A sampling of recent Ethics Centre activities:
 

• Conducting continuing education/professional development ethics workshops (especially in health care ethics, and in clergy ethics)
   
• Teaching university-credit courses (e.g., comparative worldviews, professional ethics for ministry)
   
• Writing published articles on ethics issues (e.g., organizational ethics, healthcare ethics)
   
• Assisting with the development of ethics policies and organizational position statements (e.g., on international human trafficking, gambling, end-of-life health care)
   
• Developing tools and implementing processes for the assessment of organizational values congruence (as part of quality management)
   
• Consulting with, and advising, individuals and organizations on particular ethical dilemmas

• Development of Bible Studies on the Positions Statements of Canada & Bermuda
   
• Supporting the work of local and national ethics committees
   

The professional staff have competence and interest in a wide range of ethics topics. They also have areas of specific expertise. Dr. Read has special interests in health care ethics, clergy ethics and organizational ethics. Ms Jones-Ryan has experience in management ethics and organizational values.

 

The Ethics Centre also keeps a collection of books, periodicals, audio/visual and internet-accessible materials whose operations are maintained by Maria Ducharme. The book collection catalogue is accessible on-line at www.boothcollege.ca/library/