15 episodes
Working Ethics Podcast Series A2Ethics.org: Ethics with an Edge
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- Society & Culture
A2ethics.org is a nonprofit located in Ann Arbor (A2), Michigan. We are very interested in talking with people in our community about their views and ideas on the big and small ethical questions in their working lives and in their community now and in the future. In the Working Ethics Podcast Series, we are talking with individuals representing varied professions, from county government to dog grooming. We have asked them this question: what about the ethics of your work? Here are their answers.
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Should "Dead Media" Have Moral Standing?
There are so many ways to present the fascinating curatorial work, teaching and original research of Finn Brunton, Assistant Professor of Information at the University of Michigan School of Information, and author of the forthcoming book--Spam: A Flood, A Theory, A History (MIT Press).
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'Getting The Story Right' with EWA Public Editor Emily Richmond
At A2Ethics.org we aspire to be influential community educators about ethics matters.Given that education is central to our mission, we are also fortunate to know about the work of Emily Richmond.
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Be Prepared: The Girl Scout Leader Who Takes Risks
Erin Mattimoe is a young nonprofit professional with a special talent for building leaders in youth organizations. She is currently a program specialist in the Ann Arbor and Jackson Regions of Girl Scouts--Heart of Michigan. When we began our conversation, we thought we already knew about Girl Scouts.
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Documenting the Talk of School Children: The Human Rights Field Researcher Listens
In October 2010, A2Ethics.org had the distinct honor of hosting Bede Sheppard, the senior researcher in the children's rights division of Human Rights Watch. We know it as the Sheppard conference. Not only did Bede visit Ann Arbor to give a keynote lecture for our Ethics Without Borders Education Project, he taught a class of high school students about his work, talked again about it at lunch, and then attended a reception and dinner, where we asked him the same questions.
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When Do I Get To Play? The Athletic Trainer Should Know
Concussions. Dehydration. Fraternization with players. Pressures from coaches, parents and athletes to give the nod to go back into the game after getting injured. Athletic trainers have a lot of ethical issues to worry about. How are they able to balance and deal with the many dilemmas they face? And what are athletic trainers for anyway? What are their roles and obligations on the field and off?
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An Arborist's Ethics
Barton Bund talks with Arborist Jack Richardson, founder and CEO of Guardian Tree Experts. The Ann Arbor tree care company approaches the work from a scientific point of view, helping clients preserve their trees, not just cut them down. The young entrepreneur talks about how he started his business on the right ethical foot, and where he sees it growing. Environmental ethics and business ethics are a constant balancing act, in a town with as many trees as this one.