Preliminary Program
Thursday,
May 30, 2002
1:00 Registration
3:30 Conference Welcome
4:00-5:30 Communication Ethics, Ethnicity, and Conflict
“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: Ron Arnett, Duquesne 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.
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
“Reframing the Tension Between Press Freedoms and National Security: An Ethical
Perspective on Freedom of the Press During Times of Conflict,” Nancy Cornwell,
Western Michigan University.
“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
Organizer: Julie Belle White-Newman, College of St. Catherine
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
12:15-1:15 Lunch, Bigelow Cafeteria
1:30-3:00 Applied Organizational Communication Ethics
Chair: Melissa Gibson, Gannon 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.
“Metanomics,” Tom Duncanson, Millikin University
9:00-11:00 Reception honoring Duquesne University Fellows
and “Gull Lake” T-Shirt Night, hosted by Duquesne University, The
Oaklands
Sunday,
May 14, 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
Michael Hyde, Wake Forest University
Spoma Jovanovic, University of North Carolina, Greensboro
Lisbeth Lipari, Denison University
Jeffrey Murray, Independent Scholar
Christopher Poulos, University of North Carolina, Greensboro
*Duquesne University GraduateStudent
Fellows
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
one of the WMU residence halls, probably French Hall or Zimmerman 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.
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