About and Schedule
About Ethics Awareness Week
Ethics Awareness Week, held each September at UVU, explores the ethical dimensions
of variety of issues through panel discussions, film screenings, workshops, lectures,
and other events. The week also includes the Excellence in Ethics Award and a keynote
address. All events are free and open to the public and we encourage participation
on the part of students, faculty, and members of our community.
September 26 – 30, 2016
Schedule of Events
For more information, contact Courtney Burns at Courtney.Burns@uvu.edu
September 26 (Monday – Ethics Jubilee)
Ethics Forums
9:00 - 9:40 a.m.
Center for the Study of Ethics
Annual Excellence in Ethics Award and Address
Senator Orrin Hatch
Oquirrh Mountain South (CB 511)
10:00 -10:40 a.m.
Center for the Study of Ethics
Kirk O. Hansen, Executive Director of the Markkula Center for Applied Ethics at Santa Clara University and John Courtney Murray S.J. University Professor of Social Ethics
Oquirrh Mountain South (CB 511)
11:00 - 11:50 a.m.
Center for the Study of Ethics
Round Table Discussion: The Guardians of Ethics & Values
Pierre Lamarche, Brian Birch, Shannon Mussett, Scott Abbott, and Michael Minch
Oquirrh Mountain South (CB 511)
1:00 - 1:50 p.m.
Center for the Study of Ethics
Address: “Ethically Educating Our Future Leaders” Representative Brian King (D-UT)
Oquirrh Mountain South (CB 511)
2:00 - 2:50 p.m.
Center for the Study of Ethics
Panel Discussion: “The Origins and Future of Ethics and Values”
Faculty and student panel discussion lead by Elaine Englehardt, Distinguished Professor of Ethics, Professor of Philosophy, and Jubilee celebration organizer
Oquirrh Mountain South (CB 511)
3:00 - 3:50 p.m.
Center for the Study of Ethics
“Business Needs Ethical Employees—Come Trained!”
Nicole Mouskondis, CEO of Nicholas and Company
Oquirrh Mountain South (CB 511)
4:00 - 4:50 p.m.
Center for the Study of Ethics
Dean’s Address
David Yells, Dean of the College of Humanities and Social Sciences
Oquirrh Mountain South (CB 511)
September 27 (Tuesday)
Ethics Forums
10:00 - 11:15 a.m.
School of Education
Panel Discussion: “The Ethics of Intercultural Education”
Oquirrh Mountain South (CB 511)
11:30 a.m. - 12:50 p.m.
The Center for Constitutional Studies
Judicial Conduct Commission Panel
Oquirrh Mountain South (CB 511)
1:00 - 2:15 p.m.
School of the Arts
Panel Discussion: “Self-Censorship and Sanitizing the Arts”
Oquirrh Mountain South (CB 511)
1:00 - 2:15 p.m.
Woodbury School of Business
Panel Discussion: “Employee Responsibilities and Moral Rights in the Workplace?”
Oquirrh Mountain South (CB 511)
September 28 (Wednesday)
Ethics Forums
10:00 - 10:50 a.m.
UVU Library
Panel Discussion: “Sci-Hub and the Ethics of Academic Publishing”
Oquirrh Mountain South (CB 511)
11:00 - 11:50 a.m.
Academic Service Learning and the VSLC
Panel Discussion: “SL for the Public Good”
Oquirrh Mountain South (CB 511)
1:00 - 1:50 p.m.
College of Humanities and Social Science
Panel Discussion: “Fairness in the Multi-Cultural Classroom”
Oquirrh Mountain South (CB 511)
2:00 - 2:50 p.m.
University College
Panel Discussion: “No Priesthood for the Black Man”
Oquirrh Mountain South (CB 511)
3:00 - 3:50 p.m.
Honors Colloquium
Student Panel Discussion
Oquirrh Mountain South (CB 511)
September 29 (Thursday)
Ethics Forums
10:00 - 11:15 a.m.
College of Aviation and Public Service
“Ethics in Public Safety Service”
Oquirrh Mountain South (CB 511)
11:30 a.m. - 12:50 p.m.
College of Technology and Computing
“Student Academic Freedom in an Education and Technology World” and “The Ethics of Autonomous Machines”
Oquirrh Mountain South (CB 511)
1:00 - 2:15 p.m.
UVU Library
“We Are OER (And So Can You)”
Oquirrh Mountain South (CB 511)
2:30 - 3:50 p.m.
College of Humanities and Social Science
Panel: “Teaching Ethics: Buying What We’re Selling”
Oquirrh Mountain South (CB 511)
September 30 (Friday)
Ethics Forums
11:30 a.m. - 12:15 p.m.
College of Science and Health
“The Ethics of Water Use”
Oquirrh Mountain South (CB 511)
12:30 - 1:45 p.m.
Peace and Justice Studies and UVU Library
Film Screening: Just Eat It: A Food Waste Story
Oquirrh Mountain South (CB 511) Sponsored by the UVU Library
1:45 - 2:30 p.m.
Peace and Justice Studies and UVU Library
Video Panel Discussion
Oquirrh Mountain South (CB 511)