January 2013 Newsletter

UPCOMING EVENTS

Privacy by Design: An Engineering Ethics Perspective

Ben Adida, director of identity at Mozilla, Brian Kennish, co-founder of Disconnect, and Arvind Narayanan, assistant professor at Princeton, offer their perspectives on efforts to get privacy “baked into” new products, Jan. 23.

Maintaining an Ethical Culture in a High Performance Organization

Hitachi Data Systems CEO Jack Domme speaks Feb. 20. Domme has also served as vice president at Storage Management Software and CTO at Mobilize. HDS customers include more than 70 percent of the Fortune 100.

Students Respond to Homelessness

In preparation for SCU's Homelessness Awareness Week Jan. 28-Feb. 2, the Center's Big Q project offers a case study, inviting students to reflect on how they should respond to panhandlers near campus.

Character Education and the New Common Core Standards

The Center offers a workshop March 6 on implementing the new Common Core State Standards that California and other states have adopted. The focus will be on using the Center's Character-Based Literacy Program in schools serving at-risk students.

NEW MATERIALS

Slush Fund or Legitimate Fund?

What are legitimate expenses to charge to a city councilperson's discretionary fund? Judy Nadler, senior fellow in government ethics, comments for a series by the Arizona Republic on discretionary spending by local officials.

Seasonal Flu: The Ethics of Staying at Home (case study)

A university student must decide whether to ignore his flu symptoms in order to take part in a group presentation. Is it worse to let down his presentation partners or to expose others to his germs?

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