Survey results released Aug. 6, 2013, by the Pew Research Center indicate that most Americans would not choose to dramatically increase their life spans even if scientific breakthroughs made that possible. A slim majority, in fact, said radical life extension would be bad for society. Pew also released two companion reports, “To Count Our Days: […]

Joseph Runzo is a professor of philosophy and religious studies at Chapman University in Orange, Calif. He is co-editor of Ethics in the World Religions (OneWorld Publications, 2001).

Steve Johnson is director of character education at the Markkula Center for Applied Ethics at Santa Clara University in Santa Clara, Calif. He has written numerous articles on topics in youth ethics, including cheating and lying.

The Soderquist Center for Leadership and Ethics at John Brown University in Siloam Springs, Ark., is devoted to fostering good business ethics. Many of the directors are former executives of Wal-Mart, which has faced lawsuits alleging that store managers routinely falsify employee timecards.

Stan Walters, a.k.a. “The Lie Guy,” is the author of The Truth About Lying: How to Spot a Lie and Protect Yourself From Deception (Sourcebooks Trade, 2000). He teaches courses in kinesic interviewing and interrogation to law enforcement officials throughout the country and has served as an expert on interview and interrogation for Johns Hopkins University. He […]

Teresa Fishman is the executive director for the Center for Academic Integrity at Duke University. The center offers resources to help students adhere to five principles, including honesty.

Dr. M. William Howard Jr. is the senior pastor of Bethany Baptist Church in Newark, N.J., a partner in the New Jersey Character Education Partnership, which tries to instill values, including honesty, in local children.

Steve Ellenwood is the acting director of the Center for Character and Social Responsibility at Boston University in Massachusetts.

Michelle Whittaker is communications director for the United Methodist Church’s General Board of Church and Society. Part of the GBCS’s mission is to promote “personal, social and civic righteousness.” Contact through the website.