Lehigh University Undergraduate Ethics Symposium

04/11/2016

Here's the official list of presentations for this year's symposium!

03/02/2016

Submit now to present at the spring 2016 Ethics Symposium!!! http://ow.ly/YZXvd

Presenter Information

04/18/2015

Thank you to all who came out to present and participate in the first ever Undergraduate Ethics Symposium - It was a great success! And congratulations to all of our prize winners!

04/16/2015

Another great article by the Brown & White addressing a pervasive ethical issue on college campuses.
http://thebrownandwhite.com/2015/04/13/does-greek-life-perpetuate-r**e-culture/

Recently, colleges across the nation have been dealing with repercussions from Greek life scandals. Many of these incidents involve alleged sexual assaults.

04/08/2015

Should we do something about what seems like an increase in police brutality and violence?
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/04/08/us/south-carolina-officer-is-charged-with-murder-in-black-mans-death.html?_r=0

The North Charleston officer had said that the man took his stun gun, but a video shows the officer firing eight times as the man, who was apparently unarmed, fled.

04/01/2015

Should Lehigh divest from fossil fuels? Check out this letter to Lehigh's future President John D. Simon in the Brown & White.
http://thebrownandwhite.com/2015/03/30/letter-editor-john-simon-future-president/

Gerardo Calderón asks future Lehigh President John D. Simon to reconsider the university's investment in fossil fuels.

03/29/2015

Read about Lehigh's first ever Ethics Symposium in the Brown and White:
http://thebrownandwhite.com/2015/03/26/first-undergraduate-ethics-symposium/

03/25/2015

Can military desertion be justified? Or should deserters be prosecuted to the fullest extent? You decide.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/checkpoint/wp/2015/03/25/bowe-bergdahl-once-missing-u-s-soldier-charged-with-desertion/

Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl, the controversial U.S. soldier who was recovered in Afghanistan last years after five years in captivity, faces charges of desertion and misbehavior before the enemy, according to his lawyer.

03/25/2015

It's the last few days to submit! We now have larger cash prizes! Upload your submission via our website: https://lu_ethics_symposium.cas2.lehigh.edu/

Lehigh University is holding its first ever Undergraduate Ethics Symposium on Saturday, April 18, 2015 in STEPS 101 from 10am–3pm. This event, which has been made possible through a generous donation from a Lehigh alumnus, strives to facilitate student reflection on ethical issues. Ethical issues—ab…

03/19/2015

The recent events at the University of Oklahoma have sparked a controversy that we have seen before - can free speech be taken too far, to a racist, sexist, and inappropriate extreme? Or is this a case where free speech should be protected despite the offensive nature of what was said? What do you think?

Check out this op-ed piece and the piece from US News that raises these questions.

http://www.a2indy.com/2015/03/18/op-ed-campus-safety-must-trump-the-right-to-free-speech/

http://www.usnews.com/news/articles/2015/03/19/ou-frats-racist-chant-raises-first-amendment-question

Does the First Amendment protect University of Oklahoma's fraternity's racist chant?