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Center Activities
Fordham University’s Center for Ethics Education symposium series examines the influences of religious, legal, medical, philosophical, and social science traditions on moral thought and action. The idea of the “dignity of human persons” has found expression in a multitude of traditions—secular, humanistic, and religious. These symposia highlight those aspects of religious and secular thought that oblige a community of scholars to respect and to protect the dignity and freedom of persons. The goals of these symposia are: first, to open discussions among different religious groups and communities (e.g., Christian, Jewish, Muslim); second, to identify methods of inquiry among scientists that seek to insure that scientific research and experimentation reflect the values of communities and their vulnerable participants and caregivers. To meet these goals, the Center has sponsored numerous conferences and symposia, including:
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Moral Outrage and Moral Repair: Reflections on 9/11 and its Afterlife (April 12, 2011) |
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Moral Heat: Ethical Dimensions of Environmental Regulation and Economics in the 21st Century (April 20, 2010) |
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Privacy Rights and Wrongs: Balancing Moral Priorities for the 21st Century (April 21, 2009) |
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Pulpit Politics: Gender, Religion & Social Justice in 2008 (April 22, 2008) |
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Embryonic Stem Cell Research: Moral Questions for the 21st Century (April, 2007) |
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Reflections on the End of Life: Schiavo Plus One (pdf flyer) (April, 2006) |
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"Minimal Risk" in Behavioral Science Research: A Decisional Framework for Investigators and IRBs (April, 2005) |
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Bio-Pharmaceuticals for the 21st Century: Responsibility, Sustainability and Public Trust (January, 2005) |
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The first national conference on “Research Ethics for Mental Health Science Involving Ethnic Minority Children and Youth” (Co-sponsored with the National Institute for Mental Health and the American Psychological Association) |
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“Religious and Legal Values in Bioethics” (Co-sponsored with Fordham Law School) |
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The “Fordham University Transcending Tragedy Series” Fordham University’s Scholarly Response to September 11 and its Aftermath (Co-sponsored with Fordham University’s Office for Academic Affairs and the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences) |
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“Changing Challenges for the Ethics of War” Father Bryan Hehir and “On Ethics re: Stem Cells Dr. David Novak (part of the continuing Natural Law Colloquium, co-sponsored by the Department of Philosophy and the Law School) |
Certificate and Degree-granting Program
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The Center offers several graduate courses and administers a certificate and master's degree program:
Certificate in Health Care Ethics
Master of Arts in Ethic and Society
Courses:
CEED 5100 Theories and Applications in Contemporary Ethics
CEED 5050 Ethics & Society: Cross-disciplinary Perspectives
CEED 5900 Ethics Field Practicum Experience
CEED 6100 Health Care Certificate Capstone Course
CEED 6290 Health Disparities and Social Inequalities
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The Fordham University Center for Ethics Education awards the annual Helen and Norman Burg Ethics Prize to the best undergraduate and best graduate student papers on an ethics-related topic produced within the previous 12 months. Winning prizes are posted on the Center website. Click here for more information about the prize and to read winning essays.
| Ethics Center Fellow Lecture Series |
The Center also sponsors an Ethics Fellow Lecture Series. The Ethics Fellow Lecture Series was developed to promote a scholarly discussion of current ethical and moral issues in society. The Advisory Board of the Center for Ethics Education selects internationally renowned scholars for its Ethics Center Fellows.
In 2004, the Center chose the theme of "Research Ethics" and selected three fellows to deliver lectures.
In 2005, the Center chose the theme of "Just Allocation of Health Care Resources" and selected two fellows to deliver lectures.
View our Ethics Center Fellows Lecture Series page.
View our Events page for the latest information about exciting lectures and conferences.
| Ethics Education Workshop |
Since its inception, the Center has sponsored workshops on how to conduct ethically responsible research for Fordham administrators, faculty, institutional review board members, graduate and undergraduate students. The Center has also conducted national workshops for physicians and mental health practitioners who are involved in the conduct of experimental treatments to improve physical and mental health. The Fordham University Ethics Education workshops can help universities and research institutions meet the new PHS Policy on Instruction in the Responsible Conduct of Research. Investigators and administrators who are interested in a Fordham sponsored half-day or full-day ethics workshop for their institution should contact the Center.
Workshops cover a large range of issues, including: "HIPAA and Research", "The New APA Ethics Code: What You Need to Know" "Ethically Responsible Research with Multicultural Populations," "Social Research from a Child's Perspective," "Mentoring Faculty-Student Research Collaborations in the Social & Physical Sciences," and "Ethical Issues in Medical Emergency Room Research." A valuable aspect of the workshops is a focus on engaging community members and prospective participants and their families in designing informed consent, confidentiality, and other ethical procedures in medical and mental health research.
The curricula developed for these workshops have become models for universities around the country and are featured on several websites sponsored by the National Institutes of Health. A unique component of the Center's ethics workshop curricula is its original case studies designed to provide in-depth understanding of important ethical concerns. Ethically challenging situations described in case studies include "Medical research on women with suspected ectopic pregnancy," "The use of Hispanic and African Folktales to teach children grammar," "Treating anxiety in chronically ill elders," "Evaluating an outpatient group therapy treatment for suicidal adults," "Studying advanced life support as a treatment for cardiac arrest," "Studying post-traumatic stress disorder in adolescent rape victims," and "Evaluating prevention programs for teens whose siblings have been the victim of community violence."
The Center sponsors the Fordham University Faculty Seminar composed of faculty from departments of psychology, sociology, philosophy, theology, physics, history, and African American studies. This seminar has achieved great success over the past decade in sparking interdisciplinary debate on moral values, fosteringinter-departmental faculty collaborations in ethics teaching and scholarship, and bringing to the Fordham community nationally recognized scholars who have given master lectures and seminars on issues of ethical concern to faculty and students. The Center and the Fordham Faculty on Ethics has a history of sponsoring outstanding conferences and workshops on ethics as a global problematic featuring guest lecturers such as Stephanie Bird, Sissila Bok, Karen Lebazq, Richard Shweder, Ross Thompson, Manual Casas, Kai Erikson, and Hans Kung. Click here for more information about the current Fordham Faculty Seminar Series.
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