Description: Third installment in a series of articles applying Buddhist principles to the challenges that actuaries face in applying their craft. The themes are adapted from the book "Awake at Work", by Michael Carroll. This particular installment covers the concept of "li" to the compliance aspects of an actuary's work, moving beyond minimum or literal compliance to a work product that provides multiple uses and meets a much higher standard

Description: This article is about the opportunity for plagiarism in e-learning courses and what the Society of Actuaries is doing to detect and discipline such conduct.

Description: A discussion of the Morris Review in the UK: a government-requested review of the actuarial profession in the U.K.

Description: A review of a speech given by E. J. Moorhead. Mr. Moorhead described what he saw as life insurance industry missed opportunities for increased transparency which would be resolved by Congress and public outcry. Interesting historical perspective which could be used a reminder for today.

Description: Argues the value of actuaries' sense of responsibility as a counter-weight to the business inclination to offer anything that will sell.

Description: Review of Professor Belth's book 'Life Insurance: A Consumer Handbook'.

Description: This article is about not compromising your principles when pressured to do so from internal or external forces.

Description: The Fellowship Admissions Course FAC will make its debut in September 1990. It will allow candidates to explore professional ethics issues in depth, along with real-world problems and their relationship to the exam syllabus, and then to gain perspective on those issues from the views and insights of others.

Description: Discusses the reasons for professional ethics and why we have them in the actuarial profession.

Description: A hypothetical workplace dilemma in which readers are invited to submit their comments and suggested solutions.