{"id":35017,"date":"2025-02-07T14:10:56","date_gmt":"2025-02-07T19:10:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/marymount.edu\/academics\/?page_id=35017"},"modified":"2025-05-23T12:24:29","modified_gmt":"2025-05-23T16:24:29","slug":"2025-ethics-week","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/marymount.edu\/academics\/center-for-professional-ethics-and-social-responsibility\/2025-ethics-week\/","title":{"rendered":"2025 Ethics Week"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>A CALLING TO CARE: ETHICAL ADVOCACY IN ACTION<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/marymount.edu\/academics\/center-for-professional-ethics-and-social-responsibility\/2025-ethics-week\/events-for-the-2025-ethics-week\/\"><strong>February 7-14, 2025\u00a0 \u00a0|\u00a0 \u00a0Event Listing<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>This <a href=\"https:\/\/marymount.edu\/academics\/center-for-professional-ethics-and-social-responsibility\/2025-ethics-week\/events-for-the-2025-ethics-week\/\">week-long community conversation<\/a> regarding ethical advocacy in action showcases the thought and executive leadership of Marymount educators about principles and leading practices for summoning support and defense on behalf of others to advance positive social transformation and global social justice.<\/p>\n<p>This dialogue invites community members in and around Marymount to:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>explore the question of advocacy as a calling to care by supporting, defending, healing, and nurturing others;<\/li>\n<li>discern guidelines for identifying stakeholders for advocacy, including persons, causes, institutions, and nature;<\/li>\n<li>identify venues for advocacy within and before public and private institutions, e.g., families, universities, companies, professions, associations, courts, legislatures, and society;<\/li>\n<li>articulate principles and leading practices for dealing with those for whom and to whom one advocates, e.g., honesty, justice, agency, respect for autonomy, and reform;<\/li>\n<li>see principled roles for advocacy in recognizing and responding to asymmetries in information and power; and<\/li>\n<li>commit to a vision for advocacy in its many forms as a way of life that recognizes diverse voices, the dignity of the human person (particularly the vulnerable), and the role for leadership in forming and reforming institutions that safeguard these interests and advance global social justice and care for our common home and one another.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/marymount.edu\/academics\/center-for-professional-ethics\/\">Marymount\u2019s Center for Professional Ethics<\/a> has convened the Ethics Week Working Group, with representation from the University\u2019s Schools, to fashion this series of user experiences to <em><strong>educate<\/strong><\/em>, <em><strong>empower<\/strong><\/em>, and <em><strong>encourage<\/strong><\/em> long-term commitment to ethical advocacy in action.<\/p>\n<div style=\"display: flex; align-items: center; gap: 20px; max-width: 800px;\">\n<p><!-- Contact Box --><\/p>\n<div style=\"border: 2px solid #0056b3; background-color: #f0f8ff; padding: 15px; border-radius: 8px; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; max-width: 400px; display: flex; align-items: center;\">\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-35023 size-thumbnail alignnone\" style=\"border-radius: 8px; margin-right: 15px;\" src=\"https:\/\/marymount.edu\/academics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/02\/LesMyers-portrait-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Les Myers\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/marymount.edu\/academics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/02\/LesMyers-portrait-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/marymount.edu\/academics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/02\/LesMyers-portrait-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/marymount.edu\/academics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/02\/LesMyers-portrait-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/marymount.edu\/academics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/02\/LesMyers-portrait-768x767.jpg 768w, https:\/\/marymount.edu\/academics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/02\/LesMyers-portrait.jpg 1098w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0; font-size: 16px; color: #333;\"><strong>For information, contact<\/strong><br \/>\nDr. Lester A. Myers at<br \/>\n<a style=\"color: #0056b3; text-decoration: none; font-weight: bold;\" href=\"mailto:lamyers@marymount.edu\"><br \/>\nlamyers@marymount.edu<br \/>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><!-- Call-to-Action Box --><\/p>\n<div style=\"background-color: #ffcc00; padding: 15px; text-align: center; border-radius: 5px; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; flex: 1;\"><a style=\"color: #000; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; font-size: 16px;\" href=\"https:\/\/marymount.edu\/academics\/center-for-professional-ethics-and-social-responsibility\/2025-ethics-week\/events-for-the-2025-ethics-week\/\">View Events<br \/>\nfor February 7-14, 2025<br \/>\n<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<hr \/>\n<h2>Ethics Week Committees<\/h2>\n<h3>Working Group<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Jessica Bonness, <em>Assistant Professor of Interior Architecture and Design, School of Design and Art<\/em><\/li>\n<li>John P. Duggan, <em>Associate Professor of Counseling, School of Counseling<\/em><\/li>\n<li>Bess Fox, <em>Associate Professor of Literature and Languages, School of Humanities<\/em><\/li>\n<li>Gwendolyn S. R. Francavillo, <em>Associate Professor of Health and Human Performance, School of Health Sciences<\/em><\/li>\n<li>Brian Hollar, <em>Professor of Economics, School of Business<\/em><\/li>\n<li>Courtneay Kelly, <em>Associate Professor of Education, School of Education<\/em><\/li>\n<li>Melissa Leisen, <em>Assistant Professor of Nursing, Malek School of Nursing Professions<\/em><\/li>\n<li>Lester A. Myers, <em>Founding Director, Center for Professional Ethics<\/em><\/li>\n<li>Donna Schaeffer, <em>Professor of Information Technology, School of Technology and Innovation<\/em><\/li>\n<li>Katie Sprinkel, <em>Lab Coordinator and Continuing Instructor, School of Science, Mathematics, and Engineering<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<h3>Ethics Fellows<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Noor Hashim, <em>Associate Professor of Accounting and Finance, School of Business<\/em><\/li>\n<li>Delario A. Lindsey, <em>Assistant Professor of Sociology, School of Social and Behavioral Sciences<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<h3>Associate Ethics Fellows<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Harishchandra Aryal, <em>Assistant Professor of Engineering, School of Sciences, Mathematics, and Education<\/em><\/li>\n<li>Darrell N. Burrell, <em>Assistant Professor of Business, School of Business<\/em><\/li>\n<li>John P. Duggan, <em>Associate Professor of Counseling, School of Counseling<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<h2>Special Thanks<\/h2>\n<h5><strong><em>The Ethics Week Working Group extends thanks to the following for their assistance:<\/em><\/strong><\/h5>\n<ul>\n<li>Dr. Brianna C. J. Clark-Williams, <em>Director, Center for Career Development and Community Engagement, Marymount University<\/em><\/li>\n<li>Dr. Patricia C. Heyn, <em>Incoming Vice President for Research; Founding Director, Center for Optimal Aging; and Professor, Marymount University<\/em><\/li>\n<li>Ms. Lindsey J. Holaday<\/li>\n<li>Mr. Nicholas Munson, <em>Director of Communications, Marymount University<\/em><\/li>\n<li>Dr. Diane R. Murphy, <em>Director, Center for the Innovative Workforce, and Distinguished Professor of Technology, School of Technology and Innovation, Marymount University<\/em><\/li>\n<li>Ms. Erin V. Staker, <em>Research Coordinator, Center for Optimal Aging, Marymount University<\/em><\/li>\n<li>Mr. Joseph Tubman, <em>Conference Services Manager, Marymount University<\/em><\/li>\n<li>Dr. Rita A. Wong, <em>Outgoing Vice President for Research and Professor, Marymount University<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A CALLING TO CARE: ETHICAL ADVOCACY IN ACTION February 7-14, 2025\u00a0 \u00a0|\u00a0 \u00a0Event Listing This week-long community conversation regarding ethical advocacy in action showcases the thought and executive leadership of Marymount educators about principles and leading practices for summoning support and defense on behalf of others to advance positive social transformation and global social justice. 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