Past Events 2013
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The Sixth International Conference in a Series in Alternative Perspectives & Global Concerns
Conference Call for Papers Globality, Unequal Development, and Ethics of Duty
Date: October 17-18, 2013.
Rarely since the 1960’s has the concept of global socio-economic development gone uncontested. Initially it meant ‘modernization’, remaking non-industrialized societies in the pattern of the wealthier industrial societies. Yet this proved to be harmful in many cases, provoking critical responses like that of Peter Berger, who argued in Pyramids of Sacrifice (1974) that the discourse of development sacrifices rather than benefits Third World societies. What is needed, he argued, is a marriage of ethics and social change. Similarly, by reflecting on inequality and poverty in The Cruel Choice, Denis Goulet argued that development needs to be redefined, demystified, and thrust into the arena of moral debate.
Subsequently the prevailing conceptions of development focused on economic growth, yet this provoked another round of debates on the meaning of ‘development’, which, more accurately, were debates about what is worthwhile development – about what development ought to be. A growing number of voices contended that if development is to be a worthwhile objective of public policy, it could not be reduced to economic growth; rather, a number of other values had to be satisfied, including well-being, equity, and empowerment, human rights, cultural liberty, environmental sustainability, and integrity in relation to corruption. Philosophical reflection on these issues was provided by members of the International Development Ethics Association including Goulet, David Crocker, Nigel Dower, Des Gasper, Jay Drydyk, Christine Koggel and Asuncion St. Clair.
Meanwhile, prominent political philosophers such as Amartya Sen, Martha Nussbaum, Thomas Pogge, and Onora O’Neill argued that unequal development, in its many dimensions, is incompatible with justice. This application of an idea of justice to the context of development demands greater complexity within our conceptions of justice, involving not only reduction of poverty and other inequalities but empowerment and expansion of agency for the poor.
Globalization has resulted in further complexities. Some countries have availed opportunities of globalized production better than others to achieve high rates of economic growth, and some of these have significantly advanced the well-being of their people, as indicated by such measures as the Human Development Index. On the other hand, human development has stagnated in other countries – and indeed entire regions. Today, it is estimated that there are approximately 820 million people living on less than $1.25 a day. The absolute numbers of poor people are cutting off from the prosperity promised by global changes, critiques argue. Even where living standards have improved, other values of worthwhile development have not been met, and the worst of cases have been characterized by combinations of stagnant well-being, inequality, disempowerment, human rights lapses, cultural repression, environmental unsustainability, and corruption.
However, the process of globalization signifies a new social condition destined to give way to new global consciousness. By interconnecting and networking the self-contained societies, globalization gradually constitutes a conscious global social condition, an ethical globality, providing conditions for a global public reason which urges us to contemplate upon our duty to end inequality and poverty.
How is poverty in a globalized world different from the previous era? Do we have duty to end poverty? Just poverty, or also disempowerment? Based on what moral reasoning is this duty grounded? Must this reasoning be based on value consensus, or can it result in convergence on conclusions from plural moral premises? What derives from this duty? To whom is this duty addressed? What are the dimensions of this duty? Is this a duty to help or a duty for justice? Is it a uniform duty or are there diverse lines of reasoning and justifications for it? Who must undertake this duty? How is the duty undertaken and fulfilled?
As the sixth in a series on Alternative Perspectives on Global Concerns, this conference provides a forum for conversation and dialogue about the ethics of duty in an age of globality and extreme poverty.
Conference Themes
- Conference topics include, but are not limited to the following areas:
- Ethical dimensions of worthwhile development vs. maldevelopment
- Winners and losers from globalization
- Poverty, agency, and empowerment
- Globalization of trade and the world poverty
- Financial integration and poverty
- Duty to help or to justice
- Duties of justice: beyond inequality of resources
- Justice as a virtue, in the context of international development
We invite proposals for 30-minute individual presentations. We welcome the analysis of a broad range of issues, disciplinary and interdisciplinary reflections and case studies. We also encourage panel submission of three papers (each panel totaling 105 minutes). Please include a brief description of the panel as well as individual abstracts for each of the papers. For individual papers, please send an abstract, maximum length of 250 words and a short bio of 150 words by end of June, 2013.
Depending on budgetary availability, a selection of the conference contributions will be publishing in a volume with the working title: Globality, Unequal Development, and Duties of Justice.
Dr. Mahmoud Masaeli
School of International Development and Global Studies
University of Ottawa
120 University Street, Room 8010
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
K1N 6N5
Telephone: (613) 613-562-5800 ext. 4979 Fax: 613-562-5817
mmasaeli@uottawa.ca
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EPAC-APEC Workshop
Dr. Mary Gentile, Ph.D.
Wednesday October 30, 8:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.
River Building 2200
Carleton University
Cost: $40 for current (2013) members of EPAC; $80 for all others
Registration is required: Registrations must be made on our website at www.epac-apec.ca and must use PayPal or its associated credit cards for payment (cancellations must be received before October 23, 2013 for a refund).
One of the most significant ethical risks faced by organizations today is that employees will not speak up and raise concerns in the workplace when it is critical that they do so.
The Ethics Practitioners’ Association of Canada’s next workshop welcomes Dr. Mary Gentile, Ph.D., educator and well-known author of the award-winning book, “Giving Voice To Values: How To Speak Your Mind When You Know What’s Right” (Yale Univ. Press, www.MaryGentile.com).
Drawing on both the actual experience of practitioners as well as cutting edge research, Dr. Gentile says the Giving Voice to Values (GVV) framework fills a crucial gap in our understanding of how to enable ethical practice in organizations. Rather than a focus on ethical analysis, GVV focuses on ethical implementation and asks the questions: “What if I were going to act on my values? What would I say and do? How could I be most effective?”
Developed by Dr. Gentile, a veteran of Harvard Business School and pioneer in both ethics and diversity management curriculum, Giving Voice to Values is now being piloted in over 500 educational and executive settings on six continents.
Dr. Gentile will present the findings of her research and discuss how her program helps individuals engage in questions relating to ethics and ethical risk in a meaningful way. Following the presentation, Dr. Gentile will engage participants in a series of workshop discussions on how these principles can be applied within an organizational setting.
This event will be held at Carleton University, Ottawa, in conjunction with the Carleton Centre on Values and Ethics (COVE).
Register today to be part of the discussion on what role your ethics work can play to encourage employees to “give voice to values”.
This workshop will be in English only.
L’un des plus grands risques liés à l’éthique auxquels les organisations font face de nos jours est qu’un employé se taise et n’exprime pas ses préoccupations par rapport au lieu de travail lorsque c’est primordial de le faire.
Le prochain atelier de l’Association des praticiens en éthique du Canada (APEC) accueillera Mme Mary Gentile, Ph.D., éducatrice et auteure bien connue de l’ouvrage primé Giving Voice To Values: How To Speak Your Mind When You Know What’s Right (Yale Univ. Press, www.MaryGentile.com).
Tablant tant sur l’expérience réelle des praticiens que sur des recherches de pointe, Mme Gentile affirme que le cadre deGiving Voice to Values (GVV) comble une grande lacune quant à notre compréhension des moyens permettant d’ancrer la pratique éthique dans une organisation. L’ouvrage GVV, qui met l’accent sur la mise en œuvre plutôt que sur l’analyse d’un point de vue éthique, pose les questions suivantes : que se passerait-il si j’agissais selon mes valeurs? Qu’est-ce que je dirais et ferais? Comment pourrais-je optimiser mon efficacité?
Mis au point par Mme Gentile, vétéran de la Harvard Business School et pionnière dans les domaines de l’éthique et de la gestion de la diversité, le programme « Giving Voice to Values » est actuellement à l’essai dans plus de 500 établissements d’enseignement et organisations sur six continents.
Mme Gentile présentera les résultats de ses recherches et expliquera comment son programme peut aider les gens à aborder les questions relatives à l’éthique et les risques connexes de façon constructive. Après la présentation, Mme Gentile invitera les participants à discuter des moyens permettant d’appliquer ces principes dans le contexte d’une organisation.
Cette activité aura lieu à l’Université Carleton, Ottawa, avec le concours du Carleton Centre on Values and Ethics (COVE).
Inscrivez-vous dès aujourd’hui si vous souhaitez prendre part aux discussions sur le rôle que votre travail sur le plan de l’éthique peut jouer pour encourager les employés à donner vie aux valeurs.
L’atelier se déroulera en anglais seulement.
Quand : 30 octobre 2013, de 8 h 30 à 12 h 30.
Où : Le Théâtre (salle 2200), Édifice River, Université Carleton (Des espaces de stationnement payants sont disponibles, en nombre limité, à différents endroits sur le campus.)
Coût : 40 $ pour les membres actuels (2013) de l’APEC; 80 $ pour tous les autres.
L’inscription est obligatoire : Vous devez vous inscrire par l’entremise de notre site Web à l’adresse www.epac-apec.ca. Le paiement se fait par PayPal ou par la carte de crédit qui s’y rattache. (En cas d’annulation, il faut nous en aviser avant le 23 octobre 2013 pour obtenir un remboursement.)
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COVE Distinguished Speaker 2013
Monday October 28, 6 p.m.
Dunton Tower 2017
Carleton University
- Gita Sen
Situating Women’s Health in the Drive Toward Universal Health Coverage: Issues in LMIC Countries
Gita Sen is Professor of Public Policy at the Indian Institute of Management in Bangalore (IIMB), India, and Adjunct Professor of Global Health and Population, Harvard School of Public Health.
As co-coordinator of the Women and Gender Equity Knowledge Network for WHO’s Commission of the Social Determinants of Health, she was responsible for developing a global report on women’s health (Unequal, Unfair, Ineffective and Inefficient – Gender Inequity in Health: Why It Exists and How We Can Change It?). As a member of the Millennium Project’s Taskforce on Gender Equality, she was an advocate for the importance of reproductive health and women’s health and empowerment for the realization of the MDGs. She was the first Chairperson of the World Bank’s External Gender Consultative Group, set up after the Beijing conference. Widely known for her work on sexual and reproductive health and rights, she is a member of the High Level Task Force for ICPD, and a member of the Lancet Commission on Women and Health.
She is the author and editor of a number of articles and books including Gender Equity in Health: the Shifting Frontiers of Evidence and Action (Routledge, 2010); Engendering International Health: The Challenge of Equity (The MIT Press, 2002); Women’s Empowerment and Demographic Processes – Moving Beyond Cairo (Oxford University Press/IUSSP, 2000); Population Policies Reconsidered: Health, Empowerment and Rights (Harvard Centre for Population and Development Studies, 1994).
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COVE Fall Research Day 2013
October 16, 3 p.m.
Dunton Tower 2017
Carleton University
You are cordially invited to COVE’s Fall Research Day. Time & place: Wednesday, October 16, 3 p.m., Dunton Tower 2017.
The event will include:
- Updates on their research from Melanie Adrian (Law), Christine Koggel (Philosophy), David Long (NPSIA), and Vida Panitch (Philosophy).
- Update + Q&A on plans for the Ethics Ph.D.
- Refreshments and informal discussion
Hope you can make it!
- COVE Spring Research Day 2013
May 8th, 2:30 p.m.
Dunton Tower 2017
Carleton University
The Centre on Values and Ethics (COVE) presents its annual Spring Research Day. The afternoon features multidisciplinary panels on issues pertaining to research in corrections, measuring gender equality, and sharing first nations knowledge. Our research days foster interdisciplinary connections between faculty and students as well as introducing graduate students to developing research.
Join us for three lively panels, each panel consisting of 3 speakers presenting a five-minute overview of their research. A 15-minute question period follows each panel. Wine and cheese will follow.
More information will be forthcoming on our website by May 1st: http://www3.carleton.ca/cove/index.html
Panels and Speakers:
Research in Corrections:
Moderator: Kelley Blanchette, Ph.D., Acting Deputy Commissioner for Women, Women Offender Sector, Correctional Service of Canada
- Kelly Taylor, Ph.D., Director, Correctional Research, Research Branch, Correctional Service of Canada, “Vulnerable populations: Ensuring ethical research in correctional environments”.
- Natalie Jones, Ph.D., Director of Research, Orbis Partners Inc., “Positive restructuring: Incorporating strengths into risk assessment and correctional intervention”.
- Shelley Brown, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Department of Psychology, Carleton University, “Ethics issues that emerge when doing research with justice involved girls”.
Measuring Gender Equality:
All of the panelists below are working on a joint project concerned with measuring gender equality.
Moderator: forthcoming
- Pauline Rankin, Ph.D., Associate Dean – Research and Graduate Affairs, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, Carleton University
- Christina Gabriel, Associate Professor, Department of Political Science, Carleton University
- Lisa Mills, Associate Professor, School of Public Policy and Administration, Carleton University
Sharing First Nations Knowledge:
Moderator: Allan Ryan, New Sun Chair in Aboriginal Art and Culture, Associate Professor, Canadian Studies/Art History Graduate Supervisor, School of Canadian Studies, Carleton University
- Armand Ruffo, Associate Professor, Dept. of English Language and Literature, Carleton University, “How do we tell someone else’s story?”
- Rodney Nelson, Ph.D. Candidate, Dept. of Canadian Studies, Carleton University, “Working with First Nations communities: The ethical debate on economic development.”
- John Medicine Horse Kelly, Assistant Professor, School of Journalism and Communication, Carleton University, “The Relationships of Research: The Ties That Bind”.
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5th Annual Graduate Ethics Conference
May 4th and 5th, 2013
Three Pillars of Moral Theory: Metaethics, Normative Ethics, and Applied Ethics
Questions of metaethics, applied ethics, and normative ethics are entangled, yet often sectioned off. This year’s COVE Graduate Conference will focus on the ways in which these areas come together, and will highlight current debates in the broad sphere of moral theory. Together, we will explore these three pillars, as well as their interconnectivity.
Papers from all areas in ethics will be presented.
Join us for what promises to be a very interesting and thought-provoking weekend.
Keynote Speaker:
Don Loeb
The University of Vermont
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Call for Papers
5th Annual Graduate Ethics Conference
May 4th and 5th, 2013
Three Pillars of Moral Theory: Metaethics, Normative Ethics, and Applied Ethics
Questions of metaethics, applied ethics, and normative ethics are entangled, yet often sectioned off. This year’s COVE Graduate Conference will focus on the ways in which these areas come together, and will highlight current debates in the broad sphere of moral theory. Together, we will explore these three pillars, as well as their interconnectivity.
Papers from all areas in ethics will be accepted from both graduate and undergraduate students. Slight preference will be given to papers that highlight the connections between these areas.
Keynote Speaker:
Don Loeb
The University of Vermont
Submission Deadline:
April 2nd, 2013
Submit an abstract
of 300 to 500 words
to COVEconference@carleton.ca
by April 2nd, 2013
Include the following details:
- The paper title
- Your name, as it would appear in the program
- Your institutional affiliation
- Your email
- The final paper should be 3,000 to 5,000 words.
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Fiona Robinson
Recipient of the 2012 FPA Research Excellence Award
Hosts the 2013 Research Award Symposium
Women’s Health, Global Health: Ethics, Power and Politics
Friday, March 1, 2013
10.00 am – 4.00 pm (reception to follow)
2nd Floor – Residence Commons
To register: http://bit.ly/11pTKVJ
Program
10:00-10:15
Dean’s Welcome
10:15-10:45
Fiona Robinson
Department of Political Science, Carleton University
“The Ethics and Politics of Women’s Health in Global Health Governance”
Panel 1
10:45-12:30
Globalizing and Governing Women’s Bodies
- Christine Straehle, Graduate School of Public and International Affairs, University of Ottawa, “The Ethics of Global Surrogacy: A Vulnerability and Global Justice Perspective”
- Vida Panitch, Department of Philosophy, Carleton University, “Global Commercial Surrogacy: Exploitation to Empowerment”
- Patti Tamara Lenard, Graduate School of Public and International Affairs, University of Ottawa, “Boobytrapping women: On the ethics of coercive breastfeeding’
- Phyllis Rippeyoung, Department of Sociology, University of Ottawa , “Mandated Breastfeeding: Women’s Bodies as a Solution to Global Poverty”
Lunch
12:30-1:15
Panel 2
1:15-2:45
Women’s Health, Women’s Rights: Domestic, Supranational and Global Governance
- Mira Johri, International Health Unit, University of Montreal Hospital Research Centre, and Department of Health Administration, Faculty of Medicine, University of Montreal, “Women’s health literacy and immunization coverage in India”
- Melissa Haussman, Department of Political Science, Carleton University, “Advocating for Reproductive Rights at the Supranational Level: the Center for Reproductive Rights and Recent Landmark Cases at the Inter-American Court of Human Rights and the European Court of Human Rights”
- Lisa Mills, School of Public Administration, Carleton University, “Global Health, the MDGs and Maternal Health in Mexico”
Panel 3
2:45-4:00
Neo-liberal Globalization and Long-term Care: Gendered Implications
- Hugh Arm, School of Social Work and Institute of Political Economy, Carleton University, “Neoliberalism and Official Health Statistics: A Research Agenda with Gender in Mind”
- Susan Braedley, School of Social Work, Carleton University, “Healthy Women, Health for All?”
Closing Remarks, Fiona Robinson
4:00
Reception
4:00-5:00
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Dealing with Dilemmas
A Panel Discussion on the Ethics of Development Practice
Wednesday, January 9, 2013, 3:00 p.m.
Dunton Tower, room 2017 (Carleton University)
International development is an enterprise that claims a noble humanistic mission, to fight poverty and to uphold human rights. Yet, when we look at what has been done as “international development,” we can see that politics, greed, incompetence and confusion also feature frequently.
In this discussion, we will share stories of ethical dilemmas that we and others have encountered while working in international development. What can these experiences teach us about how we can respond, both as individual practitioners and collectively?
Panelists
Ian Smillie
Founder of InterPares, former Executive Director of CUSO, author of numerous books and long-term observer and critic of international development
Meddie Mayanja
Program Manager at Canadian Organisation for Development through Education (CODE); specialist in international development and role of ICT since 1997; worked with World Bank Institute, UNESCO and IDRC
Kaveesh Padiachy
Active member of Engineers Without Borders, just returned from Zambia
Sarah Parkinson
Researcher and author of the forthcoming book Something Bigger Than Ourselves: Finding a Way in International Development (March 2013, Kumarian Press)
Facilitated by
Jay Drydyk
Professor of Philosophy and former president of the International Development Ethics Association
© Centre on Values & Ethics 2013