About and Schedule
About Ethics Awareness Week
Ethics Awareness Week explores the ethical dimensions of variety of issues through
panel discussions, film screenings, workshops, lectures, and other events. The week
also includes the Excellence in Ethics Award and a keynote address. All events are
free and open to the public and we encourage participation on the part of students,
faculty, and members of our community.
September 24 - 28, 2018
Schedule of Events
for more information, contact Courtney Burns at Courtney.Burns@uvu.edu
Monday, September 24th
Ethics Forums
11:00 - 2:30 p.m.
Office of Teaching and Learning
"Academic Integrity"
Clarke Building, Room 510 (RSVP required)
3:00 - 5:00 p.m.
Center for the Study of Ethics & UVU Office of General Counsel
“Stewards of Place: Maintaining the Public Trust at UVU”
Clarke Building, Room 511
Tuesday, September 25th
Ethics Forums
10:00 - 11:15 a.m.
School of the Arts
"Dancing the Issues: Choreography as a Vehicle for Activism, Storytelling, and Social Change"
Clarke Building, Room 511
11:30 - 12:45 p.m.
Center for the Study of Ethics
Keynote Address “Truth & Lies in Modern Politics: Can We Restore Trust in the Public Square?”
Julian Zelizer, Malcolm Stevenson Forbes Professor of History & Public Affairs, Princeton University
CNN Contributor
Clarke Building, Room 101 C
1:00 - 2:15 p.m.
School of Education
"Ethics and the Marketing of Autism 'Treatment': Science, Pseudoscience, and Anti-science"
Clarke Building, Room 511
2:30 - 3:45 p.m.
Woodbury School of Business
"Data Privacy Issues and Ethical Concerns in the Workplace"
Clarke Building, Room 511
4:00 - 5:15 p.m.
Utah Women & Leadership Project
"Ethics & Gender in the Public Sphere"
Clarke Building, Room 511
Wednesday, September 26th
Ethics Forums
11:00 - 11:50 a.m.
College of Science
“Weaponized Lies: How To Think Critically in the Post-Truth Era”
Clarke Building, Room 511
12:00 - 12:50 p.m.
Excellence in Ethics Award (by invitation)
John Kesler, Salt Lake Civil Network
Clarke Building, Room 510
1:00 - 1:50 p.m.
Center for the Study of Ethics
"Echo Chambers & the Responsibility for Belief"
Clarke Building, Room 511
2:00 - 2:50 p.m.
University College
"Cultivating Savvy Consumers of (mis)Information"
Clarke Building, Room 511
3:00 - 3:50 p.m.
Black Student Union
"Black Representation in Politics"
Clarke Building, Room 511
Thursday, September 27th
Ethics Forums
10:00 - 11:15 a.m.
College of Health & Public Services
“Ethics of Aviation: Air Alaska Flight 261”
Clarke Building, Room 511
11:30 - 12:45 p.m.
College of Engineering and Technology
“What are the Consequences of Replacing Traditional Laboratory Training with a Virtual One?”
Clarke Building, Room 511
1:00 - 2:15 p.m.
Center for the Study of Ethics & Center for Constitutional Studies
"1968: Misinformation in the Age of Aquarius"
Clarke Building, Room 511
2:30 - 4:00 p.m.
College of Humanities & Social Sciences
“Teaching Ethics: Buying What We're Selling”
Clarke Building, Room 511
Friday, September 28th
Ethics Forums
11:00 - 12:50 p.m.
Student Panel Discussion - Modeling Civil Discourse
"Into the Weeds: Legalizing Medical Marijuana in Utah"
Clarke Building, Room 511
2:00 - 3:30 p.m.
Peace and Justice Studies and UVU Fulton Library
Film Screening: Awake: A Dream From Standing Rock
Sponsored by the UVU Fulton Library
Clarke Building, Room 511
3:30 - 5:00 p.m.
Peace and Justice Studies and UVU Fulton Library
Panel Discussion: Awake: A Dream From Standing Rock
Sponsored by the UVU Fulton Library
Clarke Building, Room 511
2018 Keynote Address
2018 Excellence in Ethics Award
