Programs for Faculty and Staff
Santa Clara University faculty and staff can draw on the Center's resources to support their research and teaching on applied ethics, to provide co-curricular activities for their students, and to engage with a community of scholars with an interest in ethics.
Programs for Faculty and Staff
Research Grants
Hackworth research grants are available for faculty and staff doing research or creating teaching materials on applied ethics in any discipline.
Center Scholars
More than 80 members of the SCU faculty are affiliated with the Ethics Center and assist with events, research, content for Ethics Center publications and other projects.
Events
Faculty are encouraged to incorporate Center events into their syllabi, enriching their curricula with presentations by scholars and practitioners in many fields.
Ethics Commentary
This Ethics Spotlight explores the impact AI is having on human dignity, part of the Markkula Center’s work in the international project New Humanism in the time of Neurosciences and Artificial Intelligence (NHNAI).
Governing, as defined by Oxford Languages, is having authority to conduct the policy, actions, and affairs of a state, organization, or people. But how one goes about governing is another matter. In this Spotlight, Markkula Center staff and scholars analyze the role of compassion in the approaches used by people in power.
Throughout history, new technologies have disrupted society in different ways–some positively and some negatively–from steam-powered engines and electricity, to the Internet, and now again with artificial intelligence (AI); generative AI in particular in this instance. The creation of art, journalism, education, and the very truth itself have all been tested by the use of ChatGPT and other generative AIs. Markkula Center staff and scholars unpack some of the many related ethical dilemmas in this Ethics Spotlight.
Resources for Faculty and Staff
Ethics Articles
Articles on ethics covering many fields/disciplines, including diversity, internet ethics, sports ethics, and other topics.
Ethics Cases
Case studies pertaining to ethical issues in various fields.
Ethics Curricula
Curricula include lesson plans and course modules for middle, high school, and college students, as well as online courses, webinars, and curricula resources.