2.1.4: Kenan Institute for Ethics

Support the study and teaching of ethics and works to infuse moral deliberation, commitment, and courage into the fabric of Duke and beyond.

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Enhancing Duke's undergraduate experience and placing knowledge in the service of society require us to reflect on the core values and purposes of creating and transmitting knowledge. The KIE is uniquely positioned to lead such discussions as it focuses its attention on three core areas: moral development, organizational ethics, and civic and global ethics. In its second decade of work, the KIE seeks to recruit a cluster of ethics scholars with joint appointments between the Institute and another department or school; to expand curricular opportunities in ethics and develop approaches to evaluating and improving ethics teaching and practice; and to launch a cluster of ethics-related programs focused on campus life. The institute will also continue to promote ethics in K-12, higher education, and business.

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• Kenan Institute for Ethics: From its beginnings in 1995, the Kenan Institute for Ethics (KIE) has grown into one of the most active and respected ethics centers in the country. A university-wide initiative housed under the Provost's Office, the Institute supports the study and teaching of ethics and works to infuse moral deliberation, commitment, and courage into the fabric of Duke and beyond. The KIE has already had a significant impact both as an ethics "think and do tank" and has served the university in many ways as a consultant, facilitator, and convener for ethics-related activities across the curriculum and in campus life.

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