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Equality and Diversity in the Workplace – Good for business or good for society?

IDEA Centre, Fenton Street, University of Leeds
Professional Ethics Network event

Judith Wardell will speak on how Equality and Diversity has become a key part of our working lives: discrimination cases in the City have hit the headlines; equality monitoring forms appear whenever we use public services and most of us will have been asked to attend training or read our employers Equal Opportunity Policy.

September 16, 2010 6:00 pm to 8:30 pm

Learning, Teaching and Research

Scholarships for online MA in Applied and Professional Ethics

We are pleased to announce that we are able to offer a number of scholarships to cover fees for studying on the online MA and postgraduate diploma in Applied and Professional Ethics, commencing in October 2010.

14 July, 2010. Continue reading.

Conference on the Ethics of Privacy and Confidentiality

In June 2010 the Centre will host a conference on the Ethics of Privacy and Confidentiality, with guest speakers to include Professor Onora O’Neill, Dr Annabelle Lever and Professor Susan Mendus.

June 17, 2010 2:00 pm to June 19, 2010 2:30 pm

22 March, 2010. Continue reading.

Conference launches new set of Sports Ethics Resources

Tackling Ethical Issues in Sport, a conference hosted by the IDEA CETL, provided a forum in which to sample a range of teaching materials currently used in institutions across the UK.

22 March, 2010. Continue reading.

Online MA in Applied and Professional Ethics launched

We are delighted to announce the launch of our new online distance learning course in Applied and Professional Ethics, which is now open for applications for entry in October 2010.

19 March, 2010. Continue reading.

Professional Ethics

Presentations from Professional Ethics event at Baker Tilly

On May 26th the Centre held an event to publicise its professional ethics activities at the offices of Baker Tilly accountants in Leeds, and we’re pleased to make the slides from this event available.

7 June, 2010. Continue reading.

Trust in the Financial Sector: lecture podcast

Listen to a podcast of Chris Cowton (Dean of the University of Huddersfield Business School) giving a lecture on Trust in the Financial Sector

23 March, 2010. Continue reading.

Public Event on Privacy and Public Policy

As part of a conference next June we’re hosting a public event on Privacy and Public Policy, with Pauline Neville-Jones (former chair of the JIC) Matthew Taylor (RSA, formerly IPPR and 10 Downing St Policy Unit), David Leigh (Guardian journalist) and Onora O’Neill (Philosopher) confirmed as speakers.

June 18, 2010 5:00 pm to 6:50 pm

1 January, 2010. Continue reading.

Resources for teaching ethics

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Professional Ethics Network

Professional Ethics Network logoVisit our professional and business ethics blog Added Values, where staff from the Centre comment on the ethical issues of the day. You can join in the discussion, too.