Analysis and commentary on applied ethics in many fields by the staff of the Markkula Center for Applied Ethics
Pandemic 101
As Covid-19 continues to spread across our country, it’s time to re-adjust our response and follow the most simple of guidelines.
Opinion: We Need Silicon Valley Leadership, Now More Than Ever
If we don’t get schools open in a format that works for everyone we will not get Silicon Valley open for business.
BossWare: An Introduction
On remote employee monitoring tools
Should remote tracking tools be deployed to assess the employees in the C-level suite?
Medicine Must Prove that Black Lives Matter
The simultaneous COVID-19 pandemic and Black Lives Matter movement highlighted the need to address systemic racism in the practice and delivery of health care.
Institutional Racism is Not Inevitable—Despite Facebook’s Preferred Narrative
Dismantling institutional racism needs to begin with empowering antiracist people.
How to Create Inclusive Workplaces:
Lessons learned from a dialogue series bringing together business leaders and academics
Insights on developing a diverse and inclusive workplace from the Diversity Dialogues series at the Markkula Center for Applied Ethics.
Virtue Signaling, Implicit Bias, and the Recent Black Lives Matter Movement
Acknowledging our biases can be a useful starting point in the effort to truly support the Black Lives Matter movement.
Can Technology Help Us be More Empathetic? Racism, Empathy and Virtual Reality
Virtual reality can help build empathy for marginalized groups but there are limits.
‘No Justice, No Peace’: Catholic Connections to a Powerful Slogan
Catholicism and the current Black Lives Matter movement share similar slogans, however they still have a ways to go before they reach consensus.
Regarding Reparations, the US Should Adhere to the Highest Standards of Justice
While the payment of reparations for past wrongs is an extremely complex and contentious issue, the United States of America has the economic and moral capacity to right its wrongs.
