A Game-based Experiential Approach to Teaching Professional Ethics

Does this increase student engagement? Join us when Dr. Thomas P Seager visits Penn State and explains his innovative experimental approach to teaching professional ethics. A Game-based Experiential Approach to Teaching Professional Ethics - Read More…

Masking the Meaningful

Why do citizens of the societies we count as democracies fail to react to catastrophic threats? Because those societies aren’t genuine democracies. Electoral choices fail to correspond to the voters’ interests, and citizens cannot identify what is of most concern to them. Climate change is a striking example of this phenomenon. Professor Philip Kitcher, a leading voice in science and ethics issues, will discuss the relationships between the practices of science and of democracy that develop at these conflicting intersections. Kitcher’s talk, part of the Research Ethics Lecture Series, will engage the campus community in a broad discussion about the roles and responsibilities of those of us who are both scientists and citizens. Masking the Meaningful - Read More…

Should we mandate vaccination for your doctor, you and your children?

GMO Panel: What broader ethical issues relate to and conflict with issues of Food Safety and Security?

Ethics of Genetically Modified Organisms (G.M.O.’s): Food Security vs. Environmental Impact GMO Panel: What broader ethical issues relate to and conflict with issues of Food Safety and Security? - Read More…

Research Integrity: Individual Decisions, Global Concerns

International Research Ethics: Experiences of researchers and participants in the field, and moving forward with ethics training

Presented by Nancy Kass, Phoebe R. Berman Professor of Bioethics and Public Health, in the Department of Health Policy and Management, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health and Deputy Director for Public Health in the Berman Institute of Bioethics International Research Ethics: Experiences of researchers and participants in the field, and moving forward with ethics training - Read More…

When We Dance…Mapping the Systemic Ethical Implications of the Research University’s Relationships with Industry

Jonathan H. Marks is currently a non-residential fellow at the Edmond J. Safra Center for Ethics at Harvard University. He leads a collaborative research project that is jointly funded by the Rock Ethics Institute and the Edmond J. Safra Center for Ethics (through its Lab on Institutional Corruption), exploring the ethical and policy implications of industry sponsorship of health-related food research, nutrition education, and practice. Marks has co-organized—with Donald B When We Dance…Mapping the Systemic Ethical Implications of the Research University’s Relationships with Industry - Read More…

Suspecting Child Abuse: Challenges and Guidance

This presentation will (i) describe the problem of child abuse, particularly as it relates to reporting suspected abuse; (ii) share research findings from the Center for the Protection of Children; and (iii) discuss some of the ethical and practical challenges that arise in our efforts to protect children from abuse. Suspecting Child Abuse: Challenges and Guidance - Read More…

Institutionalized Children - The Medical Community's Guinea Pigs of Choice during the 20th Century

Though often cited as our most precious resource and dearest commodity, children – particularly those institutionalized in orphanages, mental asylums, and warehouses for the “feebleminded” – were often sought out by physicians and medical researchers as test subjects for experimentation. Institutionalized Children - The Medical Community's Guinea Pigs of Choice during the 20th Century - Read More…

The Ethical Foundation of Addressing Scientific Conflict of Interest