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Academic Conference Paper Sessions

Afternoon Session Descriptions, 2:30-3:45 p.m.

Business Ethics, Session 2

Sid Richardson Hall, Rm. 3.112

Joel Wiggins, session organizer

  • Janelle Blazovich, Mary Lea McAnally, and Murphy Smith, Texas A&M University
    " Ethical corporate citizenship: Does it pay?"
  • Kristie J. Loescher, UT Austin
    "The impact of an 'Ethics across the curriculum' initiative on the cognitive moral development of business school undergraduates"

Engineering Ethics, Session 2

Sponsored by the IEEE Society on Social Implications of Technology

Bass Lecture Hall

Brian O'Connell (SSIT President), session chair

  • Joseph R. Herkert, North Carolina State University
    "Back to the Future: Engineering, Computing, and Ethics" (Invited Paper)

Engineering Ethics, Session 3

Sid Richardson Hall, Rm. 3.109

Karl Stephan, session chair

  • Christy Moore and D'Arcy Randall, UT Austin
    "Plagiarism: Do we need to rewrite the rules?"
  • Billy V. Koen, UT Austin
    "A practical definition of engineering ethics"
  • Walter C. Daugherity, Texas A&M University
    "Incorporating computer ethics into an engineering ethics course"

University Administration

Sid Richardson Hall, Rm. 3.102

Richard A. Cherwitz, session organizer

  • Gil Blackburn, Gardner-Webb University
    "Anatomy of an athletics scandal"
  • Sabrina Hom, Stony Brook University
    "Simone de Beauvoir's liberatory ethic in defense of affirmative action"
  • Teresa A. Sullivan, UT System
    "Scandal: Five lessons for university administrators"

Medical Ethics

Sid Richardson Hall, Rm. 3.111

Mark Cherry, session organizer

  • M. Conrad Huffstutler, KMED
    "Jenner redux? Applied Ethics of the 2003 smallpox vaccination policy"
  • Seyed R. Mousavi, Shohada Medical Center, Tehran, Iran
    "Ethical considerations related to organ transplantation"

Media Ethics

Sid Richardson Hall, Rm. 3.106

Dominic Lasorsa, session organizer

  • George Sylvie, UT Austin
    "Ethics and the media organization: Why Jayson Blair did us a favor"
  • Dave Garlock, UT Austin
    "Dealing with sources: Where should the line be drawn?"
  • Gene Burd, UT Austin
    "Textbook tenets for teaching ethics in journalism"

Science ethics

Sid Richardson Hall, Rm. 3.108

Stephanie Bird, session organizer

  • Treacy L. Woods, Houston Baptist University
    "Ethics for undergraduate science students: Classroom experiences"
  • Fani Zlatarova, Elizabethtown College
    "Introducing computer ethics in extra class activities"

  Last Modified: February 01, 2006
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