Markkula Center for Applied Ethics

Jesus Christ extended love to all people, stood with the marginalized, and built community everywhere he went. To be Christ-like and to be queer calls for the same practice of acceptance, respect, and love. Grace Davis ’25, a 2024-25 Hackworth Fellow with the Markkula Center for Applied Ethics reads from her essay at https://www.scu.edu/ethics/focus-areas/religious-and-catholic-ethics/queer-religious-and-gen-z-a-call-for-the-dignity-of-belonging/

Jesus Christ extended love to all people, stood with the marginalized, and built community everywhere he went. To be Christ-like and to be queer calls for the same practice of acceptance, respect, and love. Grace Davis ’25, a 2024-25 Hackworth Fellow with the Markkula Center for Applied Ethics reads from her essay at https://www.scu.edu/ethics/focus-areas/religious-and-catholic-ethics/queer-religious-and-gen-z-a-call-for-the-dignity-of-belonging/

Jesus Christ extended love to all people, stood with the marginalized, and built community everywhere he went. To be Christ-like and to be queer calls for the same practice of acceptance, respect, and love. Grace Davis ’25, a 2024-25 Hackworth Fellow with the Markkula Center for Applied Ethics reads from her essay at https://www.scu.edu/ethics/focus-areas/religious-and-catholic-ethics/queer-religious-and-gen-z-a-call-for-the-dignity-of-belonging/

Jesus Christ extended love to all people, stood with the marginalized, and built community everywhere he went. To be Christ-like and to be queer calls for the same practice of acceptance, respect, and love. Grace Davis ’25, a 2024-25 Hackworth Fellow with the Markkula Center for Applied Ethics reads from her essay at https://www.scu.edu/ethics/focus-areas/religious-and-catholic-ethics/queer-religious-and-gen-z-a-call-for-the-dignity-of-belonging/

Jesus Christ extended love to all people, stood with the marginalized, and built community everywhere he went. To be Christ-like and to be queer calls for the same practice of acceptance, respect, and love. Grace Davis ’25, a 2024-25 Hackworth Fellow with the Markkula Center for Applied Ethics reads from her essay at https://www.scu.edu/ethics/focus-areas/religious-and-catholic-ethics/queer-religious-and-gen-z-a-call-for-the-dignity-of-belonging/

Jesus Christ extended love to all people, stood with the marginalized, and built community everywhere he went. To be Christ-like and to be queer calls for the same practice of acceptance, respect, and love. Grace Davis ’25, a 2024-25 Hackworth Fellow with the Markkula Center for Applied Ethics reads from her essay at https://www.scu.edu/ethics/focus-areas/religious-and-catholic-ethics/queer-religious-and-gen-z-a-call-for-the-dignity-of-belonging/

Jesus Christ extended love to all people, stood with the marginalized, and built community everywhere he went. To be Christ-like and to be queer calls for the same practice of acceptance, respect, and love. Grace Davis ’25, a 2024-25 Hackworth Fellow with the Markkula Center for Applied Ethics reads from her essay at https://www.scu.edu/ethics/focus-areas/religious-and-catholic-ethics/queer-religious-and-gen-z-a-call-for-the-dignity-of-belonging/

2021-22 Ethics Center Hackworth Fellow, Keren Goor, explores conflict and conversation on social media through the Israeli/Palestinian conflict. In this episode we reflect on the conversations with our guests, and look into the ethical implications for non-Israelis nor Palestinians.

2021-22 Ethics Center Hackworth Fellow, Keren Goor, explores conflict and conversation on social media through the Israeli/Palestinian conflict. Episode 5: In this episode we reflect on the previous four episodes, and dive into the ethical implications for Israelis and Palestinians.

2021-22 Ethics Center Hackworth Fellow, Keren Goor, explores conflict and conversation on social media through the Israeli/Palestinian conflict. Episode 4: As a Professor for politics in the Middle East, Professor Farid Senzai shares with us his thoughts on the importance of Israelis and Palestinians sharing their personal experiences, and why he thinks it is vital to convey to his students how complex the Israeli-Palestinian conflict is.

2021-22 Ethics Center Hackworth Fellow, Keren Goor, explores conflict and conversation on social media through the Israeli/Palestinian conflict. Episode 3: As a social media influencer with above 100K followers, Rudy Rochman shares with us his thoughts on whether social media influencers should post about political conflicts, and how to post posts that will help bridge differences, rather than deepen them.

2021-22 Ethics Center Hackworth Fellow, Keren Goor, explores conflict and conversation on social media through the Israeli/Palestinian conflict. Episode 2: As a Palestinian student living in New York, Saad Shuaib shares with us his point of view on why he feels responsible to post on social media about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, and his opinion on whether non-Israeli nor Palestinians should care about the conflict.

2021-22 Ethics Center Hackworth Fellow, Keren Goor, explores conflict and conversation on social media through the Israeli/Palestinian conflict. Episode 1: As an Israeli studying in New York, Shiraz Tzarfati shares what the don’t know/don’t post trend was and why she decided to participate, and what she thinks are the pros and cons of posting political content on social media.

Welcome to the Big Q where students get answers to ethical questions. In this episode, Hackworth Fellow, Mikayla Apodaca, gathered questions from students about programs that support diversity, equity and inclusion, and spoke with with Shá Duncan Smith, Vice President of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion at Santa Clara University.

Welcome to the Big Q where students ask questions and our campus ethics team helps find answers. This episode features Emma Samuel ’22 who on behalf of students interviews Matthew Duncan, associate dean for student life, about how the university might get word out to students about available resources.

Welcome to the Big Q where students ask questions and our campus ethics team helps find answers. In this episode, Jackson Stanich ’23 gathered questions from students wondering when Santa Clara University's Recreational Sports Program would reopen after being closed for COVID-19. Stanich spoke with Janice DeMonsi, director of recreation, for answers.

Welcome to the Big Q where students ask questions and our campus ethics team helps find answers. Morayo Kamson ’22 gathered questions about Santa Clara University's COVID-19 response and spoke with head of the COVID-19 Operations Team, Dr. Craig Stephens for answers.

The sexual abuse crisis in the Catholic Church has entered a new phase of transparency – whether volunteered or demanded. Listen to two leading national figures on the abuse crisis, NY Times journalist Peter Steinfels and canon lawyer Jennifer Haselberger, who came together earlier this Spring to address the challenge of this new moment in a charged discussion.

New York Times tech columnist Kara Swisher speaks on the unprecedented ethical challenges facing Silicon Valley.

Host Owen Huelsbeck delves into the relationship between drinking and hookups. He explores how drinking influences consent and how events that include a lot of drinking can make people feel pressured to hook up. The podcast begins with an interview with Law Professor Michelle Oberman about the legal issues. Owen goes on to talk to a variety of Santa Clara University students about their experiences.

2017-18 Hackworth Fellow Emily Monroe examines the current state of gender inequality and the state of women in the entrepreneurial space and STEM.

From controversial fliers to demands to punish language considered oppressive, freedom of speech in the last years has been a contested topic at Santa Clara University. Should the university’s campus speech policy be changed in response to these controversies at SCU and in American society? Professor Lawrence Nelson, Philosophy Department, Santa Clara University, addresses this question by considering the topic in light of ethical concerns about speech and the relevant state and federal legal and constitutional provisions.

Join Chonsa and Owen as they talk about "Hookup Culture" with a variety of students. Topics include what hookup culture means, what it looks like at Santa Clara University, and what kind of pressures it confers on different people.

Beverly Daniel Tatum, author of "Why Are All the Black Kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria: And Other Conversations About Race", and former president, Spelman College, explores the power of dialogue in this Regan Lecture.

Join Chonsa and Owen for their 5th Big Q podcast! They interview Santa Clara's Title IX investigator who talks about sexual assault on campus and breaks down the reporting process.

Erwin Chemerinsky is co-author of Free Speech on Campus (Yale University Press, 2017) and Jesse H. Choper Distinguished Professor of Law and dean of the UC Berkeley School of Law. He presents a lecture about free speech controversies based on concepts in his book, followed by Q/A.

Join Chonsa and Owen for a full length interview with Santa Clara's own Dr. Robin Nelson as she talks about her academic field research relating to sexual harassment, rape culture, power and access.

Join Chonsa S. (2018) and Owen H. (2018) as they interview Santa Clara University students about the general behaviors that make a guy "creepy". Hear how students navigate these uncomfortable situations, and the ethical implications in these daily occurrences.

The concept of the rule of law developed in the early modern period in the West as a response to kings invoking divine right to set themselves above the obligations of civil law. According to the rule of law, everyone – including the king – is subject to the law. Brian Buckley, senior lecturer, SCU Department of Philosophy, unpacks the history and meaning of the idea with special attention to its particular ethical character and with an eye toward its applicability in the present day.

Join Chonsa and Owen as they talk about the ethics of the first year phenomenon known as the "Turkey Dump," as well as dating while abroad and long distance relationships.

It has become clear: North Korea not only has nuclear weapons but is also developing intercontinental missiles with the capacity to strike the continental United States. What are the latest facts about North Korea’s weapons and the political situation? How does this crisis affect South Korea, Japan and other countries throughout Asia? How does it affect the United States? What are the possible ethical and policy responses to the current situation? Professor William J. Perry and Professor Jeffrey Lewis, two of the leading American experts on nuclear weapons and related defense policy, and Kathleen Stephens, former U.S. ambassador to South Korea, address this nuclear crisis and its broader implications. This presentation was co-sponsored with the Commonwealth Club Silicon Valley.

Join Chonsa and Owen as they talk about relationships and the ethics of "ghosting" for their first full-length episode!

The first episode of the podcast Wealth and Ethics, hosted by 2017-18 Hackworth Fellow Amanuel Bizuneh.

Chonsa and Owen preview what's to come this quarter for the Big Q podcast.

During his tenure as chancellor at University of California, Berkeley, Nicholas Dirks navigated some of the most challenging free speech controversies in the contemporary United States. In one of the most telling episodes, a February 2017 speech by the right wing provocateur Milo Yiannopoulos was shut down amid a riot by left wing “antifa” protesters. In this talk, Dirks reflects on those challenges, on the ideological challenges to a liberal norm of free speech, and on the threat to universities posed by these contemporary disputes.

Thomas Reese, S.J. discusses the tax provision which prevents nonprofits and religious organizations from endorsing candidates or donating to political campaigns.

Craigslist founder, Craig Newmark, and Google's vice president of news, Richard Gingras, discuss the growing issue of fake news and how The Trust Project is working to rebuild trust in the media.

When business and national interests conflict: A presentation by David Yosifon, Santa Clara Law Professor, exploring how corporations consider the impact of their business decisions on their home country and its interests. Commentary response from Dick Levy, Sutter Health director and former CEO & Chair of Varian Medical Systems.

In this Emerging Issues meeting, Deep Gulasekaram, associate professor of law at Santa Clara University, discusses the topic of sanctuary cities and sanctuary campuses.

In this final episode of The Big Q Podcast, host Miranda Bartosz asks SCU students what they've learned from their Ethics classes at Santa Clara, and how they plan to apply what they've learned in the real world. Thanks for listening!

Professor Michelle Bezanson, Chonsa Schmidt, and Gabby Carne of Santa Clara University discuss their research on ethical issues in study abroad and immersion programs.

Santa Clara University students share their thoughts about alcohol consumption in college, and we examine the ethical approaches they use to reach their own personal conclusions about drinking.

The recent overturning of ASG’s ruling on Turning Point USA’s status as an RSO and the University’s censoring of The Santa Clara newspaper have called into question the morality of certain decisions made by the university, particularly when it comes to respecting the rights of students and showing commitment to the common good. In this episode host Miranda Bartosz, Editor in Chief of The Santa Clara newspaper Sophie Mattson, and former ASG Senate Chair and SCCAP Associate Director Avery Unterreiner examine the implications of these ethically loaded events, and their impact on the lives of students on this campus. How can we have faith in the organizations designed to represent students– organizations like ASG and the student newspaper– knowing, as we now do, that the administration can overturn any decision or censor any voice they dislike? How do we respond when we feel ethical boundaries have been crossed, particularly when those who have done the crossing are those who have the most power?

This week Father Jeffrey Baerwald and host Miranda Bartosz attempt to define responsibility and outline how it should be implemented in everyday life– which turns out to be trickier than it seems, particularly when it comes to alcohol behaviors. They also talk about how responsibility works when it's an institution– like Santa Clara University– involved instead of an individual. Stay tuned for part 2 of the responsibility and alcohol series, focusing on culture and student responsibility, coming in Week 9.

SCU Professor Robert Finocchio tells a personal story about ethics in the business world

Part of our basic rights as Americans is the right to free speech. But what about when your right to free speech conflicts with someone else's moral rights? Can we ever draw a line in the sand, of what's allowed and what isn't?

Do we have an ethical obligation to vote?

Episode 1 features Miriam Schulman of the Markkula Center for Applied Ethics at Santa Clara University, discussing some basics of ethical thinking & why we should bother to think about ethics at all.

A little teaser episode for the upcoming Big Q Podcast, coming at you from the Markkula Center for Applied Ethics at Santa Clara University. Featuring: YOU! Hear what students at Santa Clara think about ethics and get updated on the details of the show!