Whether you're considering the fairness of capital punishment or your roommate's right to hang a poster you disagree with, as a student at Santa Clara University, you're going to be thinking about ethics.
Every undergraduate takes at least one course in ethics. At the Markkula Center for Applied Ethics, we also offer a rich program of events on ethics in almost any field you can think of, and we engage students in peer-led dialogue about ethics in everyday life.
Center fellowships and internships allow students to pursue interests in almost any area of ethics, including business, the environment, engineering, and health care.
Interns are placed in ethics and compliance divisions of Silicon Valley companies.
Fellows explore the ethics of sustainability on campus.
A debate group on ethical issues, the Ethics Bowl team competes regionally and nationally.
Fellows work on projects at the intersection of policy and ethics.
Students create programs for their peers on ethical issues.
Interns shadow doctors, nurses and other healthcare professionals in hospitals and hospices.
The fellow serves as a peer mentor to students in the Health Care Ethics Internship and develops an ethics project with particular relevance to students and alumni.
Interns are engaged in all aspects of Ethics Center communication and digital marketing channels.
The Markkula Center for Applied Ethics's 2023-24 Fellows and Interns present their ethics-focused projects in this year's student showcase.
In this podcast students inquire about programs on campus that support diversity, equity and inclusion.
Podcast explores notification to students about student resources at Santa Clara University.
In this podcast students inquire about the return of Recreational Sports to campus.
Hackworth grants are available to students doing research on ethics and may include money for travel, supplies, and fees
Graduating seniors are honored for excellence in ethics research or practice
Developed by a member of SCU's student government, these resources include case studies and sample codes of ethics