Ethics Week 2017
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Ethics Week 2017
March 20 – March 25
Ethics Week is generously supported by the Charles Dreifus
Ethics-Across-the-Curriculum Initiative.
Ethics Week includes discussion within classes of ethics-related issues associated with the subject of the course; student-oriented workshops; outside speakers invited to speak in classes; public events with outside speakers; and the awarding of the winners of the Abraham J. Briloff Prizes in Ethics.
MONDAY, MARCH 20
Public Event: Business and Religious Accommodations: Legal and Ethical Issues
151 E. 25th Street (Newman Conference Center), Room 750
- 12:35pm – Debate and Panel Discussion
- 1:55pm – Lunch served
This event will address the legal and ethical implications of the conflict between reproductive and gay rights, on the one hand, and religious freedom, on the other, as it plays out in the commercial world. First, we will host a debate between Gregory Baylor, Senior Counsel for the Alliance Defending Freedom, and Gregory Lipper, Partner, Clinton Brook & Peed; former Senior Litigation Counsel, Americans United for Separation of Church and State. We will then hear a panel of academics and practitioners who will dig more deeply into the issues that arise when the newfound protections for gay rights collide with the reemerging movement for religious liberty.
Co-sponsored by The Carol and Lawrence Zicklin Center for Business Ethics Research at Wharton and The Robert Zicklin Center for Corporate Integrity at Baruch.
RSVP is required via pre-registration. To pre-register: online; call 646-312-3231; or e-mail Matthew.LePere@baruch.cuny.edu.
TUESDAY, MARCH 21
Public Event: Lee Augsburger—Can Companies Get It Right?
151 E. 25th Street (Newman Conference Center), Room 750
- 12:30pm – Lunch followed by presentation
The Weissman Center For International Business presents Lee Augsburger, Chief Ethics and Compliance Officer of Prudential Financial, Inc. This event promises to provide an excellent discussion of the challenges companies face as they confront ethical issues in business. Students and faculty will leave the presentation with a better understanding of the issues facing those who try to “get it right.”
Co-sponsored by Mitsui and Co.
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 22
Announcement of the Student and Faculty Abraham J. Briloff Prizes in Ethics for 2016
The Abraham J. Briloff Prizes in Ethics are funded by a generous gift from alumnus Charles R. Dreifus (’66, MBA ’73) in honor of the late Abraham J. Briloff, Emanuel Saxe Distinguished Professor of Accountancy Emeritus. The emphasis of the Briloff prizes is ethics in professional life; to wit, ethics in the broadest sense. Recent writings on current ethical issues in a wide range of formats—such as books, articles, essays, op-ed pieces, and websites—were eligible for the prizes this year, as were pieces written or published for traditional scholarly settings. The faculty and student winners for 2016 will be announced on March 22; additional information about the prizes, a list of previous winners, and links to many of the prize-winning works may be found at http://www.baruch.cuny.edu/facultyhandbook/BriloffPrizes.htm.
THURSDAY, MARCH 23
Writing Center Workshop for Students: Understanding Plagiarism and Citation
NVC 8-190, 12:30-2:00pm
In this workshop, students will learn what plagiarism is, why and how it happens, and how to ethically reference others’ work with accuracy, clarity, and confidence. Interested students should visit the Writing Center’s website or the front desk in NVC 8-185 to sign up.