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2. President Barack Obama will head to Silicon Valley on Friday to a summit aimed at connecting about 1,200 entrepreneurs from 170 countries with the biggest and brightest players in the U.S. tech sector and venture capital community.

Hot-button political issues that the White House and tech sector normally grapple with, such as the use of social media by extremists, the desire by law enforcement for a way around encryption, and cyber security, will not be on the agenda.

Obama is using the summit - the seventh in a series which have reached a total of 17,000 people mainly in Muslim-majority countries around the world - to help bolster his foreign policy legacy as his time in offices draws closer to the end on Jan. 20, 2017.

- In Silicon Valley, Obama to Keep Hot-Button Tech Issues off Agenda, Reuters, June 23, 2016.

3. Despite the frequent occurrence of touchy subjects in the medical practice, ethical guidelines rarely dictate what routes docs should take when such sensitive stuff comes up. Preparation for the tough questions is often the best protection. Consider how you’d handle it if these taboo topics came up in your office.

Politics

With the recent Supreme Court ruling on healthcare reform still making headlines and presidential election campaigns in full swing, it may be hard to avoid the presence of political talk in your office. Nonetheless, it serves you well to keep it to a minimum.