Listed below are all the programs and activities in which the Kenan Institute for Ethics is currently involved. Click on the specific program/activity to view more information.

Business Ethics Program
A program to help businesses enhance their organizational cultures and promote ethical leadership.

Campus Grants
Grants of up to $500 are available to all members of the Duke community to support ethical reflection, deliberation, and dialogue at Duke.

Changing Institutional Cultures
This research initiative and lecture series explores efforts to change the ethical cultures of military, religious, business, and educational institutions.

Duke Service-Learning
A pedagogy that integrates community service within an academic course while providing students with structured opportunities to reflect critically on the ethical dimensions of both their service experience and the course content.

Ethics Certificate Program
This interdisciplinary minor provides students the opportunity to pursue a rigorous cross-disciplinary study of ethics. 

Friday Award in Moral Leadership
A biennial award honoring individuals who have made a difference through principled, visionary, and effective leadership.

Graduate Awards
A dissertation fellowship for advanced graduate students, an instructorship for graduate and professional students, and a year-long graduate research colloquium in ethics.

Interfaith Dialogue Project
An initiative which fosters understanding of religious pluralism and respect for diversity among undergraduates at Duke.

Intergenerational Ethics
A discussion-based course made up of half undergraduates and half retired people from the Duke Institute for Learning in Retirement that explores ethical issues with a focus on intergenerational differences and continuities.

Kenan Distinguished Lecture
Annual public lecture on a moral issue of broad social and cultural significance.

Middle School Visions
A 6th - 8th grade curriculum focused on educating more cooperative, compassionate, honest, and reflective students who value civic engagement and service.

Research Service-Learning
Research Service-Learning (RSL) links academic knowledge, ethical inquiry skills, and civic leadership capacities for Duke undergraduates as they conduct research projects that address issues of concern for community organizations.

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