4th International Conference on Ethics Across the Curriculum
Robert J. Rutland Center for Ethics
Clemson University
Conference site: Hyatt Regency Hotel, Greenville, South Carolina
Conference Director: Daniel E. Wueste (Clemson)
Program Chair: Kenneth D. Alpern (Hiram College)
Themes: Science, Technology & Ethics Across the Curriculum
Ethics Across the Curriculum at Liberal Arts Colleges
Keynote speaker: Taft Broome (Howard University)
THURSDAY, October 24th
1-2:30 — Uses of Technology: Information, Consumer Products, and Weapons
Chair: Sheb True (KennesawState University)
Consumer Access to Technological Information
Doug Chismar (Chowan College Center for Ethics)
Product Liability as an Issue in Engineering Ethics
Joseph Herkert (North Carolina State University)
Teaching Peace in a World of High-tech Weapons
Ellsworth Hood (Wisconsin-Platteville)
2:45-4:15 — Values in Broader Perspective: Relativism, Religion, and Aesthetics
Chair: Kenneth D. Alpern (Hiram College)
What We Should Infer from Disagreement in Ethics
Andy Wible (Muskegon Community College)
Bringing the Religious Dimension of Ethics Out of the Closet
Robert Baum (University of Florida)
Living Large: Kant and the Sublimity of Technology
Scott R. Stroud (Temple)
4:30-6:00 — Panel
Curriculum Challenges: Teaching Professional Ethics in Science & Technology
Moderators: Asai Asaithambi (Saint Louis Universityi, Donna Werner (Saint Louis Community College-Meramec)
Erin Bakanas, J. Gary Bledsoe, John P. Buerck, Joachim Dorsch, Judith E. Durham, James Fisher (Saint Louis University)
7 — Reception
8 –Symposium: In the Wake of the Betrayal: Enron and its Progeny
Facilitator: Lisa Newton (Fairfield University)
FRIDAY, October 25th
9-10:30 — Concurrent Sessions
1-A Ethics in Engineering
Chair: Michael Davis (Illinois Institute of Technology)
Students’ Views on Codes of Ethics in Human Resource Development
Philip McGee (Clemson University)
Professional or Practitioner: What’s Missing from the Codes?
Brad Kallenberg (University of Dayton)
Ethics for Engineers: Citizen Self-Design
Phillip Chmielewski (Loyola Marymount University)
1-B Social Responsibility in Ethics Across the Curriculum
Chair: Linda Nilson (Clemson University)
Moral and Civic Responsibility in a Democratic Academy
Elizabeth Meade & Suzanne Weaver (Cedar Crest College)
Learning Environmental Justice in the Context of a Social Justice Curriculum
Emphasis
Jane Hammang-Buhl (Marygrove College)
Service Learning as a Vehicle for Ethics Across the Curriculum
Mark Doorley (Villanova University)
10:45-12:15 — Concurrent Sessions
2-A Respect for the Moral Personality of Students
Chair: Kim Skoog (University of Guam)
Autonomy Across the Curriculum
Sue Martinelli-Fernandez (Western Illinois University)
Academic Advocacy: Appeals and Abuses
Robert Newton (Depauw University)
A Tale of Three Constituencies (and One Course): Student Expectations in Bioethics
Ann Mongovan (Indiana University)
2-B Biology and Biotechnology
Chair: Kelly Smith (Clemson University)
A Clash of Values: Human Sexuality
Tim Morris & John Zenchak (North Central College)
Humans, Persons, and Embryonic Stem Cells
Stephen Scales (Towson University)
On Not Being Able to Tell the Players Without the Program: The Bewildering Effect of Advances in Science on the Applied Ethics Curriculum
Lisa Newton (Fairfield University)
12:15-2 — Lunch
2-3:30 — Concurrent Sessions
3-A Other Traditions: Collision & Co-mingling
Chair: Jim Griffis (University of South Carolina Spartanburg)
Teaching Ethics and Technology Across the Curriculum: The Need for a New View
Deni Elliott (University of Montana)
Get Big or Get Out: The Turpitude of Industrial Agriculture
David Keller (Utah Valley State College)
3-B Ethics of Cyberspace
Chair: Richard Combes (University of South Carolina Spartanburg)
Ethical Issues in Publishing Student Web-pages: A Case Study in Academic Freedom, Integrity and Privacy
Erin Livingston & L. Stanbery (Miyazaki International College)
Cyber Ethics: The Challenge of Engaging Students in a Meaningful Dialogue
Janine Dewitt-Heffner (Marymount University)
A Moral Roadmap of the Cyber Highway’s Sexual Landscape
Kim Skoog (University of Guam)
3-C Approaches to EAC
Chair: Kathleen Yancey (Clemson University)
Avoiding the Pitfalls of Ethics Across the Curriculum
Linda Williams (Kent State University)
On the Relationship between Scientific and Technological Advances and EAC in the Liberal Arts
Jeanne Sokolec (Loyola University of Chicago)
Building Ethical Fitness: Preparing College and University Students for Service and Leadership in the 21st Century
Clare Stiles (Eckerd College)
3:30-4 Break
4-5:30 Panel: Models for Ethics Across the Liberal Arts Curriculum
Kenneth D. Alpern (Chair), Michael Davis (Illinois Institute of Technology) and Douglas J. Schuurman (St. Olaf College)
5:45-6:15 The Prospects for FIPSE
David Johnson (Program Officer, FIPSE)
6:45-7:15 Reception
7:15-9 Banquet, Presidential Address: Wade Robison (RIT)
SATURDAY, October 26th
8:30-10:00 — Teaching Ethics in Technological Areas
Chair: Julia Frugoli (Clemson University)
Organizational Culture: The Ecology of Managing Knowledge Ethically
Charles Piazza & Donna Schaeffer (University of San Francisco)
Gut Reactions, Second Thoughts and Defensible Decisions: Critical Thinking about Bioethical Dilemmas
Steven McCullagh (Kennesaw State University)
Integrating Engineering Ethics into Technological Courses
Michael Davis (Illinois Institute of Technology)
10:15-11:45 Panel: Enhancing an Ethics Across the Curriculum Program
Elaine Englehardt (Chair), Brian Birch, David Keller, Karen Mizel, Dennis Potter (UVSC)
11:45-1:00 Lunch
1-1:45 Travel to Clemson
1:45-2:45 Tour of Clemson Campus
3-4:30 Keynote Address: Welcome: Janie Cervelli Schach (Dean, College of Architecture, Arts and Humanities)
Chair: Wade Robison (RIT)
Taft Broome (Howard University)
4:30-5:15 Reception
5:15-6:00 Travel to Hyatt in Greenville
7:30-8:00 How to Teach a Senior Capstone Course in Ethics that Professors Enjoy and Students Actually Like
Chair: Gabriel Fernandez Palmer (Youngstown State University)
Linda Thompson & Eleanor Wittrup (University of the Pacific)
8-9 Reception
9 until whenever — President’s Party
SUNDAY, October 27th
9:00-10:30 — Concurrent Sessions
4-A Language and Pedagogy
Chair: Stephen Satris (Clemson University)
On Teaching Narrative Ethics: The Work of Interpretation in the Development of Moral Imagination
Sheila Mason (Concordia University)
Teaching Moral Reasoning Across the Curriculum: A Systematic Approach
Danney Ursery (St. Edwards University)
Language Lessons: Exploring the Significance of Language for Communication Ethics
Peggy Bowers (Clemson University)
4-B Institutions and Social Contexts
Chair: Todd May (Clemson University)
Is Character and Conscience Enough: Teaching Business Ethics in the Shadow of Enron
Rita Manning
On Teaching Ethics and Biology
Charles Kay & Robert Moss (Wofford College)
Quality-Adjusted Life-Year: A Threat to Humanistic Thinking in the Context of Healthcare?
Maureen Gowing & Sheila Mason (Concordia University)
10:30-11:30 Business Meeting
11:30 Adjourn
Funded by:
- The Robert J. Rutland Center for Ethics, Clemson University
- The Ethics Center at Utah Valley State College
- Dr. James Dale Ethics Center at Youngstown State University
- The Ezra A. Hale Chair in Applied Ethics at the Rochester Institute of Technology
- FIPSE, the Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education
Past and Future Conferences of the Society for Ethics Across the Curriculum
1st — October 1999, Rochester Institute of Technology
2nd — October 19-22, 2000, Salt Lake City, Utah
3rd — January 31-February 3, 2002, University of Florida
4th — October 27-29, 2002, Clemson University
5th — October 2003, St. Edwards University, Austin, Texas
6th — October 2004
7th — October 2005, Saint Louis University
The Society publishes Teaching Ethics, and papers for conferences may be considered for publication.
Revised September 20, 2002