Ethics and the Media: Dr. Sheri Bleam Presents Lecture posted 2/16/10
Community is invited to this month’s Institute for Ethics Brown Bag

ADRIAN, Mich. - This month’s Institute for Ethics Brown Bag features Dr. Sheri Bleam speaking about applied ethics in the field of communications on Thursday, Feb. 25 at noon in Knight Auditorium. This is the second in the “applied ethics” series. The series is designed to showcase Adrian College faculty members who have long integrated ethical discourse into existing classes.

Dr. Bleam will introduce the audience to ethics and the media in her presentation “Casuistry Comes Home to Roost.” These two sessions are a preview of next year’s series which will focus on Ethics in the Professions and in Academia.

Dr. Bleam's presentation on communication ethics is an inclusive exploration of case based reasoning (casuistry). Examples from the COMM Arts subfields of Public Relations (a question of media relations and organizational priorities in Haiti), Media Arts (the issue of video support in online academic journals), and Journalism (placement of public journal-ism in traditional reporting) are offered along-side suggestions for further study.

In continuing the emphasis on applied ethics introduced by Professors Bleam and William Bachman, the Institute will provide on-line resources periodically.

The first is to the Markkula Center for Applied Ethics at Santa Clara University (Calif.). The Markkula Center focuses on Bioethics, Business Ethics, Government Ethics, as well as several other areas.

This also is an highly rated applied ethics program at Bowling Green State University.

There are two remaining Ethics Brown Bags for this academic year. On Thursday, March 18, the College Chaplain Rev. Dr. Chris Momany will speak about  Asa Mahan’s “perfectionism,” which featured a method of social reform. On Thursday, April 22, all are invited to hear Dr. Melissa Stewart give an overview of “Environmental Ethics.”

All sessions will include a presentation with substantial time for Q&A.

This event is free and open to public. All guests are encouraged to bring a brown bag lunch. Knight Auditorium is located in Valade Hall on Williams St.