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Updated March 20, 2013
Posted March 20, 2013
Posted March 20, 2013
The 3rd Annual Responsible Conduct of Research Conference at Texas Tech University
April 22, 2013
9:00 am – 3:00 pm
The Texas Tech University Ethics Center (www.ethics.ttu.edu) would like to announce that registration is now open for the Third Annual Responsible Conduct of Research Conference at Texas Tech University (http://www.tltc.ttu.edu/content/asp/conferences/rcr/index.asp). The conference will be Monday, April 22, 2013 from 9:00 am until 3:00 pm at The Museum of Texas Tech University.
Topics Include
- Research with Vulnerable Populations
- Data Management & Image Manipulation
- Lab Safety
- Replication of Data
- Ethical Conduct of Research
Keynote speaker: Dr. Stephanie J. Bird (http://www.stephanie-j-bird.com/)
Dr. Stephanie J. Bird is a laboratory-trained neuroscientist whose graduate work at Yale and post-doctoral fellowships at Johns Hopkins and Case Western Reserve University dealt with the effects of psychoactive substances on brain function. Dr. Bird served as the Special Assistant to the Provost and Vice President for Research at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) from 1992 to 2003. While at MIT she worked on the development of educational programs that addressed ethical issues in science and engineering, professional responsibilities, and ethical issues in research practice. She co-edits the international journal Science and Engineering Ethics which explores issues of direct concern to scientists and engineering related to both the practice and application of science and technology. Current research interests focus not only on neuroethics but also on the ethical, legal and social policy implications of research and technology in general. She lectures and consults on professional ethics, and the integration of the responsible conduct of research and ethics into science and engineering education and the development of training programs. Her theoretical and laboratory training have been complemented by work in areas of ethical and legal philosophy.
SPONSORED BY
The Texas Tech University Ethics Center
The Office of the Vice President for Research
The Museum of Texas Tech University
The Graduate School
The Teaching, Learning, and Professional Development Center
HOTELS
Various hotels are located near campus. More information is available on the Lubbock Convention Center & Visitor’s Bureau website:
www.visitlubbock.org
CONTACT
Texas Tech University Ethics Center
Box 45070 | Lubbock, TX 79409-5070
P 806.742.1505 | F 806.742.1510
ethics.center@ttu.edu
http://www.ethics.ttu.edu
Updated October 23, 2012
Association for Practical and Professional Ethics
Twenty-Second Annual Meeting
February 28—March 3, 2013
St. Anthony Hotel in San Antonio, Texas
Call for Papers and Meeting Announcement
This call invites individual presentations from all disciplines and professions interested in advancing scholarship, teaching and a general understanding of practical and professional ethics. Submissions may include formal papers, panel presentations, roundtable discussions, case studies, and pedagogical demonstrations.
We also encourage authors to submit a recent publication for an Author Meets the Critics session and/or Lunch with an Author.
Special Paper Competitions are:
- Best Formal Paper by an Early Career Scholar-$500 prize
- Karen M. T. Muskavitch Award for Graduate Work in Practical Ethics
- Best Formal Paper by a Graduate Student-$500 prize
- Best Formal Paper on Pre-College Ethics-$1,000 prize
- Undergraduate Formal Paper Competition
All paper competition submissions must follow the Annual Meeting paper submission guidelines and must include a completed Submission Form indicating for which competition they are submitting a paper. Additional information on the special paper categories can be found here. The submission form can be found at 2013 Submission Form. For more information and submission guidelines, see Submission Instructions.
The Submission Deadline is October 15, 2012
A symposium to honor the memory of Bernard Gert will take place on Sunday, March 03, 2013 at the 22nd Annual Meeting of the Association for Practical and Professional Ethics. Professor Gert was regarded by many as one of the 20th century’s most important moral philosophers.
Those wishing to submit a paper for presentation at the Bernard Gert Memorial Symposium may discuss any aspect of Bernard Gert’s philosophical work or an extension of that work as it bears on practical and professional ethics. For more information, see Bernard Gert Memorial Symposium.
For questions, call: (812) 855-6450
Important Deadlines
- November 01 Lunch with an Author Submissions *Updated*
- November 01 Program Submissions *Updated*
- November 01 Paper Competition Submissions *Updated*
- November 25 End of Early Bird Registration
- December Notification of Program Presenters
- January 14 National Ethics Bowl Team Registration ends
- January 14 Publisher Ads deadline
- January 18 End of On-Time Registration
- February 3 Hotel Reservations deadline
- February 11 Meal Reservations with Payment deadline
For further details on paper submissions, special award competitions and instructions please see the APPE Call for Papers site at: http://appecallforpapers.wordpress.com/.
For additional information on hotel arrangements and Annual Meeting details, please click HERE.
Posted October 23, 2012
Call for Papers
ETHICOMP 2013 University of Southern Denmark, Kolding, Denmark, 12-14 June 2013
There is still a little time to submit your abstract for ETHICOMP 2013 for the remaining places left on this popular conference. It is a chance to engage with a supportive international network in the important area of acceptable ICT.
Since 1995 ETHICOMP has provided a forum to discuss the ethical and social issues surrounding ICT. ETHICOMP is an interdisciplinary community dedicated to exploring issues and seeking ways forward. Conferences are enjoyable, stimulating and highly interactive events. Collaborative ventures including co-authorship and funded research have been spawned by this supportive and inclusive network.
ETHICOMP 2013 will be hosted by the Institute of Business Communication and Information Science at University of Southern Denmark on the Kolding Campus. Local representatives Dr Anne Gerdes, and Gitte Møldrup, and international representative Professor William Fleischman will join the ETHICOMP co-founders Professor Terry Bynum and Professor Simon Rogerson as co-directors.
The overall theme for the ETHICOMP 2013 is “The possibilities of ethical ICT”. The aim is to explore from a range of perspectives the complex and often interrelated ethical and social issues surrounding pervasive ICT.
The conference has two broad themes.
PROCESS
Process concerns the activities of ICT professionals when undertaking research, development and service/product delivery. Four areas will be explored under this theme:
• Education and Training: e.g. e-learning; learning for life; digital tutors; robot learning; the nature and content of ethically sensitive ICT education and training • Design: e.g. value driven; participative • Governance: e.g. internet; closed networks; clouds • Conduct: e.g. professionals, users
PRODUCT
Product concerns the outcome of professional ICT endeavor and the potential impact of these products on people, society and the environment.
• Application Areas and Impacts: e.g. social space; work place; environmental impacts and safeguards; health • Emerging Technologies: e.g. robotics; nano technology; welfare technology, artificial companions • Embedded ethical values • Technological Integrity
Interdisciplinary papers and those from new researchers and practitioners are encouraged. A paper might take a conceptual, applied, practical or historical focus. Case studies and reports on lessons learned in practice are welcomed.
How to submit
As in previous ETHICOMP conferences, papers written in English and not published nor submitted elsewhere will be accepted on the basis of an extended abstract of between 800 and 1000 words after a careful review by Programme Committee members. Whilst more than one paper from an author or co-authors is welcomed the final decision on which papers are accepted will probably lead to no more than three papers from a given author being accepted. This will give more opportunity for as many people as possible to participate in ETHICOMP 2013.
The first page of each submission must include the title, all of the authors’ names, affiliations, complete mailing addresses including email, telephone numbers, and a statement of commitment that one of the authors will present the paper at ETHICOMP 2013 in Denmark.
A submission lacking any of the above information or outside the range of 800-1000 word limit may not be considered by the Programme Committee for inclusion in the conference programme.
Please make submissions in the electronic form using EasyChair.
Abstracts must be submitted no later than 23 November 2012 to https://www.easychair.org/account/signin.cgi?conf=ethicomp2013. You will have to create an EasyChair account if you do not already have one.
Authors will be informed of the decision of the Programme Committee by 21 December 2012.
If you require any further information please contact Professor Simon Rogerson at srog@dmu.ac.uk.
Website: http://www.sdu.dk/en/Om_SDU/Institutter_centre/Ifki/ethicomp2013
Posted October 18, 2012
Call for Papers
20th Annual International Vincentian Business Ethics Conference
October 17 – 19, 2013
Chicago, Illinois
DePaul University is pleased to host the 20th Annual International Vincentian Business Ethics Conference, October 17-19, 2013 in Chicago, IL
‘‘Business Ethics in the 21st Century: The Globalization of Corporate Responsibilities’’
The conference will address topics in all areas of business and professional ethics. A combination of formats will be used to address critical ethical issues.
Theme:
“Business Ethics in the 21st Century: The Globalization of Corporate Responsibilities”
This year we particularly encourage panels, presentations, or case studies that focus on global issues related to the following questions:
- What models should companies and managers develop for corporate governance in an increasingly global economy?
- How can companies market to the vast majority of the world that is in abject poverty?
- Can they address the issues of poverty and disease in less developed countries while continuing to be fiscally responsible?
- What is the role of entrepreneurs in these new markets?
Keynote Addresses:
Today’s corporate leaders will address current ethical challenges in management decision-making.
Panel Sessions:
Academic scholars teamed with men and women in business discuss timely, cutting edge problems and solutions concerning ethics and ethical decision making in business.
Concurrent Sessions:
Innovative research and scholarship on all areas of business and professional ethics are presented through formal, academic papers.
Call for Papers:
We are looking for business professionals, academics, and young scholars that have an interest in and commitment to the study and discussion of business and professional ethics. Final proposals will be selected through a blind referee process.
We require a one-page proposal , including an abstract.
We are actively seeking proposals which:
- Address important issues in the field of business and professional ethics.
- Reflect timely, cutting edge insight
- Represent collaboration between academic and business professionals (including practical case studies)
Continuing our custom, a Dean’s Award is presented for the best paper, and a special award will be presented to the best young scholar’s paper.
E-mail Panel Proposals or Paper Abstracts to: VBECsubmissions@gmail.com
For questions, please contact:
Summer Brown
Executive Director, IBPE
sbrown15@depaul.edu or 312-362-8786
Proposal Due…… May 1, 2013
Decision Date…… June 14, 2013
Confirmation of Attend. Expected by… July 12, 2013
Completed Paper for Publication Consideration Due… Dec 1, 2013
Register Now!
vincentianethicsconference.eventbrite.com
October 17-19, 2013
The conference will begin at 10:00pm on Thursday, October 17 and will end at noon on Saturday, October 19. The Conference will be held at DePaul University’s Loop Campus and the Standard Club, in the heart of downtown Chicago.
The conference registration fee of $315.00 includes two light breakfasts, two lunches, one reception, and conference publications.
Rooms will be available at The Standard Club and Hilton Chicago.
THE VINCENTIAN MISSION
This conference was conceived as a natural extension of the basic mission and values of those institutions which share a commitment to the vision of St. Vincent de Paul and his dedication to education and service. This annual conference seeks to promote business ethics through excellence in academic research and the practical application of that research to business situations.
THE INSTITUTE FOR BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONAL ETHICS AT DEPAUL UNIVERSITY
The mission of the Institute is to facilitate ethical deliberation by stirring the moral conscience and by developing models for ethical decision-making in business and the professions, through the overriding theme of poverty reduction through for-profit initiatives.
VINCENTIAN CONFERENCE COMMITTEE
Patricia Werhane, DePaul University, pwerhane@depaul.edu
Marilynn Fleckenstein, Niagara University, mpf@niagara.edu
Victoria Shoaf, St. John’s University, shoafv@stjohns.edu
Patrick Flanagan, St. John’s University, flanagap@stjohns.edu
DePaul University
Driehaus College of Business
Institute for Business and Professional Ethics
1 E. Jackson Blvd.
Chicago, IL 60604-2287
Posted October 11, 2012
Yale University
Summer Institute in Bioethics
June 3 – July 26, 2013 • New Haven, CT
Yale’s Interdisciplinary Center for Bioethics hosts an intensive Summer Institute for U.S. and international participants. The Institute is an 8-week immersion consisting of lectures, seminars, and research exploring bioethical concerns relating to medicine, law, religion, public health, animal rights, and the environment.
Application deadline for U.S. applicants: January 15, 2013 International students encouraged to apply by November 30.
Tuition is $1,400 (undergraduates), $2,000 (law students, medical students, other graduate students and post-doctoral fellows), $3,000 (professionals).
Housing is available within walking distance for an additional cost.
Course credit is available.
For further information, please see www.yale.edu/bioethics/summer.shtml
or contact Carol Pollard at carol.pollard@yale.edu or (203) 432-6188
Posted September 27, 2012
Energy Ethics Capstone Workshop – September 12-13, 2013
Next year, the NAE’s Center for Engineering, Ethics, and Society (CEES) and Arizona State University (ASU) will host a workshop on ethical, educational and policy issues that come with various energy choices. The workshop will be held in Washington, D.C. Look for more information this winter on the Workshop.
Posted August 29, 2012
Brain Matters 3
Values at the Crossroads of Neurology, Psychiatry & Psychology
October 23-25, 2012
Hosted by the Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio
Brain Matters 3 follows in the tradition of the two previous Brain Matters conferences in fostering further development in the field of neuroethics. Although abstracts will be elicited for presentations on a broad spectrum of neuroethics research, the primary themes of the plenary talks for the conference address ethical dilemmas in the treatment and research for conditions with neurological symptomatology but that are without identifiable biological correlates/causes. The conditions of interest are often framed as medically unexplained symptoms, non-specific etiologies, or purely psychological. These diagnoses include, but are not limited to, chronic pain disorders, psychogenic movement disorders, conversion disorders, post-traumatic stress disorder, and fibromyalgia. The complexities of suffering and disability experienced by individuals with these conditions are significant; including exposure to dangerous and futile treatments. Among clinicians, disagreement continues over which aspects of these conditions are “all in one’s head,” either literally or figuratively. Hidden value assumptions about causation permeate research studies and clinical decisions, and effect underlying treatment and care of patients. These assumptions have significant influence on the obligations, roles, and entitlements for patients and health care providers. Patients who suffer from these conditions are “orphaned” by specialties and largely ignored in bioethics discussions. Research abstracts will be solicited for oral as well as poster presentations.
More information about the conference is available at www.clevelandclinic.org/BrainMatters3
Posted/updated June 22, 2012
Society for Ethics Across the Curriculum
14th International Conference Oct. 4-6, 2012 Grand Rapids, MI
Directors: Peggy Vandenberg (Grand Valley State University)
& Deborah Mower (Youngstown State University)
Keynote Speaker:
Michael Slote, University of Miami, author of Moral Sentimentalism,
and The Ethics of Care and Empathy
Conference Theme: “The Art of Morality:
Developing Moral Sensitivity Across the Curriculum”
This year’s theme is chosen in part because the dates of the conference correspond to the ARTPRIZE event in Grand Rapids which is an international art competition that brings 1200+ pieces of art to our city. The streets and parks are alive with art sculptures, performances, paintings and photography, and museums offer free admission to indoor and outdoor exhibits.
Because different fields such as medicine, business, law, social work, journalism, etc. vary in the kinds of social relations and engagements between professionals and their clients, developing moral sensitivity within each field may be something unique and akin to learning an art form. Being perceptive and empathetic to the needs of others and the moral demands of a situation are important skills for moral action and essential for personal development. How we are to teach students to engage in moral actions and to develop necessary sympathies, perceptual abilities, and reasoning skills are pressing questions. In terms of content and theory, what are we to teach our students across the curriculum? What content in our classrooms serves to develop moral sensitivity as a personal matter, and what is the relationship between moral sensitivity and reasoning? In terms of practice, how do we teach them? What specific exercises, strategies, service learning projects, or artistic media develop moral sensitivity, and are the practices akin to an art form or easily applicable across the curriculum?
Although the theme of the conference highlights the art of morality across the curriculum, submissions are not limited to the conference theme. Submissions (papers, abstracts or panel proposals) should be formatted for blind review and sent by July 30, 2012 to the Secretary- Treasurer of the Society, Donna Werner or by hard copy to Dr. Peggy Vandenberg, Philosophy Department, B-3 205 MAK, Grand Valley State University, Allendale, MI 49401, Phone: 616 331 2496.
The Society publishes Teaching Ethics and conference papers may be considered for publication in that journal or in a possible anthology.
CONFERENCE URL: http://www.rit.edu/cla/ethics/seac/conference14.html
Association for Practical and Professional Ethics
Indiana University
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Bloomington, Indiana 47405-3602
Telephone (812) 855-6450; FAX (812) 856-4969
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