Markkula Center for Applied Ethics
Taking a Knee
(AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez, File)
As the football season begins, protests on the field have come back into the news. Ethics Center staff, scholars, and SCU professors address some of the key ethical issues in the debate.
Workplace Speech Protections and the NFL Player National Anthem Protests
By E. Gary Spitko, SCU Presidential Professor of Ethics and the Common Good and professor of law
Leadership or Marketing?
By Ann Skeet, senior director of Leadership Ethics
Rants Against NFL Players Violate Presidential Norms
By Hana Callaghan, director of Government Ethics
Is It Moral to Take a Knee?
by Giannina Ong, 2017-18 Hackworth Fellow
Perspectives on the News
Image link to full articleNonprofit Immigration
Questions for organizations involved in housing immigrant children.
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Image link to full articleFormer President Obama on the Ethics of Governing
Comments included a call for bipartisanship and finding common ground.
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Image link to full articleJohn McCain: An Ethical Leader
Not perfect, but principled, humble enough to admit mistakes, wise enough to learn from them.
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Newsroom to Classroom
Don Heider, executive director of the Markkula Center For Applied Ethics, reflects on his journey to SCU and the importance of engaging Silicon Valley in important conversations about ethics.
Trust Indicators and NewsGuard
New product to improve news literacy uses standards developed by the Trust Project.
Media Commentary
Tesla shake-up announced after CEO Elon Musk smokes marijuana during interview
Ann Skeet, Senior Director of Leadership Ethics quoted in ABC7 News
