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Association
for Moral Education
The Association for Moral Education (AME) was founded in
1976 to provide an interdisciplinary forum for professionals
interested in the moral dimensions of educational theory
and practice. It supports self-reflective educational practices
that value the worth and dignity of each individual as a
moral agent in a pluralistic society. Through its program
of conferences and publications, the AME serves as a resource
to educators, practitioners, students, and the public in
matters related to moral education and development, provides
expertise on educational policies and practices, and provides
information about moral education to interested parties
in the general public.
Association
for Practical and Professional Ethics
The Association for Practical and Professional Ethics is
committed to encouraging high quality interdisciplinary
scholarship and teaching in practical and professional ethics
by educators and practitioners who appreciate the theoretical
and practical impacts of their subjects.
Cardiff
Centre for Ethics, Law and Society (CCELS)
Led by Cardiff Law and based at Cardiff University
this virtual center connects researchers and practitioners
in medicine, science, the social sciences and humanities.
CCELS aims to foster interdisciplinary collaboration under
the three themes of Bioethics, Ethics & Society and
Business & Professional Ethics. It provides a resource
for policy makers, particularly within Europe, who need
rapid access to expert advice, as well as a resource for
researchers to address the ethics, legal and social aspects
of their work.
Center
for the Advancement of Applied Ethics (CAAE)
CAAE is part of the Philosophy Department at Carnegie Mellon
and pursues distinctive research in applied ethics and ethics
education. Its mission is to help recover ethics from academic
abstraction by researching and presenting ethical issues
in practical settings, but with appropriate interdisciplinary
perspectives and theoretical bearings.
Center
for Ethics &
Public Service
Founded in 1996, the Center for Ethics and Public Service
at the University of Miami School of Law is an interdisciplinary
project devoted to the values of ethical judgment, professional
responsibility, and public service in law and society. The
Center provides training in ethics and professional values
to the Law School and the University as well as to the Florida
business, civic, education, and legal communities.
Center
on Law, Ethics, and National Security at Duke University
Law School
Dartmouth
Ethics Institute
The Ethics Institute exists to foster the study of applied
and professional ethics throughout the Dartmouth community,
both at the undergraduate level and in the professional
schools.
Decisions
And Ethics Center at Stanford
The Decision Analysis Program is dedicated to extending
the theoretical foundations of decision analysis, increasing
the effectiveness of practice, and expanding the range of
application.
Ethics in
Society Program at Stanford
Stanford's Ethics in Society Program brings together scholars,
students, citizens and citizen activists to reflect critically
about the political and moral challenges which have arisen
in our collective life in the hope that such reflection
can improve society: through raising the quality of deliberation,
in bringing research to bear on important local, national
and global problems, and by preparing students to live lives
committed to the values of personal integrity and social
justice. The work of the Program is guided by the idea that
ethics is not merely a theoretical exercise: it must also
be developed, tested, and used in our lives.
Ethics
& Public
Policy Center
The Ethics and Public Policy Center was established
in 1976 to clarify and reinforce the bond between the Judeo-Christian
moral tradition and the public debate over domestic and
foreign policy issues. Its program includes research, writing,
publication, and conferences.
Ethics
Resource Center
This Center's mission is to be a leader and catalyst in
fostering ethical practices in individuals and institutions.
Goals: Inspire individuals, both children and adults, to
act ethically towards one another. Inspire institutions
to act ethically, recognizing their role as transmitters
of values. Inspire individuals and institutions to join
together in fostering ethical communities.
Harvard
University Center for Ethics and the Professions
The Center stands at the core of what is now a well-established
movement at Harvard to give ethics a prominent place in
the curriculum and on the agenda of research. Through support
of faculty fellowships and graduate fellowships in its ethics,
as well as its public lecture series, occasional conferences,
and many other events, the Center helps sustain a community
of teachers and scholars dedicated to the study of practical
ethics.
The
International Business Ethics Institute
The Institute promotes corporate responsibility through
two key program areas. First, it works to increase public
awareness and dialogue about international business ethics
issues through such educational resources and activities
as the Roundtable Discussion Series, the International
Business Ethics Review (a quarterly publication), and
the Institute's multilingual website. Second, the Institute
works closely with companies to assist them in establishing
effective international ethics programs. The Institute is
dedicated to disseminating business ethics information to
demonstrate the positive, tangible changes that responsible
business can generate.
The
International Center for Ethics, Justice &
Public Life
The International Center for Ethics, Justice, and Public
Life at Brandeis University exists to illuminate the ethical
dilemmas and obligations inherent in global and professional
leadership, with particular focus on the challenges of racial,
ethnic, and religious pluralism. Examining responses to
past conflicts, acts of intervention, and failures to intervene,
the Center seeks to enable just and appropriate responses
in the future. Engaging leaders and future leaders of government,
business, and civil society, the Center crosses boundaries
of geography and discipline to link scholarship and practice
through publications, programs, and projects.
Institute
for Global Ethics
The Institute for Global Ethics is an independent, nonsectarian,
and nonpolitical organization dedicated to elevating public
awareness and promoting the discussion of ethics in a global
context. This nonprofit think tank is an international,
membership-based organization focusing on ethical activities
for corporations, educators, professionals, and communities.
Josephson
Institute of Ethics
The Joseph & Edna Josephson Institute of Ethics is a public-benefit,
nonpartisan, nonprofit membership organization founded by
Michael Josephson in honor of his parents to improve the
ethical quality of society by advocating principled reasoning
and ethical decision-making.
Kennedy
Institute of Ethics
The Joseph and Rose Kennedy Institute of Ethics was established
at Georgetown University in 1971 as a teaching and research
center to offer moral and ethical perspectives on major
policy issues. It is the largest university-based group
of scholars in the world devoted to research and teaching
in biomedical ethics and other fields of applied ethics.
The National Reference Center for Bioethics Literature is
housed here.
Markkula
Center for Applied Ethics
The mission of the Markkula Center for Applied Ethics at
Santa Clara University is to heighten ethical awareness
and improve ethical decision-making on campus and in the
coummunity at large. The Center supports innovative teaching,
research, and community programs in applied ethics and uses
the perspectives of different disciplines to help decision-makers
devise practical strategies for resolving the ethical and
value questions confronting them.
Murphy Institute’s Center for Ethics and Public Affairs
The Center for Ethics and Public Affairs provides coordination and support for research, teaching and scholarly discussion of ethics, moral and political philosophy, and the ethical dimensions of public and professional life across academic disciplines and professional schools. Ohio
University - Institute for Applied &
Professional Ethics
The Institute for Applied and Professional Ethics at Ohio
University exists to support and stimulate teaching, research,
and interest in the area of applied and professional ethics.
Poynter
Center for the Study of Ethics and American Institutions
The Poynter Center promotes moral deliberation about developments
in science and technology, the provision of health care,
the aims of higher education, the duties of corporate responsibility,
and the challenges of democratic life and culture. Critical
reflection about the meaning of rights, community, justice,
diversity, power, and virtue provide the more general terms
for much of the Center's inquiry.
Practical
Ethics Center
The Practical Ethics Center was created in 1996 at The University
of Montana-Missoula to promote high quality teaching, research
and service in applied and professional ethics and to promote
sophisticated discussions concerning matters of ethics in
public life among professionals, leaders and citizens through
projects and programs that serve community needs and encourage
public dialogue.
Princeton
University - Center for Human Values
The University Center for Human Values aims to support ethical
inquiry into many disciplines, by making explicit what is
sometimes an implicit interest, and by furthering interdisciplinary
evaluations of both individual decisions and institutional
practices.
The
Society for Ethics
The Society for Ethics (SE) promotes philosophical research
in ethics, broadly construed, including areas such as (but
not limited to) ethical theory, moral, social and political
philosophy, as well as areas of applied ethics such as (but
not limited to) legal, business and medical ethics.
Stein
Center for Law &
Ethics
A principle function of the Stein Center is to provide a
forum to examine issues concerning legal ethics and public
interest law.
St.
James Ethics Centre
St. James Ethics Centre is a fully independent not-for-profit
organisation which provides a non-judgemental forum for
the promotion and exploration of ethics. The Centre works
with business, professions, community groups, governments
and individuals to encourage and assist them to include
the ethical dimension in their daily lives ... and help
to create a better world.
University
of Pennsylvania Center for Bioethics
The Center's mission is to advance scholarly and public
understanding of ethical, legal, social and public policy
issues in health care.
Values
Institute
The principal aim of the Values Institute is to provide
a place where people can come together for the thoughtful
discussion of troubling moral issues. The Institute seeks
to provide such a place for members of the immediate university
community (students, faculty, administration, and alumni),
for members of the local San Diego community, and for the
larger national and international communities of students
and scholars. Activities include courses, lectures, seminars,
workshops, and conferences, both on campus and on the World
Wide Web.
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