Voting for Ethics: A Guide for U.S. Voters
Voting for Ethics is a non-partisan, how-to guide for U.S. voters. It will help you identify the hallmarks of an ethical candidate and make a more informed decision -- whether for your local school board or a national election.
Empowering Democracy: An Ethical Civic Education Project
A democratic society requires an educated and informed citizenry that understands the purpose of democratic government and how the processes of a democracy work, especially voting and elections. Government has a special role in promoting the common good, an important ethical standard. As a society, we need to strengthen formal civics education in our schools and colleges to build understanding of the institutions and processes of democracy. The Empowering Democracy Curriculum can be taught as a special undergraduate course in colleges and universities or in the high school curricula.
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.
In this dispiriting moment when the Trump administration has rejected environmental justice and climate change, what can the 2023 Pajaro flood teach us about how Catholic moral thought responds to such realities?
Empathy plays a crucial role in creating organizational cultures healthy enough to navigate in times of greater uncertainty. How should leaders respond to an onslaught of contextual changes in the face of such uncertainty?
What does leadership look like, in the context of AI development, if the goal is optimizing for the common good?
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.
The 2024-25 Environmental Ethics Fellows are focusing on the ethical dimensions of the 2023 levee failure in Pajaro, California.
During this thought-provoking event participants identified key themes including the transformative potential of AI, its risks and pitfalls, and the critical question of who sets the rules that will determine its impact on humanity.
William “Bill” O’Neill, S.J., Ph.D. joins the Ethics Center as Director of Immigration Ethics.
Huh, Chief Investment Officer at M.J. Murdock Charitable Trust, brings financial and venture capital expertise to the Ethics Center in advisory roles.
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.
"Ethics in the Age of AI" poll conducted by the Ethics Center was cited in an article from Investopia.
Ann Skeet, senior director, leadership ethics, quoted by The Sacramento Bee.
The Institute for Technology, Ethics, and Culture (ITEC), a collaboration between the Markkula Center for Applied Ethics and the Vatican, featured by Digital Journal.
"Ethics in the Age of Disruptive Technologies: An Operational Roadmap" was cited by Tech Target as one of the 12 top resources for building an ethical AI framework.