Date
February 17, 2026
February
17
Broad College of Business – Minskoff Pavilion MPR
MSU Ethics Week 2026: Ethics of the University
Ethics of the University
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As part of MSU’s Ethics Week, this panel session will explore how universities think about ethics as an institutional commitment across teaching and research, as well as governance, operations, finance, human resources, athletics, and community engagement.
This panel, featuring MSU's Provost Emeritus Thomas Jeitschko and three nationally known experts on how ethics is managed in corporations, universities, and other large institutions, will discuss how large institutions incorporate ethics into everything they do. Discussion will focus particularly on how the unique character of universities creates opportunities and difficulties in making ethics a core commitment of the culture of the university - informing its teaching and research, but also operations, athletics, financial management, human resources, advancement and alumni relations, health care operations, buildings and land management, etc.
- Patricia Harned, President, Ethics and Compliance Initiative, Washington, D.C.
- Suzanne Milton, Chief Ethics and Compliance Officer, Virginia Commonwealth University
- Kirk Hanson, Senior Fellow, Markkula Center for Applied Ethics, Santa Clara University (Panel Chair)
This panel, featuring MSU's Provost Emeritus Thomas Jeitschko and three nationally known experts on how ethics is managed in corporations, universities, and other large institutions, will discuss how large institutions incorporate ethics into everything they do. Discussion will focus particularly on how the unique character of universities creates opportunities and difficulties in making ethics a core commitment of the culture of the university - informing its teaching and research, but also operations, athletics, financial management, human resources, advancement and alumni relations, health care operations, buildings and land management, etc.
Panelists:
- Thomas Jeitschko, Provost Emeritus and Professor of Economics, Michigan State University- Patricia Harned, President, Ethics and Compliance Initiative, Washington, D.C.
- Suzanne Milton, Chief Ethics and Compliance Officer, Virginia Commonwealth University
- Kirk Hanson, Senior Fellow, Markkula Center for Applied Ethics, Santa Clara University (Panel Chair)
Time
4:30 PM - 5:30 PM
Location
Broad College of Business – Minskoff Pavilion MPR