Making Ethical Choices: A Student Guide to Ethical Lenses
Every day, we make choices that shape who we are and how we impact the world around us. These short videos introduce foundational ethical frameworks to help students think more critically about the decisions they face — in school, at work, and in life. By learning to see situations through different ethical lenses, students gain tools to make thoughtful, responsible, and value-aligned choices.
On November 1, 2024 the Markkula Center for Applied Ethics and Next10 cohosted a daylong conference on AI and sustainability.
By José Roger Flahaux, Brian Patrick Green, and Ann Skeet
"Ethics in the Age of Disruptive Technologies: An Operational Roadmap,” or, more briefly, the “ITEC Handbook,” offers organizations a strategic plan to enhance ethical management practices, empowering them to navigate the complex landscape of disruptive technologies such as AI, machine learning, encryption, tracking, and others while upholding strong ethical standards.
The city of San Jose’s Mayor Matt Mahan proposed the “Responsibility to Shelter Initiative,” which would penalize homeless individuals who refuse shelter three times in the span of 18 months. There are ethical arguments both for and against it.
These men have put their immense wealth behind the populist nationalism of Donald Trump, and culture-war Catholicism in the United States has gone alone for the ride.
Recordings and related readings about dignity online
Throughout history, new technologies have disrupted society in different ways–some positively and some negatively–from steam-powered engines and electricity, to the Internet, and now again with artificial intelligence (AI); generative AI in particular in this instance. The creation of art, journalism, education, and the very truth itself have all been tested by the use of ChatGPT and other generative AIs. Markkula Center staff and scholars unpack some of the many related ethical dilemmas in this Ethics Spotlight.
The gun debate has again reached a fever pitch in the shadow of several horrific mass shootings. Ethics Center staff and faculty interrogate the moral and ethical issues associated with gun use and regulation.
The world has been experiencing worsening wildfire conditions for decades, and in California the situation is particularly bad. The Ethics Center staff and other scholars address some of the key ethical issues surrounding these disasters.
Santa Clara University has named Davina Hurt as the director of the Government Ethics Program.
We bid a fond farewell to the Ethics Center's Class of 2025 and award this year's Markkula Prize for outstanding commitment to ethics.
The Markkula Center for Applied Ethics welcomed back Professor Shannon Vallor, author of The AI Mirror: How to Reclaim our Humanity in an Age of Machine Learning, for a compelling presentation on AI and humanity, including how we can overcome our own mistakes and biases.
Santa Clara University has named Guadalupe Hayes-Mota as the director of the Bioethics Program at the University’s Markkula Center for Applied Ethics.
This teaching module for business ethics, leadership and management courses includes two videos, homework assignments, and class discussion, all designed to spark conversation about ethical issues associated with whistleblowers and corporate governance.
Our Culture Self-Assessment Practice recommends approaches to evaluating culture for ethics within companies and other types of organizations. The materials are primarily for members of an organization’s leadership team, including human resources and legal, but designed to engage a cross-section of leaders from various disciplines.
Joan Harrington, Ethics Center fellow, quoted by San Francisco Chronicle.
Ann Skeet, senior director, leadership ethics, quoted by the Associated Press.
John Pelissero, director, government ethics, quoted by The Sacramento Bee.
Irina Raicu, director, internet ethics, quoted by NBC Bay Area.