2021–22
How Can We Do Better? Dover Mental Health Challenges and Response: A Community Conversation, June 23, 2022. View the video
The Housing We Need: An Event for NH Realtors (With a hybrid presentation by Paul Willen), May 25th, 2022. View the Video
Ethics Circles Capstone, May 18th, 2022.
Corporate Engagement Dinner Discussion, May 4th, 2022.
Politics and Business: Corporations and the Common Good: How Should Businesses Respond to Social Issues? April 26, 2022. View the Video
Dover Mental Health Challenges and Response: A Conversation with Dover Community Leaders. April 21, 2022. View the Video
Forgiveness: Is It Ever Wrong? An Ethics Circle Discussion. April 8, 2022
Can War Ever be Just? An Ethics in Our World Community Discussion, April 7, 2022
Gattaca Movie Night. April 6, 2022
Willful Blindness – How Fighting Emerges When We Avoid Conflict. April 6, 2022
Governance Matters: Reconciling DEI Values, Intentions, and Impacts. March 31, 2022
Faculty-Student Dinner & Discussion: "Why are boys going to college in fewer numbers than girls, and then doing worse when they get there?" March 8th, 2022.
Ethics in Governance Forum: Business in a Time of Disinformation, March 3rd, 2022. View the Video
Can Literature Improve or Corrupt Character? An Ethics in Our World Community Discussion, February 17, 2022.
Housing Regulation in the Greater Seacoast: Causes and Consequences, February 8, 2022. View the Video
Third Annual Goodchild NH High School Regional Ethics Bowl Championship, February 5, 2022.
4th Annual Housing We Need Forum, with webinar featuring Sara Bronin and the Home Matters in NH Awards, December 10, 2021. View the Video
Ethics in Governance Forum: Bitcoin and Blockchain: The Age of the Decentralized Ledger, December 2, 2021. View the Video
High School Ethics Bowl Invitational, December 1, 2021.
Should We Try to Defeat Death? Ethics in Our World Community Discussion with Dr. Kiki Berk, November 18, 2021.
Ethics in Governance Forum: 7 Ethical Lenses: Through the Kaleidoscope. November 16, 2021. View the Video
Faculty-Student Dinner Discussion on the Ethics of Criminal Justice with Professor Phil Pajakowski, November 8, 2021.
Alumni-Student Dinner: Meme Stocks, November 4, 2021.
Are Our Immigration Laws Just? Ethics in Our World Community Discussion with Dr. Max Latona and Dr. Jason Sorens, October 21, 2021.
Global Ethics Day Film and Discussion, October 20, 2021.
Study Launch: Residential Land Use in NH: Causes and Consequences, October 12, 2021. View the Video
Willful Blindness and Trust at Work, an Ethics Lab with Tom Bell, October 5, 2021.
Roundtable Event for Building and Fire Code Officials, September 30, 2021.
Wouldn't It Be Easier if We All Spoke a Universal Language? Faculty-student dinner discussion with Profs. Rebecca Crisafulli and Christine Kenison (Modern Languages), September 23, 2021.
Lies, Fake News, and Conspiracy Theories: Are We Living in a Post-Truth World? Ethics in Our World Community Discussion with Prof. Joshua Tepley, September 16, 2021.
Does Political Equality Affect Economic Equality? Research workshop cosponsored with the Institute for Humane Studies, with support from the Templeton Foundation, August 27 to 29, 2021.
Explaining the Gap Between Rich and Poor, August 26, 2021. View the Video
The Housing We Need: Community Conversation over Ice Cream, August 16, 2021
Ethics Circles Coordinator Seminar, July 23, 2021.
2020–21
Developers Lunchtime Policy Roundtable, June 30, 2021.
Coffee and Conversations in Goffstown, June 14 & 15, 2021.
"Schools, Funding, and Choice: Solutions to Inequities in New Hampshire's Schools" (virtual), June 9, 2021. View the Video
Faculty Workshop, June 1, 2021.
"Ethics of Archaeology," faculty-student dinner discussion with Prof. Elizabeth Palazzolo (Classics), May 5, 2021.
"Saint Joseph and the Value of Work," co-hosted with Campus Ministry, May 3, 2021.
College Ethics Bowl Competition, April 27-29, 2021.
"Honorable Business with James Otteson" (virtual, Ethics in Governance Forum), April 27, 2021. View the Video
"The Ethics and Economics of Health Insurance," Ethics Lab for high school students with Center Advisory Board member Janice Baker (Harvard Pilgrim), April 22, 2021.
"Unravel: The Ethics of Fast Fashion Part II," April 21, 2021. View the Video
"To What Extent Do We Have the Responsibility to Reduce Our Carbon Footprint?," faculty-student dinner discussion with Prof. Brian Penney (Biology), April 8, 2021.
"When to Speak Out: Three Questions to Answer Before Taking a Public Position on Social Issues" (Ethics in Governance), April 7, 2021. View the Video
"Keeping Kids Out: Zoning, Housing, and Barriers to Educational Opportunity in New Hampshire," March 24, 2021. View the Video
"Better, Not Perfect: A Webinar with Max Bazerman" (Ethics in Governance Forum), February 17, 2021. View the Video
"Clothed in Injustice? The Ethics of Fast Fashion," February 11, 2021. View the Video
Second Annual Goodchild New Hampshire High School Regional Ethics Bowl Championship (virtual), January 30, 2021. Champions: Saint John's High School (Shrewsbury, Mass.).
Third Annual Housing Stakeholder Forum (virtual), December 16, 2020. View the Video
Ethics Bowl Invitational for Ethics Circles high school students (virtual), December 12, 2020. Champions: Goffstown High School.
"The Ethics of Business, Trade, and Global Governance," academic conference (online), December 4, 2020.
"Governance Matters: Missions and Mindsets in the Moment" with Cathy Trower (Ethics in Governance), November 19, 2020. View the Video
"Is It Ever Permissible to Lie in a Job Application or Interview?," Ethics Lab for high school students with Center Advisory Board member Connie Roy-Czyzowski (Northeast Delta Dental), November 12, 2020.
"The Knowledge Problem," Ethics Lab for high school students with Prof. James Harrigan (U of Arizona), November 3, 2020.
"Why Do We Punish?," faculty-student dinner discussion with Prof. Thomas Larson (Philosophy), October 29, 2020.
"Care and the Presence of Leadership in a Time of Crisis" (Ethics in Governance Forum), October 22, 2020. View the Video
"No Longer on Speaking Terms: The Breakdown of Political Dialogue and Collaboration in America," October 14, 2020. Cosponsored by the New Hampshire Institute of Politics. View the Video
"Does a Good Leader Need to Be a Good Person?," faculty-student dinner discussion with Prof. Max Latona (Philosophy), October 8, 2020.
"Federalism and the Regulatory Policies of Local and Regional Governments," online research workshop, October 3 & 4, 2020. Cosponsored by the Institute for Humane Studies with the support of the John Templeton Foundation.
"The Color of Law: How Our Government Segregated America," webinar with author Richard Rothstein and panel of New Hampshire guests, September 22, 2020. View the Video
"Land-Use Regulation and Housing Affordability," online research workshop, August 11 & 12, 2020. Working papers will be available by end of October.
"Building the Cities of the Future: More Markets or More Regulation?," webinar with Ed Glaeser, Emily Hamilton, Alain Bertaud, and Gerrit-Jan Knaap, Jason Sorens moderating, August 10, 2020. View the Video
Ethics Circles coordinators colloquium, Hilton Garden Inn, Manchester, N.H., July 31, 2020.
2019–20
"A Culture Built on Trust" (Ethics in Governance Forum), June 24, 2020. View the Video
"The Housing We Need: Reflections on the Ethics of Affordable Housing amid Covid-19," webinar with Paul Casey '70, Dean Christon '78, and Dr. Tauna Starbuck Sisco, Dr. Max Latona moderating, June 18, 2020. View the Video
"Governance Matters" with Susan Meier and Alan Cantor (Ethics in Governance), June 1, 2020. View the Video
"The Power of And: Responsible Business Without Trade Offs" (Ethics in Governance), May 14, 2020. View the Video
"How Do We Navigate the Ethics of Space Exploration?," faculty-student virtual discussion, April 23, 2020.
"Does a Good Leader Need to Be a Good Person?," Ethics in Our World community discussion at To Share Brewing, February 27, 2020.
"The Ethics of Investing," alumni-faculty-student dinner discussion, February 25, 2020.
"Should We Have Standardized Tests?," faculty-student dinner discussion with Aubrey Scheopner Torres (Education), February 13, 2020.
2020 New Hampshire Regional Ethics Bowl Championship, February 1, 2020.
"2019 Housing We Need Roundtable: Innovative Solutions for NH's Housing Crisis," December 11, 2019.
"A Matter of Balance: Managing the Tension Between Philanthropy and Democracy" (Ethics in Governance), December 4, 2019. View the Video
"Data and Ethics: Second Transatlantic Conference," cosponsored with University of Vienna and University of St Andrews, Vienna, Austria, November 22 & 23, 2019.
"Should You Give Money to Panhandlers?," faculty-student dinner discussion with Tauna Sisco (Sociology), November 20, 2019.
"Spirit of Fear: God and Guns in America," research presentation by Andrew Moore (History), November 20, 2019.
"What Exactly Is Progress?," faculty-student dinner discussion with Hugh Dubrulle (History), October 28, 2019.
"Is Shared Ownership a Better Model?" with Howard Brodsky, Roberta MacDonald, Tara Reardon, & Max Latona, October 22, 2019.
"Design Thinking for Social Innovation" workshop, September 25, 2019.
"Is Eating Animals Wrong?", faculty-student dinner discussion with Josh Tepley (Philosophy), September 24, 2019.
2018–19
"Justice and the Market" with John Ramsay (Ethics in Governance), April 17, 2019. View the Video
"Socially Responsible Investing: Is It Worth It?" (Ethics in Governance), March 13, 2019. View the Video
"The Ethics of Board Diversity" (Ethics in Governance), December 6, 2018. View the Video
"Justice Within the Workplace: The Power of Structures, not Persons" (Ethics in Governance), October 22, 2018. View the Video
"Nourishing a World in Nutritional Crisis," February 21, 2018
The 2018 Social Innovation Pitch Competition, January 27, 2018