The ethical problem here is that this is a dual relationship. One cannot know whether the financial contributions AT&T has made have had any impact on the behavior of this group. However, in my field (psychology), dual relationships are viewed as unethical precisely because most influence is unconscious, and it is frequently impossible to ferret out this kind of intangible but meaningful force.
Sara On Wed, Aug 25, 2010 at 4:00 PM, Art Brodsky <[email protected]>wrote: > One notes that AT&T is a big sponsor of said group. > http://www.awrt.org/current-partnerships.php > > It's a shame. > > [ Now to be fair, the fact that AT&T is one of their sponsors is > certainly interesting and worthy of note in this context, but I > believe it's a bit of a leap (at least without more data) to > assume that this relationship has necessarily controlled the > group's opinion on this matter, which seems to be your > implication. > > -- Lauren Weinstein > NNSquad Moderator ] > > > On Wed, Aug 25, 2010 at 3:34 PM, Lauren Weinstein <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > > > "Alliance for Women in Media" opposes FCC's "Third Way" > > > > http://bit.ly/bdbw9S (RBR) > > > > --Lauren-- > > NNSquad Moderator > > > > -- > Art Brodsky > Communications Director > (202) 861-0020 ext 103 (o) (301) 908-7715 (c) > 1818 N St., NW Suite 410 > Washington, D.C. 20036 www.publicknowledge.org > > > -- Sara C. Wedeman, PhD BECG-Behavioral Economics Consulting Group <http://www.behavioraleconomics.net> 8327 Germantown Avenue Philadelphia, PA 19118<http://maps.google.com/places/us/pa/philadelphia/germantown-ave/8327/-becg-the-behavioral-economics-consulting-group-llc?gl=us> t: (215) 242-5415 cell: (267) 825-4044* skype: auroraz7 google voice: *(215) 792-6095 <https://www.google.com/voice?pli=1#phones>* * (Temporarily malfunctioning, please use land line, skype, or google voice.)
