http://www.scu.edu/ethics/all-about-ethics/http://www.scu.edu/ethics/about-the-center/center-news/the-ethics-of-prediction-markets-and-wildfires/?The Markkula Center argues that prediction markets fail ethical and policy standards because making bets on active wildfires undermines public safety, creates insider trading concerns, and reduces community wellbeing to mere financial speculation.Mon, 24 Aug 2026 17:15:00 PDThttp://www.scu.edu/ethics/internet-ethics-blog/do-you-think-you-understand-ai-consciousness/?Resources highlighting various views on AI consciousnessFri, 21 Aug 2026 00:45:00 PDThttp://www.scu.edu/ethics/focus-areas/campus-ethics/more-than-a-ritual-rethinking-the-purpose-of-the-land-acknowledgment/?Land acknowledgement can serve its purpose of revealing truth and initiating healing when the meaning of land, from an Indigenous perspective, is clear.Fri, 31 Jul 2026 08:54:00 PDThttp://www.scu.edu/ethics/focus-areas/bioethics/resources/invisible-wounds-a-call-to-action-about-moral-injuries-beyond-the-battlefield/?Everyday men and women put their lives on the line to protect the freedom we often take for granted. Yet when their service ends, they can return home with moral injury, the unseen psychological and spiritual burdens they are left to carry alone in silence. Thu, 30 Jul 2026 14:15:00 PDThttp://www.scu.edu/ethics/internet-ethics-blog/an-upcoming-series-of-webinars-about-ai-and-magnifica-humanitas/?Upcoming webinars will address four themes from the recent encyclical: AI and education, AI and labor, AI and consciousness, and disarming AI.Fri, 10 Jul 2026 16:44:00 PDThttp://www.scu.edu/ethics/internet-ethics-blog/when-data-scarcity-water-scarcity-and-data-center-development-meet/?When information scarcity and water scarcity meet, oversimplifications are likely to lead to worse outcomes for both opponents and proponents of data center development.Wed, 17 Jun 2026 10:45:00 PDThttp://www.scu.edu/ethics-spotlight/the-ethics-of-prediction-markets/the-viability-trap-how-prediction-markets-distort-elections-before-voting-begins/?Rebranded as “prediction markets”—platforms where people trade on the likelihood of future events—this form of betting has moved beyond sports into elections, climate disasters, and geopolitical conflicts.Tue, 02 Jun 2026 16:45:00 PDThttp://www.scu.edu/ethics/all-about-ethics/ai-and-drug-development-decisions-a-framework-for-accountability/?The goal is to ensure that as AI accelerates the machine of drug development, we have deliberate mechanisms for human accountability.Mon, 25 May 2026 21:51:56 PDThttp://www.scu.edu/ethics/leadership-ethics-blog/webinar-replay-ethical-culture-under-pressure-board-oversight-in-an-era-of-scrutiny-confirmation/?Ethical culture has moved squarely into the board’s risk and oversight mandate. This on-demand webinar examines ethical culture through a governance lens, helping directors understand where responsibility truly lies and how oversight must adapt as companies face growth pressures, organizational transformation, and increased reliance on AI-driven decision-making.Mon, 25 May 2026 00:14:00 PDThttp://www.scu.edu/ethics/internet-ethics-blog/on-ai-and-the-ethical-criteria-for-assessing-its-benefits-and-risks/?In the context of AI, Pope Leo has called for the safeguarding of "the inviolable dignity of each human person."Fri, 15 May 2026 15:50:00 PDThttp://www.scu.edu/ethics/all-about-ethics/on-immigration-americans-must-examine-their-conscience-catholic-tradition-can-help/?"It is time for the consciences of Catholics and all citizens to examine policies of detention and deportation in light of the demands of love, truth, dignity and justice — and to act."Tue, 12 May 2026 13:09:00 PDThttp://www.scu.edu/ethics/all-about-ethics/to-ask-or-not-to-ask-the-gunmans-claims-and-norah-odonnells-question-to-trump/?The questions reporters ask high-level politicians in planned settings are actual decisions. That does not mean ethical pre-review ought not to go into the question framing.Mon, 11 May 2026 19:36:00 PDThttp://www.scu.edu/ethics-spotlight/the-ethics-of-prediction-markets/sports-betting-and-prediction-markets-will-produce-a-lot-of-losers/?Prediction markets make it easy for people to bet on all kinds of events pertaining to finance, politics, pop culture, and sports. Young people, especially young men, are the most impacted by their surge.Thu, 07 May 2026 19:00:00 PDThttp://www.scu.edu/ethics-spotlight/the-ethics-of-prediction-markets/prediction-markets-mirror-the-effects-of-transactional-leadership/?Despite the ethical concerns associated with prediction markets, they’re growing rapidly and that may be, in part, based on the transactional behaviors of our leaders.Wed, 06 May 2026 17:05:00 PDThttp://www.scu.edu/ethics-spotlight/the-ethics-of-prediction-markets/prediction-markets-and-the-common-good/?Until questions about prediction markets get serious answers, they will keep doing what they do now: dressing up a private benefit in the language of the public good.Wed, 06 May 2026 17:04:00 PDThttp://www.scu.edu/ethics-spotlight/the-ethics-of-prediction-markets/the-faustian-bargain-of-prediction-are-we-gambling-away-our-souls/?Before we embrace prediction markets as harmless fun or even a socially beneficial trend, we might pause to raise a deeper question: What habits are we learning, and fostering, in betting on our collective future? And what kind of people do these markets train us to become?Wed, 06 May 2026 17:03:00 PDThttp://www.scu.edu/ethics-spotlight/the-ethics-of-prediction-markets/when-the-future-becomes-a-trade/?Prediction markets can sharpen our view of the future. Whether they improve it is a different question entirely.Wed, 06 May 2026 17:02:00 PDThttp://www.scu.edu/ethics/focus-areas/journalism-and-media-ethics/resources/prediction-markets-news-reporting-and-ethical-stakes/?Guidance for the news media on what to do about Prediction Markets, how to take the next steps.Wed, 06 May 2026 17:00:00 PDThttp://www.scu.edu/ethics-spotlight/the-ethics-of-prediction-markets/the-media-needs-to-dig-deeper-into-the-value-claims-of-prediction-markets/?The media’s use of data from prediction markets requires a second look.Wed, 06 May 2026 17:00:00 PDThttp://www.scu.edu/ethics/leadership-ethics-blog/technology-leadership-includes-a-duty-to-care-for-our-most-vulnerable-populations/?Verdicts rendered against both Meta and Google signal a new reckoning for social media companies and, importantly, represent a failure of leadership.Mon, 20 Apr 2026 00:36:00 PDThttp://www.scu.edu/ethics/all-about-ethics/when-solidarity-reporting-becomes-a-crime-were-all-in-danger/?Truthful reporting is faithful to the reality of what is happening on-the-ground, to real people in real time.Thu, 09 Apr 2026 11:00:00 PDT