Ethics in Public Life

 

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The Ethics in Public Life Initiative was launched by President Mary Sue Coleman in Fall 2005 in response to recommendations from a campus task force she convened to examine ways in which the University might "explore the synergies of education and scholarship on the issue of ethics in public life, contributing to and is some cases structuring broader public discourse on these issues."

The Initiative has led to a wide variety of public forums on ethical issues and provided funding in support of nearly fifty programs, workshops and faculty research projects, as well as the establishment of the Center for Ethics in Public Life to promote teaching, research, and public discourse about ethics.