The Association for Practical and Professional Ethics
announces the
27th Annual APPE International Conference
Thursday, March 1 – Sunday, March 4, 2018
Palmer House Chicago, Illinois
Call for Submissions
This call invites individuals from all disciplines and professions interested in advancing scholarship, teaching and a general understanding of practical and professional ethics. Submissions are invited on ethical issues in all fields including business, engineering, government, media, law, medicine, science and technology as well as interdisciplinary and multi-disciplinary issues that cut across professions such as biomedical, educational, environmental, public health and research.
The Association for Practical and Professional Ethics (APPE) is a multidisciplinary, international organization advancing scholarship, education, and practice in practical and professional ethics. We facilitate and support collaboration among scholars and teachers, business and government leaders, and professionals from all areas concerned with the practical application of ethics and values.
Special Event: Private reading of Queen
APPE will host a reading of Queen on the evening of Thursday, March 1 at the Palmer House. The production explores the ethical dilemmas faced by two young academics who discover an error in their career-defining research project.
Submission Categories
We invite submissions in the following categories:
- Individual presentations
- Case studies
- Pedagogical demonstrations
- Creative arts
- Posters
- Panel discussions
- Author meets critics
- Lunch with an author
- Pecha Kucha/Rapid fire session (new for 2018)
- Graduate student three minute thesis competition (new for 2018)
- Paper competitions and awards.
All submissions, in all categories, are due October 27, 2017.
In practice, one individual submission per person will be accepted.
Submission Guidelines and Instructions.
In addition to papers and sessions on topics of general interest in applied and professional ethics, APPE has Special Interest Sections and program tracks in the following areas:
Journalism and Media Ethics
Health Ethics
The Health Ethics Special Interest Section engages members interested in ethical challenges related to health and health care. These issues arise in biomedical research, clinical practice, healthcare policy, public health, and the life sciences. This inherently interdisciplinary SIS reaches across many areas of scholarship and professional practice in biotechnology, medicine, nursing, politics, law, religion, and philosophy, among others.
Business Ethics
The Business Ethics Interest Group (BEIG) focuses on perennial and emerging issues in regional, national, and international business ethics.
Engineering, Science and Technology Ethics
The mission of the APPE’s special interest group on STEM ethics is to promote excellence in teaching and research at the intersection of science, engineering, technology and ethics, share resources and best practices for academics and practitioners, and foster regional, national, and international collaboration in the field.
Research Ethics
The mission of the APPE’s special interest group on Research Integrity/RCR is to foster excellence in teaching and research on the responsible conduct of research, encourage the sharing of resources and best practices, and promote action based on regional, national, and international collaboration in the field.
If you wish your submission to be considered for a particular program track, you may indicate this in your submission form.
- Best Formal Paper by an Early Career Scholar – $500 prize
- Best Formal Paper by a Graduate Student – $500 prize
- Best Formal Paper by an Undergraduate Student – $250
- Best Formal Paper on Pre-College Ethics – $750 First prize and $500 Second prize
Paper competition guidelines and submission instructions
Important Deadlines
- September 5: Registration opens
- October 27: Deadline for all submissions
- December 1: End of Early Bird Registration
- December 15: Notification of Program Presenters
- January 5: Deadline for Audio Visual Request Forms
- February 2: End of On-Time Registration (Late registration pricing begins 2/3)
- February 6: Hotel Reservations deadline
- February 9: Meal Reservations with Payment deadline
For additional information, please see the APPE website at: appe-ethics.org or contact the APPE office at: contact@appe-ethics.org or (765) 658-5015