Best of the web 21/10/09

(c) altemark

Hi and welcome to our new series of posts rounding up the best articles on the web each day courtesy of bloggerscircle.net

Jan Moir and codes of mis-conduct
I have replied to the Currybet story on Jan Moir etc:
http://www.charlescrawford.biz/blog/that-jan-moir-story-codes-of-mis-conduct

Trafigura, reputation management and the arts
It’s not just Trafigura and Carter-Ruck who ended up looking stupid; the arts fell on their face too. Citing: http://patrickhadfield.wordpress.com/2009/10/17/what-ive-learned-from-whisky-and-trafigura/
http://artsandecology.rsablogs.org.uk/2009/10/19/trafigura-reputation-management-and-the-arts/

Five Prison Governors Face Suspension
The job of a prison governor these days is a pretty thankless one, and it’s in that kind of atmosphere where it’s tempting for any governor faced with an inspection where his whole career may rest on its outcome, to give in to pressures and, by sleight of hand, present the jail in the best light
http://labourfailsonprisons.blogspot.com/2009/10/five-governors-face-suspension.html

Does abandoning Islam mean death?
According to the well-respected Encylopaedia of Islam, the consensus among Muslim jurists is that apostasy is death, and that this belief is one that has been held throughout the history of Islam.
http://www.byrnetofferings.co.uk/2009/10/does-abandoning-islam-mean-death.html