Ingenuity Gap. In The Literary Review of Canada. Vol. 10:1; Jan./Feb., 2002: pp. 6-9.
Technological Complexity and Ethical Control. IEEE Technology and Society Magazine. 21:1; Spring, 2002: pp. 33-39.
Ethics, Technology Development and Innovation. Business Ethics Quarterly. July, 1994; 4:3: pp. 235-52.
Ethics, Innovation and Technology. In E. Lugo, H. Luyke, and W. Frey, eds. Actas. 2do Congreso Interamericano de Filosofia de la Tecnologia. Fundacion Puerto Riqueno de las Humanidades y el Centro de Filosofia e Historia de la Ciencia y la Tecnologia. Universidad de Puerto Rico, Mayaguez, Puerto Rico. 1994: pp. 52-72.
On Social and Political Issues
Empire and Democracy as we Approach the Third Millenium. In V. Cauchy, editor. Proceedings of the Second World Congess on Violence and Human -Coexistence. Montmorency Press, Montreal. Volume V, 1995: pp. 288-302.
The Embattled Democrat. Review essay of Conor Cruise O'Brien's On the Eve of the Millenium. CBC, Toronto, 1994; and Donald Harmon Akenson. Conor: A Biography of Cruise O'Brien. Volume I: Biography; Volume II: Anthology. McGill-Queen's University Press, Montreal, 1994. In the Literary Review of Canada. 4:7; July-August, 1995: pp 12-14.
Social Reproduction and Federalism. Socialist Studies: A Canadian Annual. No. 2, 1985: pp. 190-209.
Beyond the Red Tory: Rethinking Canadian Nationalism. Queen's Quarterly. Winter, 1984; 91:3: p. 83-98.
Federalisme, l'etat, et la democratie. Philosophiques. Avril, 1981: pp. 167-84.
Interview on Philosophy in Canada. In Rita Melillo, ed. Ka-Kanata. Pluralismo Filosofico. Istituto Italiano per gli Studi Filosofici. Pro Press Editrice, Napoli, 1994: pp. 81-89.
Social Reproduction and Federalism. In R. Martin, editor. Critical Perspectives on the Constitution. University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, 1985: pp. 196-210.
Ideological Conflict In Canadian Education. In R. Townsend and S. Lawton, editors. What's so Canadian about Canadian Education? Ontario Institute of Studies in Education, Toronto, 1981: pp. 65-80.
Calvin and Kropotkin. In Ross Fitzgerald, editor. Comparing Political Thinkers. Pergamon, Sidney, Aus., 1980: pp. 203-222
Empire structures of the Canadian State. In S. French, editor. Philosophers Look at Confederation. Canadian Philosophical Association, Montreal, 1980: pp. 217-25
Should Canada pay for Quebec Sovereignty? The Montreal Gazette. 28 February, 1991: p. B3.
The Public Refuses to be Ignored. Financial Times. 24 September, 1990: p. 36.
Should Canada pay for Quebec Sovereignty? The Montreal Gazette. 28 February, 1991: p. B3.
Ordinary Language and Radical Philosophy. Radical Philosophy. Winter, 1975: 12, pp. 25-29.
Reports & Briefs
Re Oct 2008. Global Warming is Man-made. Environmental Action Barrie Living Green. To download a copy of this report please click the following link: VdNglobalwarmingreport
July 2007. On Northern Ethanol Plant for Environmental Action Barrie Living Green
June 2006. HP Noranda recycling
September 2003. Sustainability reporting for Placer Dome 27
May / Oct 2006. Sustainability reporting Benchmarks Imperial Oil environmental IT survey / Interviews of 5 companies (Alcan, Dofasco, Barrick, Noranda, Falconbridge)
Application Service Provider Business Plan. For Kevin Fitzgerald, President, Aurora Microsystems, Sudbury. October, 2001. Includes 5 year financing plan. 33 pages.
ASP Project Financing. For Kevin Fitzgerald, President, Aurora Microsystems, Sudbury. October, 2001. 2 pages
Aurora Microsystems Mission. For Kevin Fitzgerald, President, December, 1997. 12 pages.
Aurora Microsystems -Meetings Diagnostics Report. For Kevin Fitzgerald, President. August, 18, 1999. 7 pages.
Aurora Venture Financing Business Plan. December, 1997.??
Regulating at the Speed of Light. Brief submitted to the Canadian Radio Television Commission 1998 New Media hearings. 30 September, 1998. Report: 18 pages; Exec. Summary: 3 pages.
Convergence and Diversity: Business Ethics in New Zealand's Universities. A report commissioned by the University of Auckland Business School Sent to all New Zealand Universities, and Unitec Polytechnic in Auckland, and three participating Australian universities. June 3, 1998. 10 pages.
Environmental Values at Falconbridge. Environmental Values and Technological Innovation (EVTI) project Case Study draft report to Falconbridge Ltd. on its environmental management systems. February, 1995. 48 pages. Executive Summary; 3 Appendices; 6 charts.
Report on the Formation of an Ethics Committee. Submitted to Sudbury Network North Psychiatric Hospital. April, 1995: 2 pages.
Harassment and Human Rights Policy. Report Submitted to the University of Sudbury Board of Directors. December, 1993: 9 pages.
Energy Project/Sunthetic Plant. Report to Environmental Technology Committee of Sudbury Next Ten Years Conference. Re the the $700 million Sunthetic Energy Inc. proposal for a Mixed Oxygenate Plant. Conference sponsored by the Sudbury Regional Development Corporation and the Sudbury Chamber of Comerce. 27 August, 1992. 9 pages.
Ethics, Democracy and the Constitution. Brief to the Senate/House Joint Committee on Amending the Constitution, Toronto hearings. 23 April, 1991.
We Need to ask the Right Questions. Brief presented to the Ontario Legislature Committee on the Constitution, Sudbury. February 11, 1991.
Sudbury 2001 and the Fairford Controller. Report for Sudbury Regional Development Commission & Sudbury 2001 conference. 1982. 4 pages.
Brief on religious TV channel application. With other University of Sudbury professors. Presented to the Canadian Radio Television Commission Hearings on Religious Television Channel Applications. June, 1981.