Markkula Center for Applied Ethics
How do people and organizations inspire trust?
They make choices based on justifiable standards. They take others into account in their decisions. And then they do what they say they will do.
The Markkula Center for Applied Ethics engages individuals and organizations to make choices that respect and care for others. In our focus areas—bioethics, business ethics, campus ethics, character education, government ethics, Internet ethics, journalism ethics, leadership ethics, and social sector ethics—we work with scholars and professionals to apply ethical ideas to the very real problems people encounter. We examine the obstacles to ethical action in many areas of our lives and develop tools to help people perform at their best.
Perspectives on the News
Image link to full articleThe Kindness of Strangers
How one compassionate act can renew belief in the generosity of the American spirit.
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Image link to full articleA Practical New Resource for Ethics in Tech Practice
New materials aim to help make ethical practices an essential component of product development.
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Image link to full articleA Great Start for Your School Year
How to promote correct pronunciation of names.
More »Center News
Ethics Center Welcomes Don Heider
New executive director takes the helm.
Ethics Camp 2018
Fifty Bay Area new Catholic schoolteachers attended the three-day workshop hosted by the Ethics Center.
Media Commentary
Silicon Valley Idealism at Odds with China Market
Irina Raicu and Ann Skeet quoted in Yahoo! News.
Ethics, Space Travel, and Pretty Much Everything Else
Brian Green, director of Technology Ethics, interviewed on Voices of Santa Clara.
