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Eye on the world: Living the Golden Rule
In “Measuring the kindness of strangers” The Christian Science Monitor’s Editorial Board writes “Microsoft now offers courses on online safety in its stores. Among its recommendations: ‘Live the Golden Rule by acting with empathy, compassion and kindness in every interaction, and treating everyone they connect with online with dignity and respect.’
“Perhaps no country is more aware of promoting kindness than Singapore. Its government has long tried to shape social behavior, such as gum chewing, sometimes with measures widely viewed as disproportionate. But after a recent burst of shaming bad behavior on a website called STOMP, it launched a Kindness Movement in 1997. The aim, according to Dr. William Wan, general secretary of the organization, is to make helping strangers more ‘accepted and sometimes even expected social behavior.’
“... Yet Singapore officials admit that graciousness toward others cannot be ordered up. It must come from the heart and is built out of humility, integrity, and patience.”
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