UVU Center for the Study of Ethics

10/14/2025

Please join us on Wednesday, October 22nd for our annual Environmental Ethics Symposium.

This year’s symposium examines the ways in which plastic infiltrates our lives, landscapes, and bodies, causing—as Rob Nixon illuminates—gradual and invisible damage. We are pleased to host a variety of speakers that interrogate this theme through art, science, and poetry. Our final session will be a screening of the 2017 documentary Albatross, which calls us to witness the slow, yet devastating, impact of plastic and other waste in the heart of the Pacific.

The symposium is free and open to the public and will be livestreamed and recorded via YouTube Live. For more information and a complete schedule, visit https://www.uvu.edu/ethics/events/2025-26/2025_ees_schedule.html

09/24/2025

The Center for the Study of Ethics is pleased to host its thirty-second annual Ethics Awareness Week from September 29 - October 3, 2025. Our theme this year will focus on "AI and Its Human Impact."

Artificial intelligence now has a dramatic presence in business, education, media, science, and governance. The week's events will focus on questions surrounding applied AI and how these applications affect our lives as citizens, consumers, and members of the global human community. Faculty and students from across campus will present on a variety of related topics.

As always, the events are free and open to the public and hosted online via YouTube Live. For more information and a complete schedule, visit https://www.uvu.edu/ethics/events/2025-26/2025_eaw_schedule.html

08/26/2024

Mark your calendar's for 2024's Ethics Awareness Week! The full schedule can be found at the link in our bio or go to uvu.edu/ethics and look at our upcoming events. We look forward to seeing you there!

01/29/2024

Please join us Wednesday, February 7th at 12pm for the 2024 Kirk Englehardt Business award! The event will be in the Clarke Building in room 511 where award recipient Sara Jones will speak on her efforts for diversity and inclusion in the workplace.

Sara Jones is CEO of InclusionPro. Her approach to diversity in the workplace is distinct from traditional models through actively involving leaders in the conversation and guiding them in the art of inclusion across industries. Jones has advocated for greater diversity in companies at all levels throughout her career.

You can find more information on our website at uvu.edu/ethics or scan the QR code found on the poster above or the signage around campus!

10/23/2023

Please join us this Tuesday and Wednesday in CB 511 for 2023’s Environmental Ethics Symposium!

Scan the QR code to see titles, times, and speakers or visit us at uvu.edu/ethics

We hope to see you there!

09/22/2023

2023’s Ethics Awareness Week continues this coming Tuesday-Friday!

The schedule for all events are posted here and can be found on our website: uvu.edu/ethics

A variety of important discussions are to be had at these events and we hope to see many of you there!

09/19/2023

Join us this Thursday for the kickoff of 2023’s Ethics Awareness Week!

We are very excited for our first two speakers, Felipe Queipo and Martha Nussbaum, and the ideas that they will be discussing here at UVU!

Both events will be located in the Clarke Building in room CB-511

More information about the speakers as well as next weeks events are located on our website:
uvu.edu/ethics

07/14/2023

Applications are now open for the 2023 David R. Keller Sustainability Prize. The prize was created in memory of our late UVU colleague to support community organizations in exceptional innovation and leadership in sustainability activities. Recipients for the $5,000 prize may include governmental, non-profit, or for-profit organizations. Deadline for application submissions is September 25th, 2023.

The prize is made possible through a generous grant from the Keller Family Foundation.

For more information:
Visit https://www.uvu.edu/ethics/areas_of_emphasis/keller_prize.html

03/31/2023

Our heartfelt appreciation goes out to Governor Gary Herbert, Clayton Long, President Tuminez and all the other esteemed speakers who shared their knowledge and expertise on the pressing topic of healing divisions in the United States through dialogue and compassionate conversation at the 2023 Healing Conversations Conference.

The insights and perspectives shared at the conference will undoubtedly help pave the way for a more united and empathetic future.

03/25/2023

We're grateful for the opportunity to facilitate conversations around important ethical issues, and we're proud to support MWEG's mission of promoting civility and ethical leadership in government.

We want to give a special thanks to our conference sponsors for helping make this year's MWEG conference possible. From sponsoring scholarships, to specific sessions, to general support for this conference, and more, our sponsors have ensured that it will be a wonderful weekend!

Herbert Institute at UVU
UVU Center for the Study of Ethics
Voices for Utah Children
American Promise
Dentons Durham Jones Pinegar
Protect Democracy
Julia Blake
Better Boundaries
Civic Health Project
Project Elect: Women in Public Service
Utah Women & Leadership Project - UWLP
Their Story is Our Story
Latter-day Saint Earth Stewardship

Virtual ticket registration is still open! Learn more and register here: https://www.mormonwomenforethicalgovernment.org/conference

03/23/2023

This conference unites national and international leaders in mediation and peacebuilding to tackle a crucial question: How can we heal the United States threatening divisions through dialogue and compassion?

Speakers include: President Tuminez, Gary R. Herbert, Clayton Long and more.

See the full schedule at uvu.edu/ethics

Co-sponsored by the Center for Constitutional Studies and Peace & Justice Studies Department at UVU