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 - 29, 2017
Tentative Schedule of Events
For more information, contact Courtney Burns at Courtney.Burns@uvu.edu
Tuesday, September 26th
Ethics Forums
8:45 - 9:45 a.m.
Center for the Study of Ethics
Lt. Governor Spencer J. Cox
Responding to White Supremacy: The Role of Public Officials in Facing Extremism
Oquirrh Mountain South (CB 511)
10:00 - 11:15 a.m.
Center for the Study of Ethics
Keynote Address
"Cultivating Positive Dialogue in Public Discourse"
City of Provo
Oquirrh Mountain South (CB 511)
11:30 -12:45 p.m.
School of Education
Panel Discussion: "Maker Education: A Bridge to STEM (and its Ethical Implications)"
Oquirrh Mountain South (CB 511)
1:00 - 2:15 p.m.
School of the Arts
Panel Discussion: "Business, Branding & Blockbusters: The Ethics of Arts Marketing"
Oquirrh Mountain South (CB 511)
2:30 - 3:45 p.m.
Woodbury School of Business and the Melissa Nellesen Center for Autism
Panel Discussion: "Ethical Considerations of Autism in the Workplace"
Oquirrh Mountain South (CB 511)
Wednesday, September 27th
Ethics Forums
10:00 - 10:50 a.m.
College of Health & Public Service
Presentation: "Natural Disasters Ethics: Aceh, Katrina, Harvey and Beyond"
Oquirrh Mountain South (CB 511)
11:30 - 12:50 p.m.
Center for the Study of Ethics
Excellence in Ethics Award Luncheon (by invitation)
Karen Hale
Deputy Mayor of Community & External Affairs
Salt Lake County
Oquirrh Mountain North (CB 510)
1:00 - 1:50 p.m.
Interfaith Student Council
Student Discussion: "Catholics, Mormons & Muslims in America
A Story of Religious Marginalization"
Moderated by Brian D. Birch
Director, UVU Religious Studies Program
Oquirrh Mountain South (CB 511)
2:00 - 2:50 p.m.
University College
Panel Discussion: "Charlottesville: Racism Reawakened"
Hosted by the Black Student Union
Oquirrh Mountain South (CB 511)
3:00 - 3:50 p.m.
Honors Program
Panel Discussion: "Bridging Difference: Honors Student Perspectives"
Oquirrh Mountain South (CB 511)
Thursday, September 28th
Ethics Forums
10:00 - 11:15 a.m.
College of Health & Public Service
Panel Discussion: “The Ethical Dilemmas of Countering Radicalization and Extremism”
Oquirrh Mountain South (CB 511)
11:30 - 12:45 p.m.
College of Technology and Computing
Panel Discussion: “From Hacking and Sexting to International Cybercrime: Ethics and Cyber-Corruption”
Oquirrh Mountain South (CB 511)
1:00 - 2:15 p.m.
Center for the Study of Ethics & Center for Constitutional Studies
Panel Discussion: "The Moral & Legal Foundations of the Refugee Crisis"
Evan J. Criddle, Professor of Law, College of William & Mary
Michael Minch, Professor of Philosophy, Utah Valley University
Oquirrh Mountain South (CB 511)
2:30 - 4:00 p.m.
College of Humanities & Social Sciences
Panel Discussion: “Teaching Ethics: Buying What We're Selling”
Oquirrh Mountain South (CB 511)
Friday, September 29th
Ethics Forums
9:00 - 10:45 a.m.
Peace and Justice Studies and UVU Fulton Library
Film Screening: Merchants of Doubt
Oquirrh Mountain South (CB 511)
Sponsored by the UVU Fulton Library
10:45 - 11:30 a.m.
Peace and Justice Studies
Film Panel Discussion
Oquirrh Mountain South (CB 511)
12:00 - 1:30 p.m.
Center for the Study of Ethics
Luncheon: Teaching Professional Ethics (by invitation)
CHSS Conference Room (CB 409a)
3:00 - 6:00 p.m.
Center for the Study of Ethics
Ethics & Values Adjunct Faculty Workshop (by invitation)
CHSS Conference Room (CB 409a)
