Individuals and groups from universities and colleges are encouraged to join us for the 2nd Annual Undergraduate Leadership Conference (September 5-7, 2025), organized by APPE's Business Ethics Affinity Group. At this FREE event, undergraduate student leaders will be equipped with the basic tools in ethical decision making that will serve as a foundation for a productive year of student leadership on their campuses. They will also network with other student leaders from colleges and universities across the country. This conference is presented by APPE, The Janet Prindle Institute for Ethics at DePauw University, the Notre Dame Deloitte Center for Ethical Leadership and the Poe Business Ethics Center at the Warrington College of Business, University of Florida. All events take place at The Janet Prindle Institute for Ethics at DePauw University in Greencastle, Indiana. Most events will take place on Saturday, September 6, with optional activities taking place on Friday, September 5 and Sunday, September 7 for those who want to extend their stay. At this point, we are seeking information from interested individuals and institutions about how many students to expect, and for which portions of the conference. Please fill out this form as soon as possible, and an official registration form will be provided in August. Space is limited.
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 | The 2025 Ethics Bowl Summer Workshop will be held Friday, July 25 and Saturday, July 26. The pre-workshop ABCs of the Ethics Bowl will be held on Friday at 4 p.m., ET, and concurrent sessions, small group discussions, and breakout sessions will be throughout the day on Saturday, 11:30 a.m. to 6:30 p.m., ET.
The event is free, but registration is required to have access to the Zoom links. |
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| Volunteer with APPE We are still seeking applications from at-large members to join an APPE Committee for the next year. APPE Committees are made up of APPE Board Members and Members-At-Large. Committees are reconstituted on an annual basis and members serve one year, renewal terms, which begin on July 1, 2025. Committees include: - APPE IEB® (Responsible for serving as liaison to the APPE Intercollegiate Ethics Bowl® program and engaging and coordinating with others interested in ethics bowl activities.)
- Conference (Responsible for overseeing the planning and production of the annual conference.)
- Membership (Responsible for recruiting and retaining members, ensuring member satisfaction, and promoting membership benefits.)
- Nominating (Responsible for identifying, vetting, and recommending an annual list of candidates for election to the Board of Directors.)
- Outreach and Engagement Committee (Responsible for increasing outreach and engagement of members and non-members and creating a welcoming, supportive and accessible environment in all our programming.)
- Programming (Responsible for overseeing the planning and production of non-conference programming throughout the year.)
Submit your nomination by June 6, 2025. |
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 APPE Member Spotlight
Name: Mark Doorley, Ph.D.
Title/Institution: Director, Ethics Program, College of Liberal Arts & Sciences, Villanova University
APPE member since: 2001 You were just elected to the APPE Board of Directors. What type of role do you hope to play on the board?
I intend to be a good steward of the vision, mission and resources of APPE. Our organization has an important role to play in higher education and in the professions during this rather bumpy and uncertain time in history. I hope to be a collaborator, brainstormer and faithful contributor to ensure that APPE is doing its part in the higher education/professions landscape.
We recently released our call for proposals to the annual APPE conference. How has participating in the APPE conference contributed to your professional growth?
The conference is a great time to catch up with colleagues and to hear about the work they are doing, whether that is in a formal conference or over a cup of coffee. In addition, there are always new faces at APPE, and it provides an opportunity to broaden my network, and to learn about issues that are not my focus, but which are important in themselves, but can also enrich my own teaching and writing. In addition, the Ethics Bowl meets in conjunction with the conference; being with young people who are passionate about their ideas, and want to explore challenging topics in a respectful and constructive ways, always energizes me. I can't encourage APPE members enough to stick around to serve as a judge at the end of the conference.
You have been involved with the Ethics Bowl at various levels--high school and collegiate. Why do you think it's an important activity for students to participate in?
Since 2013 I have hosted the Delaware Valley Regional High School Ethics Bowl. As for the IEB, I helped coach the first Villanova team that went to the competition in 2001. I coached the team for several years, before moving into a more administrative role, both in sponsoring our local team and in helping the IEB, both as a host for the Northeast Regional for a few years, assisting with the online events during the pandemic and serving on the national competition organizing committee, and service on APPE's IEB committee for the last several years.
I've given over 20 years of my professional life to this event, and I would do it again in a heartbeat. As I tell the high schoolers when they gather at Villanova, we live in a time when so many our political leaders are unable or unwilling to engage in the difficult, but respectful, dialogue that is necessary to solve the monumental challenges that face us today. The Ethics Bowl is a particularly effective way to nurture in our young people the virtues of attentive listening, critical thinking, empathy, respect for differences of opinion and courage that are necessary for the kind of dialogue that will best position us to meet those myriad challenges reasonably and responsibly. It's the best thing I've encountered that provides a context in which to practice these virtues.
The Ethics Bowl Summer Workshop will be held in July. What can people expect to get out of attending that event?
It is a perfect event for people are just beginning on the Ethics Bowl path, as an organizer, a coach or a student. Even if you have been at this for 2-3 years, there is so much to learn. If you've been at this for a while, there will be opportunities to reflect on your experience, to share it with others, and to brainstorm ways to expand the IEB beyond its current shape. It is not a big time drain, but we pack those sessions, so there is much to take away from participating.
Do you have any summer plans? What are you looking forward to doing over the summer break?
I just had my right knee replaced, so my major plan is to recover. I'm hoping to get to the Jersey Shore for several days mid-July, but other than that, I'll be enjoying my backyard, walking ever further each day, and catching up on much delayed reading! |
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Newsy and Noteworthy
Ethics in the News Jobs & Events
Have you seen our job and event emails? Limited free access to post jobs and events of interest in the weekly email (as well as in the Info Hub) is a benefit of membership. If you're a member and would like to submit something for consideration, just login to the Member portal, go to Job & Event Postings and click "add." Non-members can access the jobs and events by creating a login but must pay a fee to list positions and events. Reach out to contact@appe-ethics.org for more info.
We Want to Hear From You! To be featured as a member spotlight or if you have news to share, including books published, send us an email at membernews@appe-ethics.org. |
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Ethics Bowl Case to Consider Pirate My Work, Please (2025 APPE Intercollegiate Ethics Bowl® National Competition Case Set) Here's an excerpt from one of this year's cases: Do you have a favorite show—one you watch over and over again? Now, imagine it suddenly disappearing. No streaming, no DVDs, nothing. Luckily, though, some fan of the show recorded it and is now sharing it with the world. Of course, that kind of sharing is illegal and labeled piracy. But you want to watch it, the performers want you to watch it, and everyone involved in the production wants you to watch it. But Very-Big Entertainment Media, Inc. (V-BEM) owns the exclusive rights, and they’ve decided it’s not making them enough money to even keep copies of the show. So, they delete all its data to make room for other shows they think will perform better.
The creators and fans are devastated by V-BEM’s housecleaning. The creators, without explicitly recommending that their fans break the law, start hinting that people can only view their work through illegal channels—nod, nod, wink, wink. They post comments and describe themselves as “creators of a show you can only watch if you pirate it.” Read the full case here (#8), then discuss it with your family members, colleagues, and friends. |
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