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Human Rights and Civil Resistance in Asia Conference

March 26-27, 2010

This day-long conference, co-sponsored with the International Center for Nonviolent Conflict and CIS, will bring together academics and activists with interests across Asia (Burma, Tibet, Vietnam, Nepal, China, et al.) to discuss progress and commonalities in their civil rights movements. Presentors will contribute chapters toward a coedited volume (eds. Pat James, Lyn Boyd-Judson and Jack Duvall)

Panels: Dilemmas of Charismatic Leadership, From Dissenting Voices to Strategic Movements, Paradox of Repression, Consolidating Democracy, The Force of Religion, Struggles for Self-Determination, External/Local Actors, Role of New Media

Levan Coffeehouse Conversations on Practical Ethics: Not okay to pay this way?

Friday, November 20, 2009, 12-1:30 p.m.

Ground Zero Cafe

For those who find themselves at the top of the corporate executive ladder it’s become both accepted and expected to receive a salary based on very favorable terms that can bear little resemblance to those offered other employees.  While this is perfectly legal, is it moral?  Must executive compensation depend on the standard metrics of performance, merit, or contribution?  Is there anything wrong with paying an executive a salary that dwarves that of those at the bottom of the corporate latter?  And what about payment incentive structures that lead to risky behavior that could lead (as it has in the past) to economic disaster?  When is it not okay to pay in a particular way?

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Bringing Ethics into the Classroom: Workshop for Faculty and Teaching Assistants

January 21, 2010,  1-3 p.m.

Doheny Library Intellectual Commons

Co-sponsored with the Center for Excellence in Teaching

This teaching workshop will focus on strategies for incorporating discussions of ethical into any course, teachin ethics across the cultural divide, and using the new Levan Online Ethics Resources Center.

VISIONS AND VOICES SERIES: Howard Brody - "Professionalism, Electronic Records and the Physician-Patient Relationship"

February 12, 3 p.m.

Mayer Auditorium

Co-sponsored with Keck School of Medicine

Dr. Brody has written numerous articles on medical ethics, family medicine, and philosophy of medicine. His current research interests include the importance of an interdisciplinary humanities base for bioethics, ethical issues in primary care, community engagement in bioethics, and professional integrity in both medical practice and clinical research. Dr. Brody’s latest book is The Future of Bioethics (Oxford University Press, January 2009).

Levan Coffeehouse Conversations on Practical Ethics: Xxtreme Minors - When should we allow minors to put themselves in dangerous situations?

February 26, 12pm-1:30 p.m.

Ground Zero Cafe

VISIONS AND VOICES SERIES: Ira Byock, MD - "Dying Well - The Meaning and Value of Death"

March 12, 3pm

Mayer Auditorium

Co-sponsored with Keck School of Medicine

Ira Byock is a leading palliative care physician and longtime public advocate for improving care through the end of life. He is past president of the Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine and cofounder of the Life’s End Institute: Missoula Demonstration Project, a community-based research and quality improvement organization focused on end-of-life experience and care. He heads the national Promoting Excellence in End-of-Life Care program for the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. He is director of palliative medicine at Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center and a faculty member of Dartmouth School of Medicine.

Levan Coffeehouse Conversations on Practical Ethics: Parenting Our Parents - How should we manage the care of our parents as they get older?

March 26, 12pm-1:30pm

Ground Zero Cafe

 

CONSORTIUM: Ethics and Women's Global Health: Law, Culture, and Economics

Monday April 5

Cosponsored with the USC Institute for Global Health and the USC Center for International Studies.

This day-long workshop will consist of lectures, discussions and student-friendly working groups. The history of government involvement in family planning presents us with an important ethical question: what should be the role of government in the reproductive lives of women? What are the ethical principles that should guide this role? And if not through the state, how should we make decisions regarding family planning issues (education, distribution, health care, etc.)?

Panels: The Role of Global Norms, State Policies, and International Organizations in Reproductive Health, The Gendered Consequences of Violence and War on Women's Health, Economic Empowerment, Development, and Women's Health, Medical and Social Advances in Women's Health: Who Benefits?

Anthony Kronman Lecture "It may be legal, but is it right?"

Friday, April 16, 2010

Anthony Kronman is Sterling Professor of Law at Yale Law School. A former Dean of Yale Law School, Professor Kronman teaches in the areas of contracts, bankruptcy, jurisprudence, social theory, and professional responsibility.

Levan Coffeehouse Conversations on Practical Ethics: Past and Distant People - What our are obligations to the dead?

April 30th, 12pm-1:30pm

Ground Zero Cafe

 

New Global Challenges and Ethical Responses

Spring 2010 Semester

This new course will utilize the Levan/Carnegie partnership to allow students to talk with one another simultaneously across continents. The course will engage USC experts from across the College and university to talk with students about new global challenges facing their field and potential ethical responses.

Workshop: Public Diplomacy and Social Responsibility

Date TBA

Co-sponsored with the USC Center on Public Diplomacy and Carnegie Council for Ethics in International Affairs

The workshop will address the importance of truth in public diplomacy—why it is essential to avoid manipulation and build trust if public diplomacy is to be a successful element of foreign policy.

Student Leadership Summit

Date TBA

Co-sponsors: USC Undergraduate Student Government (USG) and Delta Omega Zeta (USC’s student leadership fraternity).

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Spring 2010 Events

New Global Challenges and Ethical Responses

This new course will utilize the Levan/Carnegie partnership to allow students to talk with one another simultaneously across continents. The course will engage USC experts from across the College and university to talk with students about new global challenges facing their field and potential ethical responses.

Bringing Ethics into the Classroom: Workshop for Faculty and Teaching Assistants

Co-sponsors: Center for Excellence in Teaching

January 21,  1 - 3pm (Doheny Library Intellectual Commons)

This teaching workshop will focus on strategies for incorporating discussions of ethical into any course, teachin ethics across the cultural divide, and using the new Levan Online Ethics Resources Center.

CONSORTIUM: Ethics and Women's Global Health: Law, Culture, and Economics

Co-sponsors: USC Institute for Global Health and USC Center for International Studies

April 5

What is the proper role of government in regulating the reproductive lives of women?  Should the government even play a role in reproduction? If so, what ethical principles should guide this role?

Workshop: Public Diplomacy and Social Responsibility

Co-sponsors: USC  Center on Public Diplomacy and Carnegie Council for Ethics in International Affairs.

The workshop will address the importance of truth in public diplomacy—why it is essential to avoid manipulation and build trust if public diplomacy is to be a successful element of foreign policy.

Levan Annual Distinguished Lecture: Anthony Kronman: "It may be legal, but is it right?"

April 16, 2010

Anthony Kronman is Sterling Professor of Law at Yale Law School. A former Dean of Yale Law School, Professor Kronman teaches in the areas of contracts, bankruptcy, jurisprudence, social theory, and professional responsibility.

Student Leadership Summit

Co-sponsors: USC Undergraduate Student Government (USG) and Delta Omega Zeta (USC’s student leadership fraternity).

Levan Annual Ethics Cup Debate

An annual debate competition between student teams from departments within the College and the professional schools.

VISIONS AND VOICES SERIES

Organized by Pamela Schaff, Erin Quinn, and Hilary Schor.

Co-sponsored by the Keck School of Medicine's Program in Medical Humanities, Arts and Ethics and the USC Pacific Center for Health Policy and Ethics

Howard Brody: "Professionalism, Electronic Records and the Physician-Patient Relationship"

February 12, 3pm (Mayer Auditorium)

Ira Brock, MD: Dying Well - The Meaning and Value of Death

March 12, 3pm (Mayer Auditorium)

LEVAN COFFEEHOUSE CONVERSATIONS ON PRACTICAL ETHICS

Directed by Sharon Lloyd, Professor of Philosophy, Law, and Political Science

Xxtreme Minors: When should we allow minors to put themselves in dangerous situations?   

February 26, 12pm-1:30pm (Ground Zero Cafe)

Parenting Our Parents: How should we manage the care of our parents as they get older?

March 26, 12pm-1:30pm (Ground Zero Cafe)

Past and Distant People - What our are obligations to the dead?

April 30th, 12pm-1:30pm (Ground Zero Cafe)