EVENTS

Thursday, August 26th, 2009
Parr Center for Ethics Fellows Luncheon. Fellows interested in attending: please contact lancew@unc.edu. Location: Hyde Hall, 12:00pm.

Thursday, September 10th, 2009
Public Discussion, Undocumented Immigrants in America: Access to Higher Education. A panel of experts explores the ethical dimensions of the current debates over access to public services by undocumented immigrants in the U.S. This event is coordinated in conjunction with UNC’s first year student summer reading book selection, "A Home on the Field," by Paul Cuadros, Assistant Professor in the School of Journalism and Mass Communication. Co-sponsored with the Center for Global Initiatives and Difficult Dialogues. This event is free and open to the public. Location: FedEx Global Education Center, Nelson Mandela Auditorium (Room 1015), 6:30pm.

Wednesday, September 16th, 2009
Lunch & Learn Workshop, Undocumented Immigrants in America: Defining Human Rights. In this ongoing series of workshops, a small discussion group meets over lunch to explore timely ethical issues within their respective fields of interests. Open to faculty, graduate students and undergrads, September's topic continues the discussion launched in the previous week's public panel discussion, examining the concept of human rights and its applicability for undocumented immigrants in the U.S. This session is led by Professor Judith Blau, Department of Sociology and Professor Ryan Preston, Department of Philosophy.
Please note: space is limited, register HERE.
Location: Hyde Hall, University Room, 12:00 pm.

Thursday, September 17th, 2008
Public Lecture, Remaking America: Higher Education and Civic Engagement. The Thomas Willis Lambeth Lecture in Public Policy features James A. Joseph, former ambassador to South Africa and Professor of the Practice of Public Policy Studies at Duke University. For more information, please contact Pete Andrews, Chair of the Department of Public Policy, at (919) 843-5011. This event is free and open to the public. Sponsored by the Department of Public Policy and the Parr Center for Ethics.
Location: Gerrard Hall, 5:30pm.

Thursday, September 24th, 2009
Public Lecture, The Secrecy Hangover, featuring Tom Blanton, director of the National Security Archive. Presenting the annual Lucile Kelling Henderson Lecture, Blanton talks about issues of government secrecy and the challenges facing the Obama administration on transparency. A special screening of the award-winning documentary, "Secrecy" is showing immediately after the post-lecture reception. The lecture, movie and reception are free and open to the public, however seating is limited. Please send your RSVP via e-mail to mpenny@email.unc.edu or call 919.962.8366. Sponsored by the School of Information and Library Science and the Center for Global Initiatives.
Location: Frank Porter Graham Student Union, Auditorium, 2:00pm.

Thursday, September 24th, 2009
Public Lecture, Obama and the World, featuring Strobe Talbott, President of Brookings Institution and a distinguished former foreign correspondent. Sponsored by the Curriculum in International and Area Studies, Center for Global Initiatives and Department of Political Science.
Location:FedEx Global Education Center, Nelson Mandela Auditorium (Room 1015), 5:30pm.

Thursday-Saturday, September 24-26th, 2009
National Conference, Democratic Education in the Spirit of John Dewey. As part of the the Annual Meeting of South Atlantic Philosophy of Education Society (SAPES), this three-day event celebrates John Dewey for his contributions to progressive education, and highlights comtemporary efforts in democratic education. Sponsored by the School of Education. For further information and registration, please contact: dewey@unc.edu

Thursday, October 1st, 2009
Public Lecture, Has Prejudice Really Faded? This week's Current Science Forum at Morehead features Keith Payne, Associate Professor of Psychology. Over the past 50 years, overt racism in America has dwindled; however, we are still vulnerable to subtle and unconscious stereotyping. Dr. Payne leads a provocative discussion that draws from research on social cognition and the unintended consequences of our unconscious biases as well as broader studies on race and the 2008 presidential election. Sponsored by the Morehead Planetarium and Science Center, and Sigma Xi Scientific Research Society.
Location: Morehead Planetarium, Banquet Hall (Second Floor), 7:00pm.

Friday, October 2nd, 2009
Public Lecture, Ethics in Medicine and Research: Lessons from Dr. Mengele, featuring Eva Mozes-Kor, Holocaust survivor. Subjected to Dr. Josef Mengele's medical experiments in Auschwitz Concentration Camp, Eva Mozes-Kor has emerged through a life filled with trauma as a brilliant example of the power of the human spirit to persevere. Her words give tangible significance to human subject protections and motivates industry professionals to give thoughtful consideration to the subjects that volunteer for research. Sponsored by the Association of Clinical Research Professionals (ACRP). Location:MBRB (Medical Biomolecular Research Building), Room G202, 12:30pm.

Wednesday, October 14th, 2009
Public Performance, Wing Woman, presented by Interactive Theatre Carolina. As part of Race Relations Week and Coming Out Week, this performance tackles the issue of sexual identitiy and orientation and at UNC-Chapel Hill. Interactive Theatre Carolina (ITC) engages the audience using scripted and improvisational theatre to promote health/wellness and social justice in our local community. This event is free and open to the public. Location: Campus Y Lounge, 5:30 pm.

Wednesday, October 28th, 2009
Ethics in the Professions Series, Ethics in the Workplace. Offered through UNC Human Resources' Training and Development Department, this course is an introduction to ethical decision making. Whether in the classroom, the office, or at home, we all have to make decisions that have important ethical implications. The goal of this course is to help participants learn how to identify ethical issues, think about them productively, and arrive at ethically sound decisions. To meet those objectives, participants will learn some introductory ethical theory that will provide a philosophical framework for exploring ethical questions. Then, using a number of real case studies, including participants’ own experiences, we will apply the philosophical framework to the situations in hopes of uncovering and resolving the relevant ethical conflicts. Participants will leave the course prepared to share their skills in ethical decision making with their colleagues.

Wednesday, October 28th, 2009
Lunch & Learn Workshop, The Unforgivable Offense. In this ongoing series of workshops, a small discussion group meets over lunch to explore timely ethical issues within their respective fields of interests. Open to faculty, graduate students and undergrads, October's topic examines the issue of forgiveness and redemption in relation to the ethical failures of public officials. This session is led by Professor Kim Strom-Gottfried, School of Social Work. Please note: space is limited, register HERE. Location: Hyde Hall, Incubator Room, 12:00 pm.

Thursday, October 29th, 2009
Public Lecture, The Central Dilemma of Humanitarian Action: How Best to Help while Minimizing the Harm, featuring Fiona Terry, Practitioner-in-Residence, Kenan Institute for Ethics at Duke University and author of Condemned to Repeat? The Paradox of Humanitarian Action. Dr. Terry has spent most of the past 15 years involved in humanitarian relief operations in different parts of the world, including Northern Iraq, Somalia, the Great Lakes region of Africa, Liberia, and along the Sino-Korean border. Lunch will be provided. Sponsored by the Student Global Health Committee's Health and Human Rights Speaker Series, UNC Student Congress, and the Center for Global Initiatives. Location: McGavran-Greenberg, Room 2304 (School of Public Health), 12:00 pm.

Thursday, October 29th, 2009
Public Discussion, Healthcare Reform: An Ethical Challenge. A panel of experts explores the moral dimensions of the current debates over American healthcare reform efforts, with the focus on identifying the principles that should frame and inform current health reform legislation. In addition to examining the principles driving reform efforts (and its opposition), this program will address what the U.S. can learn from the various healthcare systems found around the world and how those systems were achieved. Sponsored by the Parr Center for Ethics and the Health Focus Committee of the Campus Y. Location: Rosenau Hall, Room 133, 6:30 pm.

Friday, October 30th, 2009
Lunch & Learn Workshop, Healthcare Reform in America. Tom Ricketts, Professor of Health Policy and Administration and Director of the Health Policy Analysis Unit at the UNC Sheps Center for Health Services Research, continues the discussion launched in the previous night's public panel discussion. In this program a small group of students will discuss their concerns over impending federal health policy legislation with Professor Tom Ricketts. Lunch will be provided. Sponsored by the Parr Center for Ethics and the Health Focus Committee of the Campus Y. Please note: no registration required, but space is limited. Location: Student Union, Room 3206A-B, 12:00 pm.

Wednesday, November 18, 2009
Lunch & Learn Workshop, Prenatal Genetic Testing: The Conundrum of Choice. In this ongoing series of workshops, a small discussion group meets over lunch to explore timely ethical issues within their respective fields of interests. Open to faculty, graduate students and undergrads, November's topic examines the ethical issues of choice that arise in the use of prenatal genetic testing. This session is led by Louise Winstanly, LLB, MS Bioethics. Please note: space is limited, register HERE.
Location: Bondurant Hall, Room G-100, 12:00 pm.

Saturday, November 21st, 2009
Mid-Atlantic Regional Intercollegiate Ethics Bowl Competition, hosted by the Jepson School of Leadership Studies at the University of Richmond. A team of undergraduates from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill will travel to Richmond, Virgina to compete in the regional competition. The Intercollegiate Ethics Bowl combines the excitement and fun of a competitive tournament with a valuable educational experience for undergraduate students in a day-long event. The UNC Ethics Bowl Team is sponsored by the Parr Center for Ethics.

EVENTS: Spring 2010

February 23, 2010
Public Discussion, How Should We Eat? Policy and Ethics. A panel of experts will discuss the many pertinent issues related to food policy in the United States and Worldwide. This timely and provocative topic will raise questions regarding local and sustainable food systems, food democracy, food sovereignty, access to healthy nutritious foods, and human rights issues related to production and distribution of the world food supply.
Location: TBA, 6:30 pm.

April 12-13, 2010
Ethics in the Professions Series Symposium, Is Nature Enough? Exploring the Ethics of Human Enhancement. In light of continuing medical progress, the lines distinguishing 'normal' and 'enhanced' states of biological being become increasingly blurred. This two day conference will examine the ethical issues raised by advances in medical research and the prospective possibilities for transforming the human body.

Public Discussion, Undocumented Immigrants in America: Our National Identity. Continuing the discussion over immigration reform launched by the September event, a new panel of experts focus on the issues of citizenship, assimilation and national identity at the heart of the debate over immigration reform. This event is coordinated in conjuction with UNC’s first year student summer reading book selection, "A Home on the Field," by Paul Cuadros, Assistant Professor in the School of Journalism and Mass Communication.

Lunch & Learn Series Workshops
In this ongoing series of workshops, a small discussion group meets over lunch to explore timely ethical issues within their respective fields of interests. Open to faculty, graduate students and undergraduate students. Registration required (not yet open).

Upcoming Topics
Food Ethics in America, with Professor Alice Ammerman
Sex Trafficking, with Professor Diane Kjervik
Corporate Social Responsibility, with Professor Steve May