You are receiving this press release because you have interviewed members of the staff of the Markkula Center for Applied Ethics at Santa Clara University.
Starting this month, Center Executive Director Kirk O. Hanson will be offering weekly commentary evaluating the actions of America’s leaders and institutions by core ethical principles. The posts will take a nonpartisan look at the American political and social landscape, calling out successes and failures to live up to key ethical ideals such as fairness, truth, and respect. Called This Week’s Ethics Fix, Hanson’s posts will be part of the Ethics Center’s blog, All About Ethics, which provides commentary on ethical issues in the news.
Regular contributors to the blog include:
Kirk Hanson has been the executive director of the Markkula Center for Applied Ethics for 15 years. He is also the John Courtney Murray S.J. University Professor of Social Ethics. A pioneer in the field of business ethics, Hanson taught in the Graduate School of Business at Stanford University, where he is now an emeritus faculty member. He has been a columnist for the San Jose Mercury News and has provided commentary for the Wall Street Journal and the New York Times, as well as co-editing the book The Accountable Corporation (Praeger).
Ann Skeet is the Center's director of Leadership Ethics, a position that directs work in business ethics and social sector ethics, and considers the unique ethical concerns of those in leadership positions. Skeet served as CEO of American Leadership Forum Silicon Valley and previously for Knight Ridder at the San Jose Mercury News as vice president of marketing for the San Jose Mercury News and Contra Costa Times. Her comments have appeared in MarketWatch, PoltiFact, and Forbes. She blogs at
Benison: The Practice of Ethical Leadership.
Irina Raicu, Internet Ethics director at the Center, is a Certified Information Privacy Professional (U.S.) and frequent commentator on issues such as privacy, big data, and hacking for publications from USA Today to Re/Code. She was formerly an attorney in private practice. As a teenager, Raicu immigrated to the U.S. from Romania; her background informs her interest in the Internet as a tool whose use has profound ethical implications worldwide. She blogs at Internet Ethics: Views From Silicon Valley.
Hana Callaghan, director of Government Ethics at the Center has a background in law, government, and politics. She has worked in private practice as a corporate litigator, for a member of the US House of Representatives as a senior congressional aide, and as a political consultant managing statewide political campaigns. Instructor for the MOOC “How to Run and Ethical Political Campaign—and Win,” Callaghan speaks frequently to reporters from outlets such as the Wall Street Journal, Real Clear Politics, and the San Francisco Chronicle.
David DeCosse, director of Campus Ethics, blogs for the National Catholic Reporter and comments for the press on ethics issues. He works with students, faculty, and staff at SCU to organize events and other activities dealing with pressing national and international issues. He is the co-editor of the books Conscience and Catholicism: Rights, Responsibilities, and Institutional Responses, and Conscience and Catholic Health Care: From Clinical Contexts to Government Mandates.
Brian Green, assistant director of Campus Ethics, teaches Ethics and Engineering in the SCU School of Engineering. His research interests include human nature and ethics, Catholic natural law, ethics of technology, and various aspects of the impact of technology and engineering on human life. He has commented for the San Jose Mercury News and The Smithsonian.
Ryan Holmes, assistant director of health care ethics, provides ethics consultations for several Bay Area health care institutions. While focusing primarily on end-of-life issues, Holmes has lectured and written on a variety of topics, including ethics education, decision-making for pediatric patients, and medically ineffective treatment. He has commented for Healthline and the San Jose Mercury News.
For more information, contact Miriam Schulman, center associate director, at 408-554-5116 or mschulman@scu.edu.