How You Can Help

The Markkula Center for Applied Ethics depends on support from a growing network of individuals who have a passionate interest in ethics. Gifts of any amount can make a difference to the Center's work:

$50 buys books for the Center's Character-Based Literacy Program, which integrates teaching values into language arts, science, and social studies classes.

$100 supplies materials with the Center's "Framework for Ethical Decision Making" for two groups of newly elected public officials.

$250 would allow us to create a Webinar on health care ethics or post a podcast on business ethics for managers and executives who are unable to attend our on-site programs here at Santa Clara University.

$500 provides a scholarship for a teacher to attend Ethics Camp for Educators or a mayor, councilperson, or member of a regulatory body to attend Ethics and Leadership Camp for Public Officials.

$1,000 brings a subject matter expert/speaker on the ethical aspects of new technologies, immigration, sports, or other current issues.

$2,500 supports an additional undergraduate intern in the Center's Health Care Ethics Program at O'Connor Hospital.

$10,000 underwrites the creation of a new section of the Center's Web site, like Religion, Ethics, Politics, and World Affairs or creates a yearlong undergraduate fellowship in an area of applied ethics, like the Environmental Ethics Fellowship.

$25,000 allows a company to participate in the Business and Organizational Ethics Partnership.

For more information on how you can financially support the activities and programs of the Ethics Center, please contact Jim Balassone at jbalassone@scu.edu or 408-554-5466.