Campus Ethics
At the Markkula Center for Applied Ethics we welcome SCU students, faculty, and staff into conversation about the critical issues of our time, and we support the personal and academic exploration of ethics.
We are dedicated to helping everyone in the campus community address the choices that shape their personal character and lead to lives of value. Research grants, fellowships, internships, and events highlight our offerings, which include peer-led programs for students and a community of scholars for faculty and staff.
SCU students engage their classmates in exploring ethical issues on campus and in the larger world. Fellowships, internships, and research grants are program highlights.
More than 80 affiliated scholars work with the Ethics Center on events and projects. Grants are available for research and teaching in applied ethics.
ChatGPT has changed the way that the average person uses the internet.
The Campus Ethics team, a group of Hackworth Fellows from the Markkula Center for Applied Ethics, study this dilemma, providing a guide for students to help them use ChatGPT ethically.
Featuring students from the 2022-23 Ethics Center Business Ethics Internship, Environmental Ethics Fellowship, Government Ethics Fellowship, and Hackworth Fellowship.
The Ethics Center’s 2023 Student Project Showcase highlighted the ethics-focused initiatives implemented by fellows and interns through these four Ethics Center student programs during the 2022-23 academic year.
Each student presented a brief overview of their year-long, ethics-focused projects and internship placements.
Environmental Ethics Fellowship
The Fellowship in Environmental Ethics is awarded to outstanding Santa Clara University undergraduates to support a project that examines the ethical implications of an environmental topic. The fellowship is supported by gifts from John and Joan Casey, and Mary Ganahl.
In this podcast students inquire about programs on campus that support diversity, equity and inclusion.
Podcast explores notification to students about student resources at Santa Clara University.
In this podcast students inquire about the return of Recreational Sports to campus.
In this Podcast students explore the COVID-19 response at Santa Clara University.
Articles on ethics covering many fields/disciplines, including diversity, internet ethics, sports ethics, and other topics.
Case studies pertaining to ethical issues in various fields.
Curricula include lesson plans and course modules for middle, high school, and college students, as well as online courses, webinars, and curricula resources.
For the 2017-18 academic year, the Markkula Center for Applied Ethics focused on the theme of freedom of speech and civil discourse. We explored the theme through public events, the work of a team of undergraduate fellows, and the provision of educational materials about key, contested ethical issues related to the theme.
Marketing and Communications Internship
The Ethics Center works with SCU students through many of its programs, internships, and fellowships to help them grow independently within their respective fields. Marketing and Communications Interns are engaged in all aspects of the many communication channels that support the work of the Ethics Center from website content management, social media, newsletter publishing, virtual events and creation of visual assets.
