Submission and Registration Form
updated April 2009
Association for Practical and Professional Ethics
Nineteenth Annual Meeting
March 4 - 7, 2010
Cincinnati, OH
Meeting Information
The Nineteenth Annual Meeting will convene at the Hilton Cincinnati Netherland Plaza, 35 West Fifth Street, Cincinnati, Ohio 45202.
Association's Annual Meeting
The Nineteenth Annual Meeting, open to Association members and nonmembers, welcomes persons from various disciplines and professions for discussion of common concerns in practical and professional ethics. The meeting provides an opportunity to meet practitioners, professionals and scholars who share your interests. The Association for Practical and Professional Ethics was founded in 1991 to encourage interdisciplinary scholarship and teaching of high quality in practical and professional ethics by educators and practitioners who appreciate the practical-theoretical aspects of their subjects. The Association facilitates communication and joint ventures among centers, schools, colleges, business and nonprofit organizations and individuals concerned with the interdisciplinary study and teaching of practical and professional ethics. The Association is also the sponsor of the National Intercollegiate Ethics Bowl held at the Annual Meeting and the 10 Regional Intercollegiate Ethics Bowls held under its auspices.
Submissions are invited on ethical issues in various fields (e.g., public administration, law, the environment, accounting, engineering, computer science, research ethics, business, medicine, health care, journalism, higher education) and on issues that cut across professions. Special consideration will be given to topics that deal with ethical issues which cut across at least two disciplines or professions and are co-authored by persons from different disciplines. Teaching demonstrations, discussion of moral education, and presentations on ethics curriculum development are welcome. You do not need to be a member of the Association to make a submission. Submissions will be considered in the following categories: 1) Individual Formal Papers; 2) Panels including Formal Papers; 3) Panels for Round Table Discussions; 4) Pedagogical Demonstrations for Teaching Ethics; 5) Case Study Presentation and Discussion, 6) Author Meets the Critics; 7)Lunch with an Author. You may submit materials in more than one category, but normally only one submission will be accepted for the program for all except the Author Meets the Critics and Lunch With an Author sessions.
The Submission Postmark Deadlines are:
Formal Paper, Panel, Pedagogical Demonstration, Case Study Presentation and Discussion Submission Deadline is October 16, 2009
Lunch With an Author Submission Deadline is October 9, 2009
Undergraduate Submission Deadline is October 30, 2009
Special Paper Competitions
Special Paper Competitions for the Nineteenth Annual Meeting*
1. Competition for the Best Formal Paper by a Young Faculty Member - $500 prize
The Association is pleased to announce a competition for the best paper submitted for next year’s Annual Meeting by a Young Faculty member (A young faculty member is defined as one who has received a Ph.D. within the last 8 years.) Up to three awards may be made in this category.
2. Competition for Best Formal Paper by a Graduate Student - $500 prize
The Association is pleased to announce a competition for the best paper submitted by a graduate student for next year’s Annual Meeting. (The registration fee will be paid for all graduate students whose individual paper has been reviewed and accepted for the Annul Meeting.)
A select number of submissions in the above competitions will be considered for publication in the International Journal of Applied Ethics.
3. Competition for Best Formal Paper on Pre-college Ethics - $1,000 prize
The Association for Practical and Professional Ethics is pleased to announce that, with support of the Squire Family Foundation, we will sponsor a competition at the next Annual Meeting to advance the work of those interested in pre-college ethics. The Squire Family Foundation Award, along with a check for $1000, will be presented for the best paper submitted on approaches to teaching pre-college ethics and involving pre-college students in ethics education. Papers may address issues of pedagogy, such as those that describe the advancement of a pre-college ethics curriculum; extracurricular activities such as ethics clubs, essay contests, and ethics bowls; school-based ethics centers; or collaboration with post-secondary ethics centers and the community. Analytic and research papers are also eligible. Be sure to indicate on the Submission and Registration Form that you are submitting a paper for the Pre-College Paper Competition.
4. Undergraduate Formal Paper Competition
Undergraduate students are invited to submit papers on any topic in practical and professional ethics. The Annual Meeting registration fee will be paid for those students whose papers have been accepted. Submission Postmark Deadline is Ocboter 30, 2009
*All paper competition submissions must follow the Annual Meeting paper submission guidelines and must include a completed Registration and Submission Form indicating for which competition they are submitting a paper; Young Faculty, Graduate Student, Pre-College Ethics or Undergraduate.
Call for Papers
Hotel Information
The Nineteenth Annual Meeting will convene at the Hilton Cincinnati Netherland Plaza, 35 West Fifth Street, Cincinnati, Ohio 45202. For reservations, call 513-421-9100 or 1-800-HILTONS. Identify yourself with the Association for Practical and Professional Ethics to receive the meeting room rate of $128 single or double plus tax per night. Note: The deadline for hotel reservations at the meeting rate is February 13, 2010.
Transportation Information
Transportation to Cincinnati is served by the Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport (CVG). Transportation from the airport:
Shuttles Service: Airport Executive Shuttle provides transportation to hotels and local attractions; $20 to Downtown $30 round-trip; Walk-up service is welcome, but call to guarantee reservations; Service available via shuttle desks in bag claim areas; Call (859) 261-8841 or (800) 990-8841
Taxicab Service: For service visit the taxi desk in Terminal 3 bag claim or use the courtesy phone in Terminal 2 bag claim. $27 fares from CVG to downtown Cincinnati; Service is available 24 hours a day; Call (859) 767-3260
Public Transit: To downtown & Covington; Daily from 5 a.m. to midnight; Board outside Terminal 3 bag claim; Call (859) 331-8265 or www.tankbus.org
Important Deadlines
October 9, 2009 Lunch with an Author Submissions
October 16, 2009 Presentation Submissions Postmark Deadline and Audio Visual Requests
October 30, 2009 Undergraduate Presentation Submission Postmark Deadline
November 27, 2009 End of Early Bird Registration
December 14, 2009 Notification of Program Presenters
January 8, 2010 Deadline for AV Changes
January 15, 2010 National Ethics Bowl Team Registration Deadline
January 15, 2010 Deadline for Publisher Ads
January 25, 2010 End of On-Time Registration
February 13, 2010 Deadline for Hotel Reservations
February 19, 2010 Deadline for Written Cancellation for Refund
February 19, 2010 Deadline for Meal Reservations with Payment
February 19, 2010 Deadline for Meal Cancellations
Registration
Early Bird Registration ends November 27, 2009
On-Time Registration ends January 25, 2010
Late Registration Fees apply beginning January 26, 2010
Submission and Registration Form
Click here for Submission and Registration Form, which requires Adobe's free Acrobat Reader. This is an interactive form that will allow you to complete the form and submit it using the following options: e-mail without payment informaiton, print and fax the completed form to 812.856.4969 or mail the completed form with payment to:
Association for Practical and Professional Ethics, 618 East Third Street, Bloomington, IN 47405
If you would like a hard copy of the registration form, please let us know, and we will be happy to mail or fax a copy to you. Please call our office at (812) 855-6450 or send an e-mail message to appe@indiana.edu
Registration Fees
Registration fees are not required with submissions, but are due two weeks after you have received notification of acceptance of your submission. Please note that persons on the program are expected to pay the registration fee. The registration fee will be paid by the Association for full-time graduate and undergraduate students whose papers are formally reviewed and accepted for presentation. On-Time registration ends January 25, 2010. Persons paying after January 25, 2010 will pay the late registration fee. (Early Bird registration rates are available before November 27, 2009 for those already planning to attend the Annual Meeting.)
Keynote Speaker
To be announced at a later date!
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“Ethical Guidance for Research and Application of Pervasive and Autonomous Information Technology (PAIT)”
The Indiana University’s Poynter Center for the Study of Ethics and American Institutions and the Association for Practical and Professional Ethics will sponsor a 1½ day workshop on “Ethical Guidance for Research and Application of Pervasive and Autonomous Information Technology (PAIT)” on March 3-4, 2010. Funding is from the National Science Foundation (grant number SES-0848097).
The workshop will be held in conjunction with the Annual Meeting of the Association for Practical and Professional Ethics, which will begin on Thursday, March 4, 2010 at the historical Hilton Cincinnati Netherland Plaza Hotel in Cincinnati, Ohio. The workshop will be held on Wednesday March 3 and Thursday afternoon, March 4.
The workshop will be a culminating event following a year-long process of planning, case development and analysis, and networking among information technology engineers and researchers, ethicists, and other interested persons.
Technologies are being developed today using very small, relatively inexpensive, wireless-enabled computers and autonomous robots that will most likely result in the near-omnipresence of information gathering and processing devices embedded in clothing, appliances, carpets, food packaging, doors and windows, paperback books, and other everyday items to gather data about when and how (and possibly by whom) an item is used. The data can be analyzed, stored, and shared via the Internet. Some of these pervasive technologies will also be autonomous, making decisions on their own about what data to gather and share, which actions to take (sound an alarm, lock a door), and the like.
The potential benefits of pervasive and autonomous information technology (PAIT) are many and varied, sometimes obvious, sometimes obscure – as are the ethical implications of their development and deployment. The history of information technology suggests that long-standing issues including usability, privacy, and security, among others, as well as relatively new phenomena such as ethically blind autonomous systems, are best addressed early enough to become part of the culture of researchers and engineers responsible for identifying needs and designing solutions.
This project will create a firm ethical foundation for this nascent field by convening an international meeting of experts in PAIT, ethicists well versed in practical ethics, and other stakeholders. The meeting will feature discussions of previously-prepared case studies describing actual and anticipated uses of PAIT, invited presentations on key issues, working groups to identify and categorize ethical concerns, and other activities aimed at community-building and formulating ethical principles that will help researchers and designers of such systems recognize and address ethical issues at every stage, from design to deployment to obsolescence. The participants will form the core of a new interdisciplinary subfield of value-centered PAIT which will build on the principles by developing guidelines and conceptual tools to support communication and collaboration among and between researchers, engineers, and ethicists.
Registration will be required for attendance at the PAIT workshop, but there will be no registration fee. PAIT participants are also encouraged to register to attend and participate in the Association’s annual meeting. To register or for more information contact: Kenneth D. Pimple, Ph.D., PAIT Project Director; Poynter Center, Indiana University; Bloomington IN 47405-3602; 812-856-4986 • FAX 812-855-3315; pimple@indiana.edu • http://poynter.indiana.edu/pait/
Mini Conference
The Association’s 2010 Annual Meeting will feature a mini conference at the Nineteenth Annual Meeting. The Keynote Presentation is open to all Annual Meeting attendees, however the remainder of the sessions will be open only to those who registered to attend the the Mini Conference.
A mini conference, “Engineering Towards a More Just and Sustainable World” will be held Saturday afternoon, March 6 through Sunday Noon March 7, 2010. Registration is $40 for those registered for the preconference workshop, “Ethical Guidance for Research and Application of Pervasive and Autonomous Information Technology (PAIT)” or for the Annual Meeting. Registration for the Mini Conference alone is $70.
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Graduate Seminar on Teaching Practical and Professional Ethics
A special four-hour seminar on the teaching of ethics, open only to graduate students in all disciplines, will be offered during the Annual Meeting on Thursday, March 4, 2010. The seminar will be taught by Richard Momeyer, Miami University of Ohio. The seminar will focus on the problems, pitfalls and resources for teaching practical and professional ethics. Enrollment will be limited to a first come basis. Participants need not register for the Annual Meeting. There will be a $25 registration fee for the seminar.
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Ethics Center Colloquium
The Ethics Center Colloquium is designed to appeal to ethics center directors or their representatives, those considering establishing an ethics center, and other interested persons. It provides a wonderful opportunity to share common experiences, typical problems, and new program ideas. Past colloquia have drawn up to 100 participants. The registration fee is free for those registered for the Annual Meeting. Registration for the Colloquium alone is $40.
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Ethics Bowl
Sixteenth Intercollegiate Ethics Bowlsm
Ethics Bowl is a team competition that combines the excitement and fun of a competitive game with an innovative approach to education in practical and professional ethics. On Thursday, March 4, 2010, 32 teams of undergraduates who qualify at ten regional competitions will participate in the Sixteenth Intercollegiate Ethics Bowl Competition. See Ethics Bowl for more information about the March 4th competition, for information about the regional competitions in the fall, and for information about registering Ethics Bowl competitors to attend the Annual Meeting.
Thirty-two teams will be selected from regional ethics bowls. To enter a team or for more information, please contact: Pat Croskery, IEB Executive Board Chair, Ohio Northern University, PH (419)772-2197. Email p-croskery@onu.edu; Ethics Bowl.
Social Workers
Collaboration between Social Workers and Ethicists
The Association for Practical and Professional Ethics seeks to facilitate collaboration between social workers and ethicists on ethical issue related to social work or social work ethics education. One form of collaboration could be joint papers or panels for the Association’s Annual Meeting. Anyone interested in such collaboration is invited to contact the Association for further information.
Media Ethics Division Meeting
Media Ethics Division to Meet at the Annual Meeting
The Media Ethics Division of the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication will hold its mid-year meeting in conjunction with the Annual Meeting. The Media Ethics Division invites papers and panel proposals on all topics related to ethics in the media (journalism, public relations, advertising, entertainment media and the Internet). Interdisciplinary submissions are encouraged. Collaborations involving scholars from other fields are especially welcome.
For information about interdisciplinary submissions, including possible collaborators, please contact Wendy Wyatt at: University of St. Thomas Wendy Wyatt or by phone:(651) 962-5253.
Papers should be submitted to the Association under the guidelines for paper submissions for the Association’s Annual Meeting, as indicated elsewhere in this Call for Papers. That includes submission of a completed Submission and Registration Form with the paper; papers will not be reviewed without a completed form. Authors should indicate on the title page if they wish to be reviewed as part of the Media Ethics Division paper competition; papers must be postmarked by October 16, 2009 . All papers submitted to this competition will be reviewed by members of the Media Ethics Division. Presenters of accepted papers and other Media Ethics division attendees at the Annual Meeting will be expected to register and pay registration fees at the regular announced rates for the Annual Meeting.
Lunch with an Author
Annual Meeting participants are invited to have lunch Friday and Saturday with authors who have recently published books. Space for this event is available by reservation on a first come, first served basis. A schedule and reservation form will be publised in December 2009.
Authors, who do not submit for Lunch With an Author, if you would like to reserve a table to display your book, contact our Exhibit Room coordinator, Mary Ulmet at marywill@indiana.edu. (Lunch Authors, this is requirement for submission)
Information for Publishers
The Association for Practical and Professional Ethics invites publishers and distributers to exhibit titles for sale in the Book Exhibit Room at the Nineteenth Annual Meeting being held March 4-7, 2010 at the Hilton Cincinnati Netherland Hotel in Cincinnati, Ohio.
The registration deadline for exhibitors is January 15, 2010 or as soon as all exhibition space is sold.
The Annual Meeting attracts more than 450 scholars, teachers, practitioners, and students who have special interest in the interdisciplinary areas that make up the field of Practical and Professional Ethics. Those interests include, but are not limited to bioethics, business ethics, engineering ethics, environmental ethics, archaeological ethics, ethics and sport, media ethics, as well as ethics in fund raising, health management, government, law, and the military. The Book Exhibit Room consistently ranks high in importance on attendee evaluations. Last year, books and materials from more than 40 publishing and production houses, as well as professional ethics associations, ethics centers, and academic programs were exhibited.
If you are interested in buying space in the exhibition room or if you are interested in advertising space in the Annual Meeting program, please contact:
Mary E. Ulmet
Book Exhibit Room Coordinator
Association for Practical and Professional Ethics
618 E. Third Street
Bloomington, IN 47405
TEL: 812-855-6450 • FAX: 812-856-4969
marywill@indiana.edu
Program Schedule for Nineteenth Annual Meeting in 2010
Coming in January 2010
Program for Nineteenth Annual Meeting in 2010
Coming in February 2010
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Abstracts
Coming in January 2010
Association for Practical and Professional Ethics
Eighteenth Annual Meeting Highlights
March 5 - 8, 2009, Cincinnati, OH
Eighteenth Annual Meeting Keynote Address:
The Eighteenth Annual Meeting Keynote address by Martha Minow, The Jeremiah Smith, Jr. Professor of Law, Harvard University was entitled: “Just Following Orders, Limits of the Old Excuse.”
If you would like to read an earlier published version of that presentation, see: Martha Minow, “Living Up to Rules: Holding Soldiers Responsible for Abusive Conduct and the Dilemma of the Superior Orders Defense,” McGill Law Journal, Vol. 52, No. 1, pp. 1-55, click on the following link: http://lawjournal.mcgill.ca/documents/1219617374_Minow.pdf
Eighteenth Annual Meeting Mini Conference Keynote Address:
The Mini Conference, “Virtue Ethics in Business” Covenor: Howard Harris, the Group for Research in Integrity and Governance, School of Management, University of South Australia, included a keynote address by Geoff Moore, Professor of Business Ethics, Durham Business School, Durham University, Australia. A copy of the address entitled, “Virtue Ethics in Business.” can be found by clicking here: Eighteenth Annual Meeting Mini Conference Keynote Address which requires Adobe's free Acrobat Reader.
Publications for the 2009 Eighteenth Annual Meeting
The Program for the Eighteenth Annual meeting is still available! Please click here to view a copy: Eighteenth Annual Meeting Program which requires Adobe's free Acrobat Reader.The Abstracts for the Eighteenth Annual meeting are still available! Please click here to view a copy: Eighteenth Annual Meeting Abstracts which requires Adobe's free Acrobat Reader.
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