Annual Meeting

The Nineteenth Annual Meeting will convene at the Hilton Cincinnati Netherland Plaza, 35 West Fifth Street, Cincinnati, Ohio 45202.

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 Early Career 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 Early Career Faculty member (An early career 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 October 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; Early Career Faculty, Graduate Student, Pre-College Ethics or Undergraduate.

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.

The Hotel has provided us with a reservation link: Hilton Cincinnati Netherland Plaza Reservation Page Please make sure that Association for Practical & Professional Ethics 19th Annual Meeting appears at the of the page before booking your reservation. Please contact the hotel at the reservation number above if you experience any trouble with the hotel weblink.

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 16, 2009 Presentation Submissions Postmark Deadline and Audio Visual Requests

Registration

Early Bird Registration ends November 27, 2009
On-Time Registration ends January 25, 2010
Late Registration Fees apply beginning January 26, 2010

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

A Microsoft 2007 Word version is available here: Submission and Registration Form (MS Word). 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 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

The keynote speaker for the Nineteenth Annual Meeting will be Marc Rotenberg, the Executive Director of the Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC) in Washington, DC.

Marc Rotenberg teaches information privacy law at Georgetown University Law Center and has testified before Congress on many issues, including access to information, encryption policy, consumer protection, computer security, and communications privacy. He testified before the 9-11 Commission on “Security and Liberty: Protecting Privacy, Preventing Terrorism.”

Dr. Rotenberg has served on several national and international advisory panels, including the expert panels on Cryptography Policy and Computer Security for the OECD, the Legal Experts on Cyberspace Law for UNESCO, and the Countering Spam program of the ITU. He currently chairs the ABA Committee on Privacy and Information Protection and is the former Chair of the Public Interest Registry, which manages the .ORG domain. He is editor of Privacy and Human Rights and The Privacy Law Sourcebook, and co-editor (with Daniel J. Solove and Paul Schwartz) of Information Privacy Law (Aspen Publishing 2007).

Pre-conference Workshop (PAIT)

Ethical Guidance for Research and Application of Pervasive and Autonomous Information Technology (PAIT)
March 3-4, 2010, Cincinnati, Ohio
http://poynter.indiana.edu/pait/

For the purposes of this workshop, we consider terms such as “pervasive computing,” “ubiquitous computing,” “ubicomp,” “everyware,” and “ambient computing” to be roughly synonymous. We use the term “information technology” to highlight the important role of hardware not usually associated with computers, such as advanced sensing and communication devices, involved in most pervasive IT. Our shorthand for these technologies and their application is PAIT.

The goal of the project is to 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.

This workshop will be held in Conjunction with the Nineteenth Annual Meeting of the Association for Practical and Professional Ethics at the Hilton Cincinnati Netherland Plaza Hotel. The workshop is open to all at no charge, but does require registration in advance. For registration go to: http://poynter.indiana.edu/pait/registration.shtml

The workshop will meet 8:00am-5:00 pm Wednesday, March 3rd, and 9:00am-5:00 pm Thursday, March 4th. Box lunches will be provided to all participants.

Formal presentations will be made by

The bulk of the workshop will be dedicated to plenary and breakout discussions of case studies and position papers, many developed specifically for this workshop, on ethical issues in PAIT. Brainstorming and free-form discussion will become sharpened and focused as the workshop proceeds with an aim to creating consensus, or at least general agreement, on core ethical issues and principles, as well as next steps to build on the workshop (publications, presentations, policy forums, etc.)

Sponsors
The PAIT workshop is made possible by funding and other support from

Mini Conference

“Engineering Towards a More Just and Sustainable World”

The Association's 2010 Annual Meeting will feature a mini conference Co-Sponsored by the Center for Engineering, Ethics and Society, National Academy of Engineering March 6-7, 2010. 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.

Engineers and engineering shape our social, physical, and built environments in profound ways. As that influence grows, deliberation and debate about underlying choices and directions become ever more important. To aid these critical reflections, a mini conference, “Engineering Towards a More Just and Sustainable World” will be held Saturday afternoon, March 6 through Sunday Noon March 7, 2010. The meeting will bring together engineers and scholars in ethics and in science and technology studies to explore the connections between engineering and justice.

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.

Agenda

Keynote address: "Technology and Global Justice" by Indira Nair, Vice-Provost for Education, Professor, Engineering and Public Policy, Carnegie-Mellon University.

How do we educate tomorrow's engineer and some of today's engineers to think about global justice in the context of their profession and work? Educating engineers to think about global justice in a global technological system requires thinking beyond technology as an answer to human needs, to technology in contexts where justice is a pressing need. Metrics of success need to include long-term social welfare and human dignity, not just those of efficiency and cost. These are the questions for a new technological imperative, and engineers trying to span this educational bridge need to articulate thoughts about global justice in a language and framework that the engineering world will appreciate, as eloquently as the philosopher Thomas Pogge has done with his work examining the metrics for poverty and gender inequality.

Responding to her remarks are Greg Allgood, Director, Children’s Safe Drinking Water, and Senior Fellow in Sustainability at Proctor and Gamble, Inc.; and David Crocker, Senior Research Scholar, Institute for Philosophy and Public Policy, School of Public Policy, University of Maryland-College Park.

Moderator: Rachelle D. Hollander, Director, Center for Engineering, Ethics, and Society, National Academy of Engineering.

Two panel sessions that follow on Saturday evening and Sunday morning will examine both difficulties and opportunities for connecting engineering and social and environmental justice, from the perspectives of engineers and scholars in the social sciences and humanities.

7:30pm – 9:00pm Panel One: Engineering and Social Justice: What Are the Difficulties? What Are the Possibilities?

9:00am – 10:30am Panel Two: Engineering Sustainability and Environmental Justice: What Are the Difficulties? What Are the Possibilities?

The final panel of engineers will discuss resources available to engineers and organizations that wish to encourage engineering for justice.

What assistance can and do organizations provide to engineers who wish to contribute to a more socially and environmentally just and sustainable world? This panel approaches the question from the points of view of engineers in organizations undertaking programs or developing resources that can or do address it.

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.

Ethics Center Colloquium

Ethics Center Colloquium “Outreach, Consultation and Survival in Economic Hard Times”

This year’s Ethics Center Colloquium, “Outreach, Consultation and Survival in Economic Hard Times” will convene on Thursday, March 4, 2010, from 1:00-5:30 p.m. The Covenor for this year’s Annual Meeting is Aine Donovan, Research Associate Professor and Executive Director of the Ethics Institute at Dartmouth College.

Featured presenters include Jan Boxill, Director, Parr Center for Ethics, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; Noah Pickus, Director, Kenan Institute for Ethics, Duke University; David Ozar, Loyola University Chicago; Lyn Boyd-Judson, Director, Levan Institute for Humanities and Ethics, University of Southern California; and Shlomo Sher, Levan Institute of Humanities and Ethics.

The Ethics Center Colloquium is designed for ethics center directors or their representatives, those considering establishing an ethics center, and other interested persons. It provides a wonderful opportunity to meet fellow directors, share common experiences, typical problems, and new program ideas. The Colloquium represents the largest assembly of Ethics Center Directors in the U.S. and usually has from 80-100 participants in attendance.

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.

Ethics Bowl

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; Intercollegiate Ethics Bowl (IEB).

Social Workers

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

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.

The Pre-college Ethics Interest Group (PEIG) will hold its business meeting in conjunction with the Association's Eighteenth Annual meeting. PEIG members include those developing pre-college ethics bowls, those teaching ethics in pre-college curriculum, and those developing pre-college ethics curricula.

If you are interested in attending this meeting, please contact Roberta Israeloff, director of the Squire Family Foundation, via the contact page of its website: www.squirefoundation.org.

Author Meets the Critics

Author Meets the Critics sessions are scheduled throughout the program on Friday and Saturday. Click on the following link to open a list of authors with a description of the book for each of the Author Meets the Critics sessions on the program. 2010 Author Meets the Critics list and book descriptons.

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. The schedule and book descirptions are now available. Click her for a printable version 2010 Lunch Author Book Descriptions (PDF) or see below for a list on this page.

Authors, who do not submit for Lunch With an Author, if you would like to reserve a table to display your book, please click here for a registration form Exhibit Room Registration Form and contact our Exhibit Room coordinator, Mary Ulmet at marywill@indiana.edu. (Lunch Authors, this is requirement for submission)

Lunch Author Book Descriptions

Friday March 5, 2010

Journalism Ethics: A Philosophical Approach
Christopher Meyers, Oxford University Press (Association for Practical and Professional Ethics: Series in Practical Ethics)

The latest addition to the Oxford/APPE Practical Ethics Series, A Philosophical Approach to Journalism Ethics is an edited collection of original essays. Written by some of the best people in the field, the chapters achieve a fine balance of theoretical analysis and practical application. The contributors represent a richly diverse group: philosophers and communication scholars, theorists and practitioners, the long-established and the up-and-comers, all working from the perspective that the hard questions in journalism ethics require both theoretical sophistication and practical sensibilities. Anchored by an ethics method provided by Deni Elliott and David Ozar, the authors explore such topics as the history and moral justification of journalism, gloabal journalism, moral development and organizational culture, new media, the business of journalism, objectivity, privacy, journalism's professional status, image ethics, and the daily conflicts facing in-the-trenches reporters and editors.

Computer Ethics, 4th edition
Deborah G. Johnson and Keith W. Miller , Prentice Hall (2009)

Written in clear, accessible prose, the Fourth edition of Computer Ethics brings together philosophy, law, and technology. The text provides an in-depth exploration and analysis of a broad range of topics regarding the ethical implications of widespread use of computer technology. The approach is normative while also exposing the student to alternative ethical stances.

Architecture, Ethics and Globalization: Ethics, Efficacy and Architecture in the Globalized Economy
Graham Owen, Routledge (2009)

Bridging the gap between architectural theory and professional practice studies, this book offers critical inquiry into the shifting ground of ethical thought in the changing climate of the global economy. Looking at issues of contemporary significance to architectural critics, practitioners, educators, and students, the book also examines the role of the architectural academy in providing an education in ethical judgment. Including transcripts of responses and discussions among its contributors, a broad interdisciplinary set of perspectives are debated and often controversial points of view are put forward.

Ethics and the Legal Profession, 2nd Edition
Elliot D. Cohen , Michael Davis and Frederick A. Elliston (Editors), Prometheus Books (2009)

Beneficial to the introductory law or philosophy student, Ethics and the Legal Profession comprises a selection of articles by eminent philosophers and lawyers that explore confrontations in the daily practice of law, employing in-depth case studies. The text is divided into six sections, each dealing with an important issue: The Structure of the Profession; The Moral Critique of Professionalism; The Adversary System; Conflict of Interest; Client Confidences; and, The Provision of Legal Services. Provoking questions on moral and professional responsibility, the ideology and tyranny of advocacy, and the professional’s right to case refusal are approached. The introduction to each section sets the stage for the paper to follow. Following each section is a summary and a list of suggested readings for further understanding. Readings have been selected to give a historical perspective showing a revolution in philosophy, conceptual analysis, and moral reasoning; due to the growing consensus about the need for some measure of reform in the legal profession. This study of ethics can help students and professionals draw a sharper distinction between ethical and technical judgments, and help them to become clearer about the meaning of moral discourse in the workplace. The book would make excellent reading in a law or philosophy course in professional responsibility.

The Ethical Challenges of Academic Administration
Elaine E. Englehardt, Michael S. Pritchard, Kerry D. Romesburg and Brian Schrag (Editors), Springer (2009)

This book is an invitation to academic administrators, at every level, to engage in reflection on the ethical dimensions of their working lives. Academics are very good at reflecting on the ethical issues in other professions but not so interested in reflecting on those in their own, including those faced by faculty and administrators. Yet it is a topic of great importance. Academic institutions are value-driven; hence virtually every decision made by an academic administrator has an ethical component with implications for students, faculty, the institution, and the broader community. Despite this, they receive little systematic preparation for this aspect of their professional lives when they take up administrative posts, especially when compared to, say, medical or legal training.

The authors intend this work to be a first, rather than a final word, on the subject. This is because the practicalities of academic administration have not been the subject of much sustained ethical reflection. Surprisingly little has been written about the ethical challenges that academic administrators are likely to face. Most of the literature relating to academic administration focuses on “leadership” and draws heavily on management and social science theory. The importance of focusing on ethical deliberation and decision-making often goes unrecognized. What is needed is in-depth analysis informed by the general principles of professional ethics, as well as the more than 2000-year-old body of philosophical work on ethics.

It is clear that academia should examine its own domain. In focusing on ethics in academic administration, this book explores the issues that are faced every day by those managing seats of learning. What challenges does a new chair face when suddenly she is no longer simply a friend and colleague, but now the person adjudicating disputes, evaluating performance, and recommending career-impacting action? How does a dean respond to the struggles of balancing a budget and promoting his college’s interests? When a donor calls the president and requests a favor, what are the implications for the campus, internally and externally? It is these conflicts, and others, that are analyzed in this much-needed volume.

God, Science, and Designer Genes: An Exploration of Emerging Genetic Technologies
Spencer S. Stober and Donna Yarri, Praeger Publishers (2009)

The recent publication of, God, Science, and Designer Genes, represents a culmination of years of interdisciplinary research on the issue of emerging genetic technologies from the perspectives of biology and theological ethics. It will provide a pedagogical model for how the authors incorporated the well-known Boyer model for scholarship in this area. Boyer moves beyond the traditional understanding of scholarship to include four key components: “the scholarship of discovery; the scholarship of integration; the scholarship of application; and the scholarship of teaching” (Earnest L. Boyer, Scholarship Reconsidered, 16). It contains interdisciplinary work in genetics and ethics, focusing on the four components of Boyer’s model, and thereby provide a model for other educational professionals. The Authors demonstrate how their work is a consequence of the human genome project and our participation in the resulting ELSI project, which focused on ethical issues raised by emerging genetic technologies. They had to discover the many issues that arose from this technology. Iintegration was attempted by focusing on an interdisciplinary approach that would allow for the integrity of each of our disciplines, as well as a new holistic approach to complex issues. The authors work was applied in the form of publications, which served to disseminate information on the ELSI project. Finally, the teaching itself became part of their scholarship as they integrated survey instruments into their courses in an effort to reflect on our teaching practice and to inform their scholarly work.

Essentials of Business Ethics: Creating an Organization of High Integrity and Superior Performance (Essentials Series)
Denis Collins, John Wiley & Sons (2009)

Essential guidance to create an organization of high integrity and superior performance. Providing practical “how-to” examples and best practices on every area of managing ethics inside organizations, this brief yet powerful book lays down the foundation for creating a culture of high integrity and superior performance and offers advice relevant to every organization or company.

Topics include best practices in determining the ethics of job candidates; ethical decision making; ethics and diversity training; ethics officers and hotlines; ethical leadership, work goals, and performance appraisals; environmental management; community outreach; and much more. Part of Wiley’s Essentials Series, Essentials of Business Ethics is designed to enable corporate leaders to get up to speed quickly on the nuts and bolts of business ethics.

Ethics and Values in Social Work: An Integrated Approach for a Comprehensive Curriculum
Allan E. Barsky, Oxford University Press (2009)

In a unique and student-friendly package, Ethics and Values in Social Work offers a series of learning modules that will ensure graduates receive a comprehensive ethics and values education. Designed to be easily incorporated into any curriculum, each module helps students integrate the knowledge, skills, self-awareness, and critical thinking abilities required for dealing with ethical issues. From applying basic ethical standards of practice to managing complex ethical dilemmas, this textbook equips readers with a range of tools and strategies for responding to ethical questions and concerns.

Traditional ethics textbooks provide students with a model for ethical decision making. This breakthrough textbook goes beyond ethical decision making by providing students with a strategic framework for managing ethical issues that includes guidelines for engaging others in ethical discussions and using conflict resolution theory to promote collaborative solutions. Some textbooks introduce students to ethical theories, such as deontology, teleology, and virtue ethics. This textbook goes beyond describing these theories by providing students with opportunities to apply, compare, and contrast these approaches as they relate to various contexts of social work practice. A wealth of case scenarios, discussion questions, and role-play exercises make this an engaging, thought-provoking teaching and learning tool.

At a basic level, this textbook teaches students the essential principles and standards that define ethical practice. At a more profound level, Ethics and Values in Social Work inspires students to reach for the highest values of profession: service, dignity and worth of the person, human relationships, integrity, competence, social justice, human rights, and scientific inquiry.

Format and contents help social work programs meet and exceed CSWE accreditation standards, providing a clear structure for integrating ethics and values content throughout foundation and advanced courses. The six-stage framework for managing ethical issues provides a range of tools and strategies for identifying, analyzing, and responding to ethical problems, dilemmas, and breaches. A developmental approach to learning ethics supports students in engaging in higher levels of understanding, abstraction, application, and synthesis of ethics material. Experiential exercises prepare students for managing the ethical and values issues that may arise in field placements. Fun, engaging activities encourage students to reflect, question, and apply theory to practice. Thought-provoking and reality-based case examples illustrate thorny ethical issues that professionals may encounter, ranging from end-of-life decision making to boundary crossings to rationing resources during a national crisis

End-of-Life Care and Pragmatic Decision Making: A Bioethical Perspective
D. Micah Hester, Cambridge University Press (2010)

Every one of us will die, and the processes we go through will be our own – unique to our own experiences and life stories. It is reasonable to reflect on what kinds of dying processes may be better or worse for us as we move toward our end. Such consideration, however, can raise troubling ethical concerns for patients, families, and healthcare providers. Even after forty years of concerted focus on biomedical ethics, these moral concerns persist in the care of lethally impaired, terminally ill, and inured patients. In his most recent book, End-of-life Care and Pragmatic Decision Making, He provides a pragmatic philosophical framework based on a radically empirical attitude toward life and death that takes seriously the complexities of experiences. He argues that when making end-of-life decisions healthcare providers ought to pay close attention to the narratives of patients and the communities they inhabit so that their dying processes embody their life stories. After providing the philosophical groundwork, he goes on to discuss three types of end-of-life patient populations – adults with decision-making capacity, adult without capacity, and children (with a strong focus on infants) – to show the implications of pragmatic empiricism and the scope of decision making at the end of life for different types of patients.

Everyday Practice of Science: Where Intuition and Passion Meet Objectivity and Logic
Frederick Grinnell , Oxford University Press (2009)

Textbooks and research papers present a linear account of scientific work and idealize the scientific method. Everyday Practice of Science aims to replace the linear view with a less idealistic and more contextual account based on practice of science as world view and life's work. The interplay between investigators' interests and passions becomes the dynamic of the research community - discovery and credibility -- and makes possible the scientific knowledge building project. Ambiguities inherent to practice create challenges to research integrity. Science as a way of "practicing" the world offers a holistic approach to understanding the relationship between science and religion.

Otherwise Law-Abiding Citizens: A Scientific and Moral Assessment of Cannabis Use
Matt Stolick, Rowman and Littlefield—Lexington Books (2008)

Matthew Stolick presents a detailed social and scientific exploration of the social history of cannabis, chemical make-up of the cannabis plant, and effects of cannabis use. By offering a truly interdisciplinary look at this highly political issue, he clearly articulates the reasoning behind the categorical rejection of legal cannabis use by the United States and other nations. Approaching the discussion of cannabis use from perspectives embedded within philosophy, political science, psychology, and neurobiology, Stolick provides an even-handed account of the scientific realities and social practicalities surrounding the use of cannabis for both medical and recreational purposes.

Drawing on the moral thought of Aristotle, Kant, Mill, and Christianity, the book demonstrates the amoral nature of cannabis use. Grounding discussion of cannabis use in both moral theory and scientific fact, this book gives readers a thorough understanding of the social and political issues that continue to dictate cannabis law.

Partly Cloudy: Ethics in War, Espionage, Covert Action and Interrogation
David L. Perry , Scarecrow Press (2009)

The topics addressed in Partly Cloudy: Ethics in War, Espionage, Covert Action and Interrogation include: an introduction to ethical reasoning; comparative religious views on killing and war; anticipating and preventing atrocities in war; a just-war analysis of Shakespeare's Henry V; secrecy, democratic accountability, and the CIA's original "social contract"; a short history of Russian intelligence; employing espionage to penetrate hostile regimes and terrorist cells; covert political influence, coups, and targeted killings; the question of torture in interrogating detainees; and practical peacemaking strategies.

Saturday March 6, 2010

Engineering Ethics: Concepts and Cases, 4th edition
Charles E. Harris, Jr.; Michael S. Pritchard and Michael J. Rabins, Wadsworth, Cengage Learning Publication (2008)

Extend your analytical skills to moral deliberation with this best-selling engineering ethics text. Engineering Ethics: Concepts and Cases, 4th edition bridges the gap between theory and practice with more than 100 current case studies available in the text and on the companion website, including current and controversial topics, such as Hurricane Katrina and global warming. This edition introduces you to a proven, structured methodology for analyzing cases, as well as examples of cases that already have been analyzed, to ensure you can practice ethical engineering yourself. The text also discusses Engineering Codes of Ethics. You'll learn the importance of critical moral reasoning as the book demonstrates how many apparent moral disagreements are actually disagreements about the facts or the definitions of crucial terms.

Ethics of Global Development: Agency, Capability, and Deliberative Democracy
David A. Crocker, Cambridge University Press (2009)

Poverty, inequality, violence, environmental degradation, and tyranny continue to afflict the world. Ethics of Global Development offers a moral reflection on the ends and means of local, national, and global efforts to overcome these five scourges. After emphasizing the role of ethics in development studies, policy-making, and practice, David A. Crocker analyzes and evaluates Amartya Sen's philosophy of development in relation to alternative ethical outlooks. He argues that Sen's turn to robust ideals of human agency and democracy improves on both Sen's earlier emphasis on 'capabilities and functionings' and Martha Nussbaum's version of the capability orientation. This agency-focused capability approach is then extended and strengthened by applying it to the challenges of consumerism and hunger, the development responsibilities of affluent individuals and nations, and the dilemmas of globalization. Throughout the book the author argues for the importance of more inclusive and deliberative democratic institutions.

Alleviating Poverty Through Profitable Partnerships: Globalization, Markets, and Economic Well-Being
Laura P. Hartman, Scott P. Kelley, Dennis J. Moberg and Patricia H. Werhane , Routledge (2009)

In this book, the authors approach poverty alleviation from an atypical perspective. The evidence they present demonstrates that a mindset embracing initiatives developed by global corporations in response to the poverty challenge is significantly more effective that traditional approaches to the alleviation of poverty. Developing partnership with today’s global corporations is a gigantic first step towards eradicating poverty as we know it.

Ethics in Practice: Moral Theory and the Professions
Andrew Alexandra and Seumas Miller, University of New South Wales Press (2009)

An introduction to applied ethics, this guide is intended for students taking courses in law, medicine, science, teaching, social work, and other professions. Pointing to the ethical codes that will guide their working lives, the discussion shows students how to use moral theory to identify breaches of professional standards. The first half of the book focuses on the philosophy of ethics, including ordinary moral values, moral relativism, moral principles, moral reasoning, virtues and vices, and role morality. The second half looks at real problems faced by professionals—including corruption, paternalism, and sexual misconduct—and considers controversial subjects such as informed consent, professional confidentiality, euthanasia, reproductive technology, and drug abuse. Each chapter begins with stories and case studies drawn from history, literature, the Bible, news stories, and other sources.

Civilizing the Economy: A New Economics of Provision
Marvin T. Brown, Cambridge University Press (April 2010)

When a handful of people thrive while whole industries implode and millions suffer, it is clear that something is wrong with our economy. The wealth of the few is disconnected from the misery of the many. In Civilizing the Economy, Marvin Brown traces the origin of this economics of dissociation to early capitalism, showing how this is illustrated in Adam Smith’s denial of the central role of slavery in wealth creation. In place of the Smithian economics of property, Brown proposes that we turn to the original meaning of economics as household management. He presents a new framework for the global economy that reframes its purpose as the making of provisions instead of the accumulation of property. This bold new vision establishes the civic sphere as the platform for organizing an inclusive economy and a way to move toward a more just and sustainable world.

Pain: Mind, Meaning and Medicine
James Giordano, PPM Communications, Inc. (2009)

Collected essays on the philosophical and ethical dimensions of practical pain management. Foreword by Edmund Pellegrino.

Philosophy: An Innovative Introduction--Fictive Narrative, Primary Texts, and Responsive Writing
Michael Boylan and Charles Johnson, Westview (February 2010)

This book features a unique, engaging approach to introduce students to philosophy. It combines readings and exercises with fictive narratives starring traditional figures in the history of the field (such as Plato, Aristotle, Descartes, and Kant) while adding selections from Buddha, Hannah Arendt, Iris Murdoch, and Martin Luther King, Jr. The book makes innovative use of compelling short stories from two writers who have prominently combined philosophy and fiction in their work.

Boylan is a philosopher who has written widely in philosophy and literature including The Extinction of Desire, And The Good, The True, And The Beautiful.
Johnson was a 1998 MacArthur fellow, recipient of and American Academy of Arts and Letters Award for literature, and winner of the 1990 National Book Award for his novel, Middle Passage.

Striking a Balance: A Primer in Traditional Asian Values
Michael C. Brannigan, Rowman and Littlefield, Lexington Books (2009)

Striking a Balance: A Primer in Traditional Asian Values offers a lucid, thoughtful, and thoroughly engaging review of the major ethical teachings in the dominant Asian traditions. Michael C. Brannigan applies his extensive background and scholarship to craft a concise yet comprehensive introduction to Asian ethics covering the long-standing traditions of Hinduism, Buddhism, Zen Buddhism, Taoism, and Confucianism. He does this through the skillful use of narratives from classical and contemporary Asian literature. Moreover, he demonstrates that, despite differences, these traditions share a unifying theme in their principal ethical teachings - cultivating balance is the fundamental building block for inner harmony, moral activity, and a just society.

Through historical overview and discussion of essential ethical themes, Striking Balance presents the rich texture of traditional Asian moral teachings in ways that are appealing, instructive, and enlightening. The work presupposes no prior knowledge of ethics or of Asian traditions and is ideal for all who are interested in learning more about Asian cultures and moral teachings. It is also an invaluable text for students at the introductory as well as upper levels in ethics, Asian studies, philosophy, religion, and humanities.

Professional Morality and Guilty Bystanding: Merton's 'Conjectures' and the Value of Work
Barry Padgett, Cambridge Scholars Publishing (2009)

Work has such an important role in our lives; it bears a standard by which we measure our success. It is a major component of self-actualization and well-being. Professional life offers the hope of rewarding work, not just financially but work that is fulfilling. However, professions are also riddled with complexities and ethical conflicts that obstruct the goal of meaningful work. Our jobs arc fraught with moral ambiguities and dilemmas; these become sources of frustration and alienation. What is needed is a transformation, a renewal of our professional lives and the institutional contexts in which we operate, to humanize the alienating aspects of work and professions. Thomas Merton (1915-1968), thought a cloistered monk, wrote extensively on spiritual and social issues. He has been called “a spiritual master” for contemporary times. He possessed an uncanny sense of self-awareness and moral imagination. His life and writings have inspired countless persons on life’s spiritual journey. Yet, while people have looked to Merton for guidance on spiritual issues, the implications of his thought for several other areas of life are open to exploration. The book focuses on the significance of his reflections in Conjectures of a Guilty Bystander, which offer one the confidence to embark on a journey that seeks to transcend the complexities of professional life, and courage to transform the negative features of workplaces and organizations through reasoned moral action, moral imagination, and leadership.

Just Love: Transforming Civic Virtue
Anne Mongoven, Indiana University Press (2009)

Once upon a time, civic virtue described an ethic of political involvement for all citizens. As American democracy evolved, however, the public and private spheres separated. The latter became domesticated and disengaged from public life by an ideology based on gender and a "disinterested love" of neighbor. Private passion was to be isolated from public reason, private love from public justice. But it need not be so. Drawing on examples of ordinary heroes, Ann Mongoven argues for a transformed civic virtue that articulates "just love": passionate care for fellow citizens as such. By connecting theory to practice, Mongoven dramatizes the challenges raised through tangible political examples and lets ordinary heroes suggest the path toward civic renewal.

Critical Thinking Unleashed
Elliot D. Cohen, Rowman and Littlefield (2009)

Demonstrating the practical relevance and import of many historically significant philosophers (e.g. Socrates, Aristotle, Epictetus, Hume, Kant, Mill, Sartre, and Nietzsche), Critical Thinking Unleashed presents a practical, non-technical, and comprehensive approach to critical thinking. In contrast to other treatments of practical reasoning, Elliot D. Cohen not only teaches students how to identify and refute irrational premise, he also teaches them how to construct rational antidotes to combat the personal, social, and political obstacles they confront in everyday life.

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 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.

Cost
Charges for exhibiting books, journals, videos or CD-ROMs are as follows:
1-10 titles $100.00
11-25 titles $125.00
26-50 titles $150.00
For information tables with no items for sale, the charge is $75/table.

Charges assume that exhibit copies of materials will be donated to the Association for Practical and Professional Ethics. If publishers choose to have exhibit copies returned, arrangements must be made in advance and will include a $150 service fee, plus shipping costs.

Exhibit space is supervised and secure. It will be managed by meeting staff and Annual Meeting participants will purchase materials directly from the publisher using order forms and price lists supplied by the publisher.

If publishers send a representative to manage their exhibit where sales are separate and display materials are not donated to the Association, the charge is $500. (If the representative wishes to attend the Annual Meeting, there will be an additional fee.)

Advertising
Advertising space is available in the Annual Meeting Program at the cost of $100 for a full page (6.5 x 9.5) or $50 for a half page (6.5 x 4.75). All copy must be sent camera ready. The advertising deadline is January 15, 2010.

Audio Visual
For exhibits using audio-visual equipment, there will be an additional charge. Please contact Mary Ulmet at marywill@indiana.edu for more information.

The Book Exhibit Room set-up will be Wednesday, March 3, 2010 at 6:00pm. Materials should arrive at the hotel prior to set-up. Detailed instructions for shipping exhibit titles and order forms to the hotel will be sent in January.

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

Preliminary Program and Schedule for the Nineteenth Annual Meeting in 2010

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updated February 9, 2010

Association for Practical and Professional Ethics

Nineteenth Annual Meeting

March 4 - 7, 2010
Cincinnati, OH

Meeting Information

Special Paper Competitions

Special Paper Competitions for the Nineteenth Annual Meeting*

Hotel Information

Important Deadlines

Registration

Keynote Speaker

Pre-conference Workshop (PAIT)

Ethical Guidance for Research and Application of Pervasive and Autonomous Information Technology (PAIT)
March 3-4, 2010, Cincinnati, Ohio
http://poynter.indiana.edu/pait/

Formal presentations will be made by

Mini Conference

“Engineering Towards a More Just and Sustainable World”

Agenda

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Graduate Seminar on Teaching Practical and Professional Ethics

Ethics Center Colloquium

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Ethics Bowl

Social Workers

Media Ethics Division Meeting

Author Meets the Critics

Lunch with an Author

Lunch Author Book Descriptions

Friday March 5, 2010

Saturday March 6, 2010

Information for Publishers

Preliminary Program and Schedule for the Nineteenth Annual Meeting in 2010

Program for Nineteenth Annual Meeting in 2010

Coming Soon!

Back to top

Abstracts

Coming Soon!

updated February 9, 2010

Association for Practical and Professional Ethics

Nineteenth Annual Meeting

March 4 - 7, 2010 Cincinnati, OH

Meeting Information

Special Paper Competitions

Special Paper Competitions for the Nineteenth Annual Meeting*

Hotel Information

Important Deadlines

Registration

Keynote Speaker

Pre-conference Workshop (PAIT)

Ethical Guidance for Research and Application of Pervasive and Autonomous Information Technology (PAIT) March 3-4, 2010, Cincinnati, Ohio http://poynter.indiana.edu/pait/

Formal presentations will be made by

Mini Conference

“Engineering Towards a More Just and Sustainable World”

Agenda

Back to top

Graduate Seminar on Teaching Practical and Professional Ethics

Ethics Center Colloquium

Back to top

Ethics Bowl

Social Workers

Media Ethics Division Meeting

Author Meets the Critics

Lunch with an Author

Lunch Author Book Descriptions

Friday March 5, 2010

Saturday March 6, 2010

Information for Publishers

Preliminary Program and Schedule for the Nineteenth Annual Meeting in 2010

Program for Nineteenth Annual Meeting in 2010

Coming Soon!

Back to top

Abstracts

Coming Soon!

March 4 - 7, 2010
Cincinnati, OH

Ethical Guidance for Research and Application of Pervasive and Autonomous Information Technology (PAIT)
March 3-4, 2010, Cincinnati, Ohio
http://poynter.indiana.edu/pait/