Ethics Summit to Feature Issues Concering Business, Education, Journalism, Law and Medicine

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Deborah Potter, 2014 visiting distinguished professor of ethics in journalism, will moderate discussion (photo by Patsy G. Watkins)

FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. – The Center for Ethics in Journalism in the Walter J. Lemke Department of Journalism, and the University of Arkansas Honors College are co-sponsoring a fast-paced, thought-provoking discussion of contemporary ethics in business, education, journalism, law and medicine.

The presentation will be from 2-3:15 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 30, in Ozark Hall, room 130. It is free of charge and open to students, faculty and members of the community. No registration is required.

Every profession faces ethical challenges. The panel will examine why ethical missteps occur, how the professions deal with them and what scholars can do to encourage more ethical behavior.

Panelists include:

• Howard W. Brill, School of Law
• Cathy Hale, Eleanor Mann School of Nursing
• Rebecca S. Miles, Walton College of Business
• Michael J Wavering, College of Education and Health Professions

Deborah Potter, 2014 visiting distinguished professor of ethics in journalism, veteran network reporter and founder of NewsLab.org, will moderate the discussion.

The Center for Ethics in Journalism fosters the study and practice of the principles of accuracy, fairness and service to the public in editorial/news in all media, in video and audio formats, and in advertising and public relations.

The Honors College encompasses all disciplines on campus and provides transformative learning experiences for almost 3,000 undergraduate honors students who work with more than 700 research-active honors faculty. The college awards more than $1 million in research and study abroad grants each year. Nationally recognized for its high caliber of students, it ranked 3rd out of 50 on the measure of “impact on the university” and 17th out of 50 in “Overall Excellence” in a recent study of fifty top honors colleges in the country.