Faculty Conduct Research on Compassion
Five Santa Clara faculty members are featured contributors to a new book on compassion, featuring a study of Santa Clara students showing that programs like Arrupe increases student compassion.
Movie Aims to Prevent Campus Sexual Assault
Santa Clara alumni acted in a movie that premiered on campus last Friday to raise awareness of the issue of sexual assault on college campuses.
Forum Talks Sexual Assault Culture on Campus
A 2012 anonymous survey showed that a substantial number of Santa Clara students had non-consensual sex that went unreported to university officials.
Ethical Implications of Hobby Lobby Ruling Discussed
Leslie Griffin, a law professor from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, spoke to a full audience at Santa Clara about the Supreme Court Hobby Lobby decision and how it limited both women’s rights and religious freedom.
Netflix Invades Privacy, Pays Out
Two Santa Clara hubs for Internet ethics have been named as recipients of a portion of $9 million-settlement from a class-action lawsuit brought against Netflix.
Controversial Year Leaves School Values in Question
We bring inspiring leaders like Dolores Huerta, Paul Farmer and the Dalai Lama to campus to speak about compassion worldwide, but I see something of a double standard when we neglect issues of social justice on our own campus.
App Weighs Right and Wrong
Fourteen hundred people have downloaded Santa Clara’s new iPhone application, which helps users make ethical choices in everyday life.The Markkula Center for Applied Ethics’ new app is designed to aid users in the decision-making process, allowing them to analyze every ethical aspect of a potential judgement.
Dalai Lama Makes Historical Appearance
In one of the most highly anticipated events in recent years, the university welcomed the 14th Dalai Lama to campus on Monday to discuss the role of compassion and ethics in business.