Albers Ethics Week

Frequently Asked Questions

Guest Speakers

• How much time am I committing to?
  45 minutes to an hour per class session.

• Should I talk with the professor before the class?
  Absolutely. The Center for Business Ethics encourages you to speak about ethically-relevant cases, problems, issues and subjects that also connect with the subject area being taught by the faculty member. This will require some conversation with the instructor of the course to which you’ve been assigned. We will put you in contact with your faculty partner.

• Can I ask for a particular class subject?
  Yes. There is a place to indicate this on the sign-up form.

• What types of classes are available?
  We have an array of both graduate and undergraduate courses available and they are all within the business school. Keep in mind, almost all graduate-level classes meet in the evening.

• If my relationship with my professor is not going smoothly, what should I do?
  Please let the Director of the Center for Business Ethics, Jeffery Smith, know so that he can resolve any problems as soon as possible. He can be reached at smitjeff@seattleu.edu

• On the sign-up form, I need to indicate my preferences to speak in the “morning, afternoon, and/or evening”. Can these be changed, if needed?
  Yes. These responses are indications we use to help in our scheduling. We will contact you with options for precise times after you submit the form and you can provide updated preferences then, or at any time by contacting the Center for Business Ethics at cbe@seattleu.edu.

Suggestions for Effective Presentations

In conversation with your faculty partner, try to identify an ethically relevant topic, case study or issue that is well-suited for the particular course to which you’ve been assigned. Over the years we have found that overly general discussions about the importance of ethics, while important, are the messages that the students have heard before at Seattle University. What serves students and faculty well are discussions of ethical issues that are more specific and tailored to the subject area of the course to which you've been assigned.

• Ask the faculty member if they have any assigned readings that may pertain to your appearance in class. If so, a quick review of those materials could give you some ideas of issues to discuss.

• Discuss a case from the news that has ethical aspects and relate it to your organization, industry or the course topic.

• Discuss a specific problem or ethical issue that your profession, organization or industry faces, especially if it fits with the subject area of the course to which you have been assigned.

• Don’t be afraid to ask Jeffery Smith, the Director for the Center for Business Ethics, or your faculty partner for a problem, issue or case to discuss in class. He can be contacted at smitjeff@seattleu.edu

• Provide suggestions or materials that could help the faculty member or students better understand an issue that you are addressing. The faculty member can make those materials available beforehand to the students.

Faculty

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Students

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