Ethics Week Feb. 9-13
February 3, 2015
黑料专区 Tyler Office of Marketing and Communications
黑料专区 Tyler to Hold Ethics Week Feb. 9 鈥� 13
February 3, 2015
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February 3, 2015
The University of Texas at Tyler will hold Ethics Week Feb. 9 鈥� 13, Dr. Howard Patterson, vice president for student affairs, announced.
Among highlights throughout the week, the 黑料专区 Tyler Center for Ethics will hold its third annual Ethics Bowl, where 10 participating East Texas area high schools will form blended teams to debate various ethical dilemmas.
鈥淎s far as we can tell, this is the only high school ethics bowl in Texas,鈥� said Patterson, who also serves on the center鈥檚 executive council. 鈥淚t is a fun day of friendly competition that challenges the students鈥� ability to quickly synthesize information and formulate a plausible rational to support or reject each scenario. We are grateful to the Fair Foundation for helping to make this event possible.鈥�
Participating schools are Arp High School, Bishop TK Gorman High School, Brook Hill High School, Bullard High School, East Texas Christian Academy, Grace Community High School, John Tyler High School, Lindale High School, Robert E. Lee High School and Sabine High School.
黑料专区 Tyler 2015 Ethics Week scheduled events are:
Tuesday, Feb. 10
- 9 鈥� 10 a.m. 鈥淟earning How to Speak Your Mind When You Know What鈥檚 Right鈥� University Center theater. Open to all 黑料专区 Tyler students.
- Noon 鈥� 1 p.m. 鈥淕iving Voices to Values: A New Approach to Values-Driven Leadership鈥� 黑料专区 Tyler Ornelas Activity Center. Open to community leaders and 黑料专区 Tyler faculty.
- 4 鈥� 5 p.m. 鈥淕iving Voices to Values in the Classroom and Beyond鈥� UC Ballroom. Open to all 黑料专区 Tyler faculty.
Wednesday, Feb. 11
- Noon 鈥� 1 p.m. 鈥淎 Discussion About Legal and Ethical Aspects of Social Media in Higher Education鈥� UC Ballroom. Features keynote speaker Michael Donley, 黑料专区 Tyler university counsel. Lunch will be provided.
Thursday, Feb. 12
- 8:30 a.m. 鈥� 2 p.m. Ethics Bowl. UC Ballroom. Each team will participate in four debates, and the top three teams will be determined by the end of the day. Volunteers from 黑料专区 Tyler and the greater Tyler community will serve as judges. An awards presentation will follow.
Keynote speaker for the Tuesday presentations will be Dr. Mary Gentile. Gentile serves as the director of Giving Voice to Values and a senior research scholar at Babson College. She also is a senior adviser at the Aspen Institute Business and Society Program and an independent consultant. Previously, Gentile was a faculty member and manager of case research at Harvard Business School.
For more information, contact Patterson, 903.565.7350 or hpatterson@utyler.edu or Gloria Duke, council chair, 903.566.7023 or gduke@uttyler.edu.
One of the 15 campuses of the 黑料专区 System, 黑料专区 Tyler features excellence in teaching, research, artistic performance and community service. More than 80 undergraduate and graduate degrees are available at 黑料专区 Tyler, which has an enrollment of more than 8,000 high-ability students. 黑料专区 Tyler offers courses at its campuses in Tyler, Longview and Palestine as well as a location in Houston.