Program

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Thursday, May 30, 2002

1:00 Registration

3:30 Conference Welcome

4:00-5:30 Communication Ethics, Ethnicity, and Conflict
Chair, Pat Arneson

"Discrepant Messages: Investigating the Uses of Film to Recruit African Americans in World War II," Kathleen German, Miami University.

"Afflicting the Afflicted or Saying 'We Are All Americans': A Study of Letters to the Editor in Response to the 1942 Japanese Internment," Brian Thornton, Northern Illinois University

5:30 -6:30 Dinner, Bigelow Cafeteria

6:45-8:45 Teaching About Hate Speech

This presentation/workshop will be led by Richard Johannesen, Northern Illinois University, and Debra Worley, Indiana State University. It will feature both print and "nonprint" materials available for teaching about hate speech, along with the presenters' experiences about interacting with students and student assignments.

9:00-11:00 Reception in memory of Martha Cooper, The Oaklands

Friday, May 31, 2002

7:00-8:15 Breakfast, Bigelow Cafeteria

8:30-10:00 Dialogue, Moral Suasion, and Invitational Rhetoric
Chair: Debra Worley, Indiana State University

"Turning to the Other," Marie Baker-Ohler, Duquesne University.

"The Ethical Desirability of Direct Moral Suasion," Kenneth Chase, Wheaton College.

"Dialogue as Reciprocal and Asymmetrical," Jeff Murray, Independent Scholar.

10:30-12:00 Organizational Communication Ethics as Experienced by Employees
Chair: Maribeth Metzler, Miami University

"Using Cognitive Maps to Assess Ethical Sensitivity for Ethical Issues Related to Organizational Communication," Tammy Swenson Lepper, University of West Florida.

"Receiving Ethics vs. Constructing Ethics: Assessing the Limitations of Managerially Mandated Ethical Policies," Kathleen S. Valde, Northern Illinois University.

"Depression in the Workplace: The Ethical Dilemma of Disclosure," Rebecca S. DeVries, Western Michigan University.

12:30-2:30 Conference Luncheon and Keynote Address, President's Dining Room

"The Role for Shame in Communication Ethics," Richard Johannesen, Northern Illinois University.

Professor Johannesen is the James A. Jaksa Scholar in Residence for the National Communication Ethics Conference. James A Jaksa, Professor Emeritus of Communication at Western Michigan University is one of the founders of the conference and of the NCA Communication Ethics Commission. Professor Jaksa will introduce Professor Johannesen.

3:00-4:30 Another Look at the NCA Credo
Chair: Lea Stewart

At the last conference, suggestions for "promulgation, utilization, and assessment" of the NCA Credo for Ethical Communication were developed. This session will re-examine this document and assess how far we have come in implementing the recommendations developed two years ago. Suggestions for action will be developed and discussed.

4:30-6:30 Dinner, Bigelow Cafeteria

5:00-6:15 Conversation with Richard Johannesen
Those wishing to continue discussions with our scholar-in-residence are encouraged to meet at a reserved table during the dinner hour in the Bigelow Cafeteria.

6:45-8:45 Media Ethics and Coverage of September 11

"Waving the Flag After the Terrorist Attacks: Was it Ethical?," Sandra L. Borden, Western Michigan University.

"The September 11, 2001 Attack: Covering Traumatic Events and Reporting on Victims," Sue Ellen Christian, Western Michigan University.

"The Ethics of American Patriotism," Lee Artz, Loyola University-Chicago.

9:00-11:00 Reception honoring Richard Johannesen, The Oaklands

Saturday, June 1, 2002

7:00-8:15 Breakfast, Bigelow Cafeteria

8:30-10:00 Communication Pedagogy Workshop
The purpose of this session is to provide participants with a wide range of ideas and resources for teaching communication ethics in various classes.

"The Role of Language in Teaching Communication Ethics," Peggy Bowers
Saint Louis University.

"Teaching Communication Ethics in an Introductory Mass Media Course,"
Linda Wheeler Cardillo, College of Mount St. Joseph.

"Deconstructing Oxymorons: Creating an Ethics Course for a Professional Sales Major,"
Martha E. Hardesty, The College of St. Catherine.

"Teaching Communication Ethics Course in a Multi-disciplinary Communication School," Tammy Swenson Lepper, University of West Florida.

"Ethical Communication Concerns for Students in Online Courses: How Do We Thread the Forum?" David Schuelke, Bethel College.

"Addressing Content Diversity in a Public Speaking Course," Paula Tompkins, St. Cloud State University.

"Developing Ethical Awareness within a Leadership Development Course," Julie Belle White-Newman, The College of St. Catherine.

"Teaching Communication Ethics as a Capstone Course in Liberal Studies,"
Debra A. Worley, Indiana State University.

10:30-12:00 Social Justice and Internet Technology
Chair: Sharon Bracci, University of North Carolina, Greensboro
Presenter: Cliff Christians, University of Illinois at Champaign-Urbana

Digital information technologies are new, but can best be understood in terms of the long-standing ethical principle of justice. Christians makes the case for justice as the most appropriate framework for examining today's cyberspace. Then the floor is open for debate and discussion as we work together to establish an agenda for the ethics of the internet.

12:15-1:15 Lunch, Bigelow Cafeteria

1:30-3:00 Applied Organizational Communication Ethics
Chair: Tasha Van Horn, University

"Ethics in the City: A Discourse of Philosophical and Practical Boundaries," Spoma Jovanovic, University of North Carolina, Greensboro, and Roy V. Wood, University of Denver.

"How Should Multinational Corporations Communicate About Global Ethical Dilemmas?," Angelika Kausche, Western Michigan University.

"Conflicting Codes of Ethics Between Employees and Organizations," Alycia M. Iwan, Western Michigan University.

4:30-6:30 Dinner, Bigelow Cafeteria

6:45-8:45 What Makes an Authentic Teacher and Authentic Teaching?
Chair: Paula Tompkins, St. Cloud State University

"Foolproof or Foolhardy: Ethical Theory in Beginning Reporting Texts," Lee Anne Peck, Franklin College Switzerland.

"Teaching Rhetoric Ethically: Richard M. Weaver," Eric Grabowsky, Duquesne University.

9:00-11:00 Reception honoring Duquesne University Fellows and "Gull Lake" T-Shirt Night, hosted by Duquesne University, The Oaklands

Sunday, June 2, 2002

7:00-8:15 Breakfast, Bigelow Cafeteria

8:30-10:30 "Self, Other, and Communication Ethics"

This panel will address the question: "What is the nature of alterity in the relation of the self and other in ethical sociality?"

Convener: Roy Wood, University of Denver
Ronald Arnett, Duquesne University
Ken Chase, Wheaton College
Pat Gehrke, Pennsylvania State University
Spoma Jovanovic, University of North Carolina, Greensboro
Lisbeth Lipari, Denison University
Jeffrey Murray, Independent Scholar
Christopher Poulos, University of North Carolina, Greensboro

All conference sessions will be in Room 157 of the Bernhard Center, except for the Friday Luncheon and Keynote Address, which will be in the President's Dining Room in the same building. Housing for the conference will be in Davis Hall. The Bigelow Cafeteria is located adjacent to the Bernhard Center. The Oaklands is a guest house on the campus that is also used for receptions. It is located directly across the street from the Bernhard Center.

You may use WMU's Recreational Center for $7/day payable at the door; your conference nametag is required. Please take the meal card issued to you at registration with you to all meals in Bigelow Cafeteria.

Richard Johannesen to be First James A. Jaksa Scholar-in-Residence

Program of the Seventh National Communication Ethics Conference

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