{"56006":{"#nid":"56006","#data":{"type":"event","title":"Ethics has nothing to do with it...does it???","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\nOne of the most important and most difficult tasks for anyone who teaches is helping students learn to recognize ethical issues when they arise.  Serious questions of value and obligation-and serious threats to personal and professional integrity-can lie hidden in situations that may seem to call for nothing more than a technical decision, a management decision, an economic decision, or even just an appeal to individual taste.  \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EWe do our students a great favor when we send them out into their professional lives with a finely-tuned awareness of ethical pitfalls and possibilities.  To accomplish this, faculty in all fields need to make a habit of regularly pointing out such pitfalls and possibilities as they arise.  (Or, even better, we can help students learn to discover these situations by themselves.)  Here, for example, is a technical decision that might have implications for the well-being of end users.  There is a management decision that might lead to a conflict of interest. And over yonder is an opportunity for good works.  \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EIn this seminar, we will discuss the character of ethical decisions and how the ethical dimensions of everyday situations may be hidden behind other considerations.  Then, drawing from participants\u0027 understanding and experience, we will look for opportunities to develop our own and our students\u0027 ethical awareness.  \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EPresenter:\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003ERobert Kirkman, Ph.D.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nAssociate Professor in the School of Public Policy\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nDirector of the Center for Ethics and Technology\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003ELunch will be provided\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003ETo register, go to: \u003Ca href=\u0027http:\/\/www.cetl.gatech.edu\/faculty\/events\/seminar.htm\u0027\u003Ehttp:\/\/www.cetl.gatech.edu\/faculty\/events\/seminar.htm\u003C\/a\u003E\n\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"Questions of value and obligation-and threats to integrity-can lie hidden in situations that seem to call for nothing more than a technical, managerial, or economic decision. How can we help our students learn to recognize ethical issues when they arise?","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Ethics has nothing to do with it...does it???"}],"uid":"27276","created_gmt":"2010-05-20 11:44:25","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 01:47:42","author":"Felicia Turner","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","field_event_time":{"event_time_start":"2010-04-22T12:00:00-04:00","event_time_end":"2010-04-22T14:00:00-04:00","event_time_end_last":"2010-04-22T14:00:00-04:00","gmt_time_start":"2010-04-22 16:00:00","gmt_time_end":"2010-04-22 18:00:00","gmt_time_end_last":"2010-04-22 18:00:00","rrule":null,"timezone":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"groups":[{"id":"1268","name":"Center for Teaching and Learning (CTL)"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[{"id":"1496","name":"Ethics"},{"id":"1506","name":"faculty"},{"id":"737","name":"teaching"},{"id":"1602","name":"Teaching Assistant"},{"id":"9361","name":"values"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[{"id":"1795","name":"Seminar\/Lecture\/Colloquium"}],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cstrong\u003EFelicia Turner\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003ECETL\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.gatech.edu\/contact\/index.html?id=ft24\u0022\u003EContact Felicia Turner\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E404-894-9418\u003C\/strong\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}