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Compassion as a 'Defiant Social Action': A Response to The Beauty in Breaking
March 25, 2022
Samantha Johnson's review of The Beauty in Breaking by Michele Harper sheds light on "the tightrope [Dr. Harper] walks between self-preservation and healing not only her patients, but the world."
The Sustainable Business Case for Solar on Brownfields
March 24, 2022
Dr. Kinch, the Executive Director of Michigan Energy Options and KBEI Executive in Residence, authors this article that explores the necessity for brownfields.
A Business Ethics Center Rethinks Its Role
March 22, 2022
This paper explores some of the reasons why we, as a business ethics center housed at a state university, are transitioning from being a largely neutral platform on business ethics topics to becoming an advocate for specific perspectives.
How a Yale professor's viral list pressured companies to pull out of Russia
March 11, 2022
The sheer volume of companies clamoring to join the list of corporations withdrawing business from Russia after President Vladimir Putin�s invasion of Ukraine came as a shock to Yale management professor Jeffrey Sonnenfeld.
Our Emersonian First Amendment: An Essay by Nathan Goetting
January 13, 2022
Nathan Goetting, Professor of Criminal Justice & Jurisprudence at Adrian College, presents a robust defense of the First Amendment as the rock upon which academic freedom is built, and his concerns for its future.
CVS Health, Walmart and Walgreens helped perpetuate the opioid crisis, a jury found, the first time retailers were held accountable.
November 23, 2021
Jan Hoffman, whose writing is centered around behavioral health and health law, discusses three of the nation's largest pharmacy chains' contribution to the opioid crisis in Ohio after a federal jury verdict.
New Inaugural Executive-in-Residence Program with Dr. John Kinch
September 30, 2021
The KBEI is pleased to announce that Dr. John Kinch, the Executive Director of Michigan Energy Options, has agreed to serve as our first designated executive under our new Executive-in-Residence program.
Keith Schneider's Visit to GVSU
May 4, 2021
Keith Schneider of the New York Times visited campus in Fall 2021 to discuss how Michigan will adapt to becoming an "environmental refugee" state.
Empathy in Medicine - A Workshop for Physicians
February 17, 2021
Michael DeWilde presented "Empathy in Medicine - A Workshop for Physicians" on February 17, 2021 as part of the Cambridge Consortium for Bioethics Education.
Interview with Rapid Growth Media
February 27, 2020
KBEI Director and Ethics Professor, Michael DeWilde featured in February 2020 Rapid Growth Article.