Virginia Foundation for Independent Colleges Applied Ethics Bowl at the University of Richmond<\/strong> Coach: <\/strong>Dr. Brian Hollar, Professor of Economics, School of Business, Marymount University<\/em><\/p>\n Ethical Advocacy in Pharmaceutical Development<\/strong> Hybrid<\/strong>: Ballston Center Conference Center and Virtual<\/a><\/p>\n Panelists<\/strong>:<\/p>\n Moderator: <\/strong>Professor Katie Sprinkel, Lab Coordinator and Continuing Instructor, School of Science, Mathematics, and Engineering, Marymount University<\/em><\/p>\n Host: <\/strong>Dr. Lester A. Myers, Founding Director, Center for Professional Ethics, Marymount University<\/em><\/p>\n Advocacy: How You Can Take Action Virtual<\/a><\/p>\n Presenters<\/strong>:<\/p>\n Host: <\/strong>Dr. Noor Hashim, Associate Professor of Accounting and Finance, School of Business, and Ethics Fellow, Marymount University<\/em><\/p>\n Ethical Advocacy in Action: <\/strong>Live Simulation of Interprofessional Care in Education and Health<\/strong><\/p>\n This experience will model collaboration across professions in a dynamic case study simulation for evaluating and recommending patient care options. Participants will tackle real-world challenges while honing skills in ethics, advocacy, and decision making in a culturally responsive and team-based approach that showcases the thought leadership, methodologies, and experience that each profession brings to the table.<\/p>\n Virtual<\/u><\/a><\/p>\n Presenters<\/strong>:<\/p>\n Moderator: <\/strong>Dr. Megan Mahowald<\/p>\n Host: <\/strong>Dr. Darrell N. Burrell, Assistant Professor of Business, School of Business, and Associate Ethics Fellow, Marymount University<\/em><\/p>\n Ethical Advocacy in the Artificial Intelligence Age<\/strong><\/p>\n Advocacy involves public support or recommendations on behalf of people, organizations, policies, and\/or causes. What does principled and trustworthy advocacy mean in an era when social media platforms abandon fact checking, when misinformation is commonplace, and when deep-fakes recreate trusted voices?<\/p>\n Artificial intelligence (AI) is revolutionizing all aspects of life and amplifying the pace and scope for these ethical and technological questions, including how we get information, make decisions, create value, preserve our security, foster human flourishing, and promote the common good. Join us for a roundtable discussion of these questions of ethical advocacy in action in the age of AI with thought and executive leaders in technology and related fields.<\/p>\n Virtual<\/a><\/p>\n Discussants<\/strong>:<\/p>\n Moderators<\/strong>:<\/p>\n Hosts<\/strong>:<\/p>\n Landscapes Tell Stories: Memorial Design as Civic Action<\/strong><\/p>\n How can design contribute to ethical advocacy? Sal Pirrone and Miriam Gusevich will share their vision for Circles of Memory, <\/em>a Remembrance and Reflection Park. Their charge was to create a public space to remember, reflect, and renew in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic and other tragic events.<\/p>\n Virtual<\/u><\/a><\/p>\n Presenters<\/strong>:<\/p>\n Moderator: <\/strong>Dr. Jessica Bonness, Assistant Professor of Interior Architecture and Design, School of Design and Art, Marymount University<\/em><\/p>\n Host: <\/strong>Dr. Delario A. Lindsey, Assistant Professor of Sociology, School of Social and Behavioral Sciences, and Ethics Fellow, Marymount University<\/em><\/p>\n Literary Activism: A Discussion with Contemporary Writers<\/p>\n Literature is a powerful tool for engaging with the world, and many writers and proponents of the literary arts are also community organizers. In this experience, we shall hear from two accomplished writers and literary activists about their work in the community, as well as the advocacy role the literary arts can play in our society.<\/p>\n Virtual<\/a><\/p>\n Panelists<\/strong>:<\/p>\n Moderator: <\/strong>Dr. Hollynd Karapetkova, Professor, School of Humanities, Marymount Universit<\/em>y<\/p>\n Host: <\/strong>Dr. Bess Fox, Associate Professor of Literature and Languages, School of Humanities, Marymount University<\/em><\/p>\n Marymount Saints Ethics Bowl Team Simulation Regarding Ethical Dimensions of Artificial Intelligence\u00a0 \u00a0 <\/strong><\/p>\n A team of Marymount students who will have competed in the Virginia Foundation for Independent Colleges (VFIC) Applied Ethics Bowl debate competition on February 7 at the University of Richmond will simulate how they prepare and engage in their debates on this year\u2019s Ethics Bowl theme of ethics of artificial intelligence.<\/p>\n The students will demonstrate how they work together to analyze ethical issues they encounter in case formats, and explain how they got involved in this competition.<\/p>\n Virtual<\/u><\/a><\/p>\n Coach: <\/strong>Dr. Brian Hollar, Professor of Economics, School of Business, Marymount University<\/em><\/p>\n Host: <\/strong>Dr. Harishchandra Aryal, Assistant Professor of Engineering, School of Sciences, Mathematics, and Education, and Associate Ethics Fellow, Marymount University<\/em><\/p>\n Caregiver to Breadwinner<\/strong><\/p>\n This experience will showcase this grant-funded program that creates opportunities for women who left professional positions to care for others and who are unemployed and underemployed in the workplace. The program assists in their professional development by supplementing their excellent customer service skills with capabilities in technology so that they can reenter the workforce as highly skilled and well-paid technology service providers, with opportunities for help desk support or on cybersecurity incident response teams.<\/p>\n Hybrid: <\/strong>Ballston Center Conference Center and Virtual<\/u><\/a><\/p>\n Presenter: <\/strong>Dr. Diane R. Murphy, Director, Center for the Innovative Workforce, and Distinguished Professor of Technology, School of Technology and Innovation, Marymount University<\/em><\/p>\n Panelists<\/strong>:<\/p>\n Host: <\/strong>Dr. Brianna C. J. Clark-Williams, Director, Center for Career Development and Community Engagement, Marymount University<\/em><\/p>\n Nursing Workforce Development: Advocacy for Our Communities<\/strong><\/p>\n Nursing professionals\u2019 proximity to health care and other needs of individuals and groups uniquely enables them to advocate for their communities. Ensuring that the nursing workforce has essential resources to play its vital role in promoting health and well-being implicates the public good. Melody Eaton, Ph.D., Professor and Director of the School of Nursing at James Madison University, will speak on her work alongside faculty at Marymount University and other nurses across the Commonwealth to advocate for nursing workforce development. A panel discussion will follow with a leader in nursing practice, VHC Health Chief Nursing Officer Melody Dickerson, D.N.P., and a nursing education leader and advocate, Kellie Bryant, D.N.P., of the Virginia Nurses Association\/National League for Nursing.<\/p>\n Hybrid: <\/strong>Reinsch Auditorium and Virtual<\/u><\/a><\/p>\n Keynote: <\/strong>Dr. Melody Eaton, Director and Professor, School of Nursing, James Madison University<\/em><\/p>\n Panelists<\/strong>:<\/p>\n Moderator: <\/strong>Dr. Melissa Leisen, Assistant Professor of Nursing, Malek School of Nursing Professions, Marymount University<\/em><\/p>\n Host: <\/strong>Dr. Brianna C. J. Clark-Williams, Director, Center for Career Development and Community Engagement, Marymount University<\/em><\/p>\n Unintended Consequences in Advocacy and the Importance of Getting Feedback About the Effectiveness of Actions<\/strong><\/p>\n Good intentions alone do not always lead to good results. Marymount’s Economics Club will host an experience exploring the dangers of unintended consequences in advocacy and how to think through and mitigate these issues.<\/p>\n Venue: <\/strong>Ballston Center Conference Center<\/p>\n Moderator: <\/strong>Dr. Brian Hollar, Professor of Economics, School of Business, and Faculty Moderator, Economics Club, Marymount University<\/em><\/p>\n Organizer: <\/strong>Marymount University Economics Club<\/em><\/p>\n Host: <\/strong>Dr. Darrell N. Burrell, Assistant Professor of Business, School of Business, and Associate Ethics Fellow, Marymount University<\/em><\/p>\n Not Me-search, You-search: Ethical Considerations for Research Involving Marginalized Outgroups<\/strong><\/p>\n This experience presents a published study that explores experiences of quantitative researchers who worked with marginalized populations. Participants from the Society for Personality and Social Psychology Forum responded to questions regarding their struggles and leading practices while working with marginalized populations in which they are or are not members. Responses included concerns regarding bidirectional trust, community norms, perceived bias, diversity and participant recruitment, and compensation.<\/p>\n Hybrid: <\/strong>Gerard Dining Zones 1 and 2 and Virtual<\/u><\/a><\/p>\n
\nThe Marymount Saints Ethics Bowl Team will compete against 16 schools for the championship. | www.vfic.org<\/p>\n
\nFebruary 10 | 5:30-7:00 pm<\/h3>\n
\nThis experience will explore the complex ethical challenges in pharmaceutical development with leaders in the pharmaceutical and health care sectors. This structured dialogue will examine key issues and suggest how citizens can advocate for positive change in the development and use of pharmaceuticals.<\/p>\n\n
\nFebruary 11 | 11:00 am-12:15 pm<\/h3>\n
\n<\/strong>This experience will provide practical skills and tools for individuals to advocate for issues important to them personally and professionally. You can make a difference! By the end of this session, you will know how to advocate virtually, find and contact state and federal representatives, and plan and conduct in-person advocacy.<\/p>\n\n
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