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MissionMattersICSTS to study technology’s impact on societyn February, the University publiclylaunched its Center forScience, Technology, and Society(CSTS), an international center ofdistinction dedicated to understandingand influencing how scienceand technology impact society.The center subsequently hosteda national conference and introducedNexus magazine and theCSTS Web site (www.scu.edu/sts).It also offers enhanced courseworkand educational programs for SCUstudents.CSTS is designed to draw on academicand industry experts to fostera global network that promotes dialogueand studies issues about newtechnologies and their impact onfamily and culture, workplace andorganizations, and law and publicpolicy. The center will sponsorresearch projects and symposia, hostvisiting scholars, establish coursesfor students, and conduct publicpolicy forums.“Positioned in Silicon Valley, theheart of the world’s most fertileground for innovation and change,Santa Clara University is the rightplace for this center,” said PaulLocatelli, S.J., president of SantaClara University. “With the supportof Applied Materials and other sponsors,the center’s vision to provide anintellectual forum for the study anddiscussion of the impact of technologyon our life and work can become areality.”Applied Materials led the way inestablishing the center with a challengegrant, invested at the program’sinception, that has already helped toraise nearly $4.3 million in supportfrom Silicon Valley individuals andother companies, including AmdahlCorporation, Fujitsu, Ltd., Hewlett-Packard, and Xilinx, Inc.“As a global technology leader,we felt that it was important to helplaunch this center so that all of uscan better understand and preparefor the transformation of our worldinto a more globally connectedsociety,” said James C. Morgan,chairman and chief executive officerof Applied Materials.Jim Koch, CSTS director, saidthe center’s purpose “is to be a forcein determining how scientific andtechnological advancements can benefitsociety. By providing an independentcrossroad for researchers,policy advocates, and those at thefrontiers of innovation, we can con-tribute to advances in the design anduse of technology to improve thequality of life.”During its initial developmentphase, which began in 1997, the centersponsored numerous researchprojects, including studies of mobilecomputing, embedded-sensor technologies,the rise of wireless technologiesin Japan, and the impact oftechnology on the family. It alsodeveloped course materials, launcheda new University minor in informationtechnology and society, andhosted regional conferences onstorage technology, privacy, and thedigital divide.For more information, visitwww.scu.edu/sts or call 408-551-1785.University organizes aid for El Salvador,India quake reliefApproximately $14,000 in donations poured into earthquake relief funds set up by theUniversity’s Campus Ministry in the aftermath of January’s devastating earthquakes in ElSalvador and India.The money designated for El Salvador was sent directly to Jesuits at the University ofCentral America (UCA) in San Salvador to provide relief for families, said Mario Prietto, S.J., directorof Campus Ministry. In addition to the funds, SCU also sent helping hands: a group of studentmembers of the Santa Clara Community Action Program (SCCAP) spent their spring break helpingearthquake victims in El Salvador.In announcing the creation of the El Salvador relief fund, SCU President Paul Locatelli, S.J.,said, “Because of the close ties between Santa Clara University and El Salvador, we would like toprovide as much direct assistance as possible.” Shortly thereafter, the India quake hit and theUniversity began accepting relief donations for that effort.Last fall, SCU led an effort to create a program—Casa de la Solidaridad—at the UCA thatbrings students from Jesuit colleges and universities across the U.S. to study in El Salvador.Santa Clara Jesuits, faculty, and students make regular trips to El Salvador for community work.SCU students, faculty, and staff previously mounted similar relief efforts to benefitGuatemalan earthquake victims and flood victims in Honduras.SANTA CLARA MAGAZINE/SUMMER 2001 11
MissionMattersConferences focus oncharacter education,business ethicsMarkkula Center for Applied Ethicshires new directorNational conferences on character developmentand business ethics in Februarydrew to campus more than 100 businessethicists from around the world.Leading ethics scholars shared ideas,conferred with business leaders, and conductedworkshops for parents and teachersat the conferences, sponsored by SCU’sMarkkula Center for Applied Ethics.“At Our Best: Moral Lives in a Moral Community”featured three-day conferencesincluding approximately 65 individual sessionswith several hundred participants.There were free public sessions on topicsincluding “What every school can do to buildcharacter” and “Raising an ethical child.”“If you have a good character-buildingenvironment, you’re creating the best contextfor teaching and learning,” educatorThomas Lickona told teachers and parentsduring the character education conference.He is a writer whose ideas inspired the fouryear-oldCharacter Education Program at theEthics Center, in which more than 50 localschools participate.Lickona cited a need for parents andeducators to “challenge moral relativism,”and remind young people of the importance“of ‘The Golden Rule’ as an over-arching moralprincipal.”Other speakers included William Damon,director of the Stanford Center on Adolescence,and Kevin Ryan, director of the Centerfor the Advancement of Ethics and Characterat Boston University.Keynote speaker at the business ethicsconference was Michael Hackworth, chairmanof Cirrus Logic, Inc. SCU managementprofessor Martin Calkins, S.J., was amongthe scholars who addressed the conference.KKirk Hanson has a national reputationin the ethics field.irk Hanson, a national leaderin the study of businessethics and business responsibility, wasappointed executive director ofSCU’s Markkula Center for AppliedEthics. He will also hold the facultytitle of University Professor of Organizationsand Society.Hanson, a senior lecturer inbusiness administration and directorof the Sloan Program at StanfordUniversity, begins his position atSCU on Aug. 1.Hanson brings a national reputationand 22 years of experienceon the Stanford faculty to the SCUpost. He has worked extensivelywith companies on the design andimplementation of business ethicsprograms and has advised and conductedcorporate values and ethicsworkshops for more than 40 corporationsand universities.“Kirk Hanson’s energy and visionwill bring a new level of nationalrecognition to our ethics programs,”said Don Dodson, vice provost foracademic affairs. “His rich leadershipCHARLES BARRYexperience in academia, business,and the nonprofit sector gives him aunique set of skills and perspectives.We are confident that he will help theEthics Center at Santa Clara becomethe leading national forum forexploring complex ethical issues.”Hanson, 54, earned bachelor’sand MBA degrees from StanfordUniversity. He has been a member ofthe Ethics Center advisory boardsince 1995, and has written a columnon ethics and the workplace for theSan Jose Mercury News.“The Markkula Center forApplied Ethics has contributedgreatly to the debate over ethics inlaw, business, medicine, and politicsin Silicon Valley,” Hanson said.“And it is now poised to become themost prominent center on appliedethics in the United States.”“No other university-based centerhas such strong support from its universityand from the community,” headded. “I look forward to the opportunityto serve both the Universityand the ethics needs of the broaderSilicon Valley community.”Hanson was the founding chairand still serves on the Santa ClaraCounty Ethics Commission, a statutorybody that monitors politicalcampaigns and administers ethics regulationsfor county officials. He wasawarded the John Gardner LeadershipAward for local civic leadershipin 1977.The Markkula Center for AppliedEthics, established in 1986, isnamed for former Apple Computerchair A.C. “Mike” Markkula Jr.,who provided the center’s initialendowment.12SANTA CLARA MAGAZINE/SUMMER 2001
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