LSUS to host three-week Ethics Conference
03/16/04

LSUS will host an extended Ethics Conference on its campus beginning Saturday, March 27, and running through Friday, April 16. The events, coordinated by the LSUS Institute for Human Services and Public Policy, are open to students, faculty, staff and general public.

March 27-28 – Debate tournament for high school students on ethical issues.

March 29 – Ethics Essay Contest for LSUS students begins.

April 1 – “The Downloading of Music,” discussion and Q&A session with Jonathan Whitehead, Recording Industry Association of America vice president of online copyright protection, and Stan Lewis, owner of Jewel-Paula-Ronn Records;10:30-11:15 a.m. in the University Center Theater.

April 6 – “The Ethics of Taxation and Financial Reporting,” Spencer Bernard, CPA with Heard, McElroy and Vestal; 10:30-11:15 a.m. in Bronson Hall 117.

April 8 – “Homer Simpson Faces an Ethical Dilemma,” screening and discussion of this Simpson’s episode; 10:30-11:15 a.m. in the University Center Theater.

April 12 – “School Law: The Pyramid of Discrimination Remedies,” conducted by Dr. Charles Manges and advanced graduate students; 5-8 p.m. in Business and Education Room 113.

April 13 – “Changing Lanes” (2002), a film by Roger Michell, a screening and discussion of this contemporary morality play; 7 p.m. in Bronson Hall Room 310.

April 15 – “Ask the Ethicist Booth,” an entertaining part of Spring Fling activities, with, Dr. Al Vekovius, Dr. Helen Taylor, and Dr. John S. Vassar; 10:30-11:15 a.m. on the LSUS Mall.

April 16 – Ethics Essay Contest winner announced and awarded a $100 LSUS Bookstore gift certificate and a framed certificate; noon on the LSUS Mall. This announcement will conclude the Ethics Conference.

For more information on any of these events, contact Amanda Joy Bell, event coordinator, at 318-795-4262 or abell@lsus.edu.