EVENTS: Fall 2007

Tuesday, December 11th, 2007
3rd Bi-Annual Ravenscroft Invitational Debate Tournament. The top eight speakers from UNC's argumentation and debate class will compete for first prize. This event will be judged by the Honorable Sir Willard Foxton, LLB (hons), LLM, MBA, Barrister at Law from the Honorable Society of the Middle Temple in London; Karen Wright, Xian International Debate Champion; Kelsey Scholz, National Lincoln-Douglas Debate Champion. This event is conducted in the style of the traditional British parliamentary debate chambers, thus semi-formal attire is requested. Sponsored by the Center for Global Initiatives, the Parr Center for Ethics, the Communication Studies Department, the First Year Seminar Program, the Political Science Department and the Carolina Forensics Association. This event is free and open to the public. Location: Student Academic Services Building, Upendo Room, 12:00pm.

Thursday, December 6th, 2007
Public Debate on the Northern Irish Peace Process. Please join the Honorable Sir Willard Foxton, LLB (hons), LLM, MBA, Barrister at Law from the Honorable Society of the Middle Temple in London; Karen Wright, Xian International Debate Champion; Kelsey Scholz, National Lincoln-Douglas Debate Champion and UNC's own US National Debate Team member Emily Ravenscroft, M.A. for a public debate, conducted in the style of the traditional British parliamentary debate chambers, thus semi-formal attire is requested. Refreshments will be provided. Audience members will vote for a winner and an open discussion will follow the round. Sponsored by the Center for Global Initiatives, the Parr Center for Ethics, the Communication Studies Department, the First Year Seminar Program, the Political Science Department and the Carolina Forensics Association. This event is free and open to the public. Location: Murphey Hall Auditorium, Room 116, 7:00pm.

Saturday, November 17th, 2007
Mid-Atlantic Regional Intercollegiate Ethics Bowl Competition at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Combining the excitement and fun of a competitive tournament with a valuable educational experience for undergraduate students in a day-long event, the Intercollegiate Ethics Bowl is widely recognized by educators and received the American Philosophical Association & Philosophy Documentation Center's 2006 prize for Excellence and Innovation in Philosophy Programs. The format, rules, and procedures of the competition all have been developed to model widely acknowledged best methods of reasoning in practical and professional ethics. Co-sponsored with the Department of Athletics, Department of Religious Studies, Department of Philosophy, Department of History, Research Laboratories of Archaeology, Carolina Women's Center and Center for Global Initiatives. This event is free and open to spectators. Location: Murphey Hall, 9:00am.

Thursday, November 15th, 2007
Ethics in the Professions Series Public Lecture, "Leadership and Values," featuring BB&T Corporation Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, John Allison. Co-sponsored with the Kenan-Flagler Business School, Economics Club and the Center for Banking and Finance at the UNC School of Law. This event is free and open to the public. Location: Stone Center Auditorium, 3:00pm.

Friday, November 9th, 2007
The Dan K. Moore Program in Ethics is a continuing legal education program sponsored annually by the UNC School of Law. Parr Center Fellow and Program Director Lissa Broome presents this year's program, Conflicts of Interest for Corporate Lawyers. This important event is dedicated to the exemplary legacy of professional ethics left by the distinguished life and work of Dan K. Moore, the esteemed former governor of North Carolina and a 1929 graduate of the UNC School of Law. The program is focused on issues relevant to attorneys who advise corporate clients and addresses conflicts of interest for corporate lawyers. Specific issues to be discussed include the perils of joint representation of a corporation, conflict waivers, when ethical screens are appropriate and effective, among others. The event will be held in The Carolina Club in the George Watts Hill Alumni Center. For online registration and more information go to the Law School Events Calendar.

Wednesday, October 31st, 2007
Ethics in the Professions Series Workshop, "Ethics in Leadership," featuring Parr Center Fellow, Ellen Peirce, Professor of Entrepreneurship at the Kenan-Flagler Business School. Professor Peirce speaks as part of the Chapel Hill-Carrboro Chamber of Commerce's Leadership program.

Thursday, October 25th, 2007
Public Lecture, "It Takes a Candidate: Why Women Don't Run for Office," featuring Jennifer Lawless, Assistant Professor of Political Science at Brown University and nationally recognized expert on the subject of female political candidates. Sponsored by the Carolina Women's Center, James M. Johnston Center for Undergraduate Excellence, School of Government and Vice Chancellor of Public Service & Engagement, Parr Center for Ethics, Department of Political Science, Department of Public Policy, Carolina Center for Public Service and American Political Research Group. This event is free and open to the public. Location: Gardner Hall Room 105, 7:00pm.

Monday, October 22nd, 2007
Public Lecture, "The Tobacco Pandemic: Ethics, Health, and History." The UNC School of Medicine's annual Merrimon Lecture features Dr. Allan M. Brandt, the Amalie Moses Kass Professor of the History of Medicine and Director of the Division of Medical Ethics at Harvard Medical School. He is the author of "The Cigarette Century: The Rise, Fall, And Deadly Persistence of the Product that Defined America." This event is free and open to the public. Location: MBRB Room 2204, 12:00pm.

Sunday-Thursday, October 21-25th, 2007
The Annual National Conference on Ethics in America, at the United States Military Academy at West Point. With the participation of over 150 undergraduate students representing more than 60 academic institutions from across the country, the NCEA promotes awareness of ethical issues in collegiate communities and professional career fields. With the support of the Parr Center for Ethics and the Office of the Executive Vice Chancellor, two outstanding UNC students will work with exceptional mentors from a variety of backgrounds towards a practical code of ethics applicable to individual collegiate environments.

Tuesday, October 16th, 2007
Inaugural Keynote Address, "Ethics in College Athletics." Parr Center for Ethics Director, Jan Boxill will be the keynote speaker at the inauguration for the new initiative on ethics at the Melbern G. Glasscock Center for Humanities Research at Texas A&M University. Dr. Boxill will focus on the ethical challenges present in collegiate athletics to provide a starting point for broader explorations and discussions of ethical challenges facing the Texas A&M community.

Thursday, October 11th, 2007
Public Lecture, “Ethics, Self Interest and the Public Good.” The inaugural Thomas Willis Lambeth Lecture in Public Policy features Professor of Law and Public Policy, Joel L. Fleishman, a triple-degree holder from UNC-Chapel Hill and founding director of the Sanford Institute of Public Policy at Duke University. He is now Director of the Sanford Institute's Heyman Center on Ethics, Public Policy and the Professions. This event is free and open to the public. Sponsored by the Department of Public Policy. Location: Chapman Hall 211, 5:30pm.

Wednesday, October 10th, 2007
Public Discussion, "Iraq: The Cost of Leaving Too Soon, The Cost of Leaving Too Late." A panel of UNC students and faculty gather to discuss the current situation in Iraq and the consequences of various military and governmental actions. Sponsored by the Carolina Economics Club. This event is free and open to the public. Location: Gardner Hall Room 08, 7:00pm.

Tuesday, October 9th, 2007
Ethics in the Professions Series Public Lecture, "Power, Politics and the Press: Tales from the 2008 Campaign Trail," featuring L.A. Times journalist and UNC-Chapel Hill alum, Peter Wallsten. Formerly an L.A. Times White House correspondent, Mr. Wallsten is now covering the presidential race and recently published, "One Party Country: The Republican Plan for Dominance in the 21st Century", co-authored with Tom Hamburger. Co-sponsored with the Daily Tar Heel, Program on Public Life, School of Journalism and Mass Communication, Department of Sociology and Department of Political Science. This event is free and open to the public. Location: Student Union Auditorium, 7:30pm.

Monday, October 8th, 2007
Public Seminar, "Sites of Struggle: Centering African American Women in Contemporary Politics and Culture." The Sites of Struggle symposium provides the community with an opportunity to engage in critical reflection on the impact of recent events on the status of women and gender relations in African-American communities. The symposium will address recent events such as Hurricane Katrina, the Don Imus Controversy, and the Duke lacrosse rape investigation. Sponsored by the Department of African and Afro-American Studies, Curriculum in Women's Studies, Institute of African American Research and Parr Center for Ethics. Location: Sonja Haynes Stone Center for Black Culture and History.

Monday, October 8th, 2007
Ethics in the Professions Series Workshop, "Ethics in Leadership." Parr Center for Ethics Director Jan Boxill will lead a workshop with the UNC Residence Hall Association Ethics Committee, examining the nature of ethical decision making and how to address the ethical challenges the participants encounter in student life and in governing their peers. Location: Ehringhaus South Seminar Room 176, 5:30pm.

Monday, October 8th, 2007
Ethics in the Professions Series, "Ethical Decision Making." 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.

Thursday, October 4th, 2007
Ethics in the Professions Series Workshop, "A Class Divided: Recognizing Bias." Parr Center for Ethics Director Jan Boxill will lead a workshop on the human tendency towards bias and its implications on diversity. This workshop will begin with a screening of the film "A Class Divided" to illustrate the insidious nature of discrimination. The film will springboard a discusion of diversity in the medical profession and the necessity for ethical diligence in dispelling prejudice. Co-sponsored with the UNC School of Medicine. For more information, please contact Pat Phelps in the Department of Molecular Biology. This event is free and open to the public. Location: MBRB G202, 4:00pm.

Tuesday, October 2nd, 2007
Ethics in the Professions Public Seminar, "Ethical Issues of Capital Punishment." A panel of professionals, UNC faculty and students gather to discuss the ethical issues raised by the current practice of capital punishment. This event is coordinated in conjunction with UNC’s first year student summer reading book selection, "The Death of Innocents: An Eyewitness Account of Wrongful Executions," by Sister Helen Prejean. For a  further listing of capital punishment related events  across campus this year, please visit: www.carolinacreativecampus.org. Co-Sponsored with Philosophy Club, Campaign to End the Death Penalty and UNC Law School Death Penalty Project. This event is free and open to the public. Location: Carroll Hall Auditorium, 7:30 pm.

Monday, September 17th, 2007
Public Film Screening and Discussion, “Banished: American Ethnic Cleansings.” This documentary investigates the racial cleansing of towns across the South in the late 19th and early 20th centuries and the question of reparations for the forcible dispossession of property once owned by African Americans. Professor Adrienne Davis and director of advocacy for the Center for Civil Rights, Anita Earls, will lead audience discussion after the film. For more information, please contact Professor Eric Muller. This event is co-sponsored by UNC-Chapel Hill, UNC School of Law, Carolina Association of Black Journalists, the Black Law Students Association and the Parr Center for Ethics. This event is free and open to the public. Location: Van Hecke-Wettach Hall Rotunda, 4:00pm.

Saturday-Sunday, September 8-9th, 2007
Ethics in the Professions Workshop, "Disability and Disadvantage: Re-examining Topics in Moral and Political Philosophy." This workshop will examine how the experiences of people with disabilities might be used to reconsider prominent positions on a variety of topics in moral and political philosophy. Co-sponsored with the UK Arts & Humanities Research Council, Department of Philosophy, Graduate School, Diversity and Multicultural Affairs and Disability Services.

Wednesday, August 29th, 2007
Parr Center for Ethics Fellows Luncheon. Fellows interested in attending: please contact lancew@unc.edu. Location: Hyde Hall, 12:00pm.

Tuesday, August 28th, 2007
Ethics in the Professions Series Workshop, "Biomedical Research Ethics Training." Parr Center for Ethics Director Jan Boxill will lead a workshop with incoming graduate students in the UNC School of Medicine, examining the nature of ethical decision making and how to address the ethical challenges the participants may encounter.

Wednesday, August 16th, 2007
Ethics in the Professions Series Workshop, "Responsible Conduct in Research." Parr Center for Ethics Director, Jan Boxill will lead a workshop with incoming UNC-Chapel Hill graduate students, examining the nature of ethical decision making and how to address the ethical challenges the participants may encounter.

Wednesday, July 25th, 2007
Ethics in the Professions Series, "Sports Ethics and Society." Parr Center for Ethics Director, Jan Boxill will address participants of the Governor's School of North Carolina, focusing on the moral significance of sports in our society. Realizing that sports not only reflect society, but affect society, Dr. Boxill highlights the important role that sports play in promoting personal integrity, friendship and respect for others by discouraging violence, cheating and drug use.

Thursday, July 12th, 2007
Ethics in the Professions Series, "Game Plan For Success: Our Differences Are Our Strengths." Parr Center for Ethics Director, Jan Boxill will address employees of the National Institutes of Health and the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, identifying how the practice of reciprocity and partnership highlights the value of individual differences and fosters self-development.