Applied Ethics Institute Advisor

Applied Ethics Institute
Advisory Board Established

(August 14, 2006 SPC Epicenter) SPC President, Dr. Carl Kuttler welcomed members of the newly formed advisory board for the Applied Ethics Institute. SPC campus provosts and ethics faculty members were also present to welcome the board at the inaugural meeting.

The first of several meetings planned for 2006-07 included an overview by Applied Ethics Institute Director, Professor Keith Goree along with the mission, vision, and the beginning framework of an organizational plan to advance ethics in the community.

Initiatives include "Character Education in Pinellas County Schools," Kids and Character: Story-Time at the Library, "Hardwired to Connect," Ethics Beyond Compliance," Business Ethics Roundtable," and "Ethics for Educators."

The St. Petersburg College Applied Ethics Institute will be one of four national "best practices" models invited to host a colloquium for directors of national ethics centers by the Association of Practical and Professional Ethics at the annual meeting to be held in Cincinnati in 2006.

A chairmen is expected to lead the board at the next meeting scheduled for November 12, 2006.



SPC Applied Ethics Director Keith Goree               Dr. Karen White (left) was the first
(center) with board members Dick Crippen          ethics chairperson and board (left) and Al Ruechel (right).                                                member Andrew H. Himes Jr.

Ethics Professor Nicholas Manias (above) and Professor Keith Goree developed a strategic plan for the Applied Ethics Institute in 2004. SPC's Applied Ethics Institute will be one of four national "best practice" models at the 2007 annual meeting of the Association of Practical and Applied Ethics in Cincinnati.

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