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Practical Approaches to Ethical Dilemmas in the Life of a Professional

Presented by Vanderbilt University at Vanderbilt University - Divinity School

January 28, 2012

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Practical Approaches to Ethical Dilemmas in the Life of a Professional

Moral confusion. Conflicts of interest. Right v. right dilemmas. Matters of duty, responsibility, and consequence. Ethical issues pervade professional life, and thoughtful reflection upon and resolution of ethical dilemmas are essential for leaders in the worlds of business, law, ministry, education, and healthcare. This interactive and practical session will assume that ethical decision making is more complicated than knee-jerk intuitions and lessons learned in Kindergarten. Session participants will be introduced to a practical framework for assessing and resolving ethical dilemmas and coached through application of the framework using a variety of scenarios from across the professional landscape. Session participants are encouraged to submit to Professor Perry a description a live ethical issue from their own real-life experience that may be incorporated into the session's materials. The description should be 1-2 paragraphs. Include enough background context, the issue, and what makes it particularly challenging.

Please join us in VU Divinity School’s Reading Room at 9:00 am for breakfast. The program begins at 9:30 am. Registration fee is $50.00 for community members,$25.00 for Vanderbilt faculty, staff and FREE for students.
 

 

Joshua E. Perry, J.D., M.T.S. is Assistant Professor of Business Law & Ethics at the Kelley School of Business, Indiana University, in Bloomington, IN, where he teaches courses on ethics and the legal environment of business to both undergraduates and MBA candidates. He was formerly on faculty at Vanderbilt University's Center for Biomedical Ethics & Society and taught in the Medical, Law, Divinity, and Owen schools, as well as in the College of Arts and Sciences and Vanderbilt Summer Academy. A graduate of the Vanderbilt joint law-divinity program, Professor Perry's interdisciplinary scholarship explores ethical and (bio)political issues, professionalism, and moral decision making at the intersection of business, law, medicine, and public policy and has appeared in a wide variety of medical, ethics, business, and legal journals.