Patrick Plaisance, the Don W. Davis Professor of Ethics in the Donald P. Bellisario College of Communications, earned the Teaching Excellence Award from the Media Ethics Division of the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication (AEJMC). Plaisance was a unanimous choice based on strong recommendations from both colleagues and students.
January's Science on Tap event on Jan. 15 features Penn State researchers Jason Rasgon and Jonathan Marks, who will discuss gene editing and its applications, as well as the ethics surrounding it.
The Rock Ethics Institute is currently accepting nominations for its 2019 Stand Up Awards.
The third annual Arthur W. Page Center Awards will honor New York Times Executive Editor Dean Baquet; the late Marilyn Laurie, former executive vice president of brand strategy at AT&T; and former Aetna CEO John W. Rowe. Each will be honored with a Larry Foster Award for Integrity in Public Communication at an awards dinner, which begins at 6 p.m. on Feb. 20, 2019, at the Grand Hyatt – Midtown Manhattan Hotel in New York City.
Kenya Mann Faulkner, managing director for business intelligence and investigations at Kroll, a global risk management firm, has been named chief ethics and compliance officer at Penn State. Faulkner — an attorney with more than 25 years of experience in higher education, government and criminal justice — will begin her new role at the University on Dec. 3.
People often look at outrage as a negative emotion that has unproductive results. But, researchers are suggesting that two fields of psychology — moral psychology and intergroup psychology — may be combined to re-frame how outrage can have beneficial outcomes. Moral outrage, for example, may lead to increased voter registration and other forms of collective action.
“PR Roundtable: A Discussion Among Corporate Leaders” will feature panelists who represent a range of industries from pharmaceutical to healthcare to marketing to technology. They will share their insights with the Penn State community at 6 p.m. on Oct. 15 at the Freeman Auditorium in the HUB-Robeson Center.
The Rock Ethics Institute invites applications for its 2019-2020 Faculty Fellows Program. Penn State faculty members at all career levels and established research scientists are encouraged to apply. Faculty from all Penn State campuses are eligible; however, those not in residence at University Park should describe how they will meet the Institute’s expectations for active involvement in collaborations with Institute faculty when submitting application materials. The deadline for applications is Nov. 1.
On June 25, Penn State Provost Nick Jones and Senior Vice President for Finance and Business David Gray will host a town hall meeting for the University community to discuss the recently released results of the 2017 Values and Culture Survey and to take the community’s questions related to survey results and to workplace climate.
Following the release of the results of the second Values and Culture Survey conducted in fall 2017, Penn State’s leadership has announced a series of new and ongoing initiatives focused on addressing challenges and maintaining forward momentum in areas of strength. Leaders are adding to the plan developed in 2014, which was created in response to the inaugural 2013 Values and Culture Survey.
Penn State President Eric Barron shares the results of the 2017 Penn State Values and Culture Survey, which follows an inaugural effort in 2013 to gauge the University's strengths and values.
In fall 2017, Penn State conducted a second Values and Culture Survey, which followed up an initial survey performed in 2013. The recent results show a continued strong connection to the University and academic life for members of the Penn State community, as well as significant improvements in areas indicating a strengthening ethical culture. There are also remaining challenges related to reporting wrongdoing.
Russ Rose, coach of the women’s Penn State volleyball team for almost 40 years, and Professor Lopez Frias, assistant professor of kinesiology, will be speaking about athletics, recruiting and ethics at this month's Science on Tap, which will take place on April 17 at 7 p.m. at Liberty Craft House in downtown State College.
Robert Roeser, Bennett Pierce Professor of Caring and Compassion and professor of human development and family studies at Penn State, will take part in a panel discussion with the Dalai Lama on March 15 at the Main Tibetan Temple in Dharamsala, India.
A new engineering class being offered this spring is introducing civil and environmental engineers to decision making and public policy. The class, taught by Civil Engineering Assistant Professor Caitlin Grady, is titled CE597: Ethics, Engineering and Environmental Management. It is currently only offered to students in graduate school.
