January 8, 2009
Contact: Madeleine Lynn Carnegie Council for Ethics in International Affairs Tel: 212) 838-4120 ext. 222, email: [email protected]
Carnegie Council Launches Global Ethics Corner
New York, New York--The Carnegie Council is pleased to announce Global Ethics Corner, a weekly series of 90-second segments devoted to newsworthy ethical issues. Launched and produced by Senior Fellow and Program Director William C. Vocke, these pieces are multi-media, available as videos, audios, podcasts, and transcripts.
"The purpose of these short segments is not to provide answers," says Vocke, "but to ask the audience to explore the underlying ethical problems behind the headlines and to come to their own conclusions. The topics are eclectic-recent examples include robots on the battlefield, the financial crisis, and the debate over "slow food" versus fast food. We encourage audience responses. Global Ethics Corners are also available as features for newspapers and radio stations, on request."
Global Ethics Corner has its own YouTube channel, so that people can post text and video comments:
You can find also Global Ethics Corner on the Carnegie Council website at: http://www.carnegiecouncil.org/resources/gec/index.html William C. Vocke is a lifelong proponent of international education. He has been professor and Director of the Institute of World Affairs at the University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, and recently resigned his position as a Professor at Taiwan's top international affairs program at National Cheng Chi University. He also taught at National Taiwan University and at the Foreign Service Institute of the Taiwan Foreign Ministry; consulted at their Ministry of Justice, International Investigations Bureau; and spoke regularly at academic and corporate events. He has produced and hosted over 500 television and radio programs on public channels in Wisconsin and Cincinnati.
The Carnegie Council for Ethics in International Affairs, established in 1914 by Andrew Carnegie, is an independent, nonpartisan, nonprofit organization dedicated to increasing understanding of the relationship between ethics and international affairs. The Carnegie Council's mission is to be the voice for ethics in international policy. It convenes agenda-setting forums and creates educational opportunities and information resources for a worldwide audience of teachers and students, journalists, international affairs professionals, and concerned citizens.
