EthicalStL.org

Prior to our planned reopening in September, James will look back over the 18 months the Ethical Society has been closed, and chart a course for the coming year. After a period of retraction and self-protection, our community prepares to welcome people once again: what can we learn from what we’ve been through, and what do we hope to achieve together?

Prior to our planned reopening in September, James will look back over the 18 months the Ethical Society has been closed, and chart a course for the coming year. After a period of retraction and self-protection, our community prepares to welcome people once again: what can we learn from what we’ve been through, and what do we hope to achieve together?

Are Marxism, critical race theory, and critical race feminism un-American ideologies that pose a threat to democracy, or defensible philosophies that help us understand wealth inequality under capitalism? Is Jeff Bezos, who recently spent billions of dollars to spend 4 minutes in space, contributing to society or stealing from the working class? Let’s talk about it!

Are Marxism, critical race theory, and critical race feminism un-American ideologies that pose a threat to democracy, or defensible philosophies that help us understand wealth inequality under capitalism? Is Jeff Bezos, who recently spent billions of dollars to spend 4 minutes in space, contributing to society or stealing from the working class? Let’s talk about it!

A whirlwind tour through the 12 Steps, as seen from Andie’s Humanist perspective.

A whirlwind tour through the 12 Steps, as seen from Andie’s Humanist perspective.

Ann Skeet is offering a remarkable opportunity to revisit our understanding of winning and how we compete to achieve goals. We will consider what science offers to inform how we think about competition and together explore how a practice of personal ethical leadership, a blend of being and doing, shapes our approach to life and the goals we set.

Ann Skeet joined the Markkula Center for Applied Ethics at Santa Clara University, the Jesuit university in Silicon Valley, as its senior director of leadership ethics in 2014. She researches, writes, and speaks about the ethical dilemmas of leaders and followers, corporate culture, and the ethical challenges of governance, and works with executives to shape and reinforce organizational cultures that encourage ethical outcomes.

Ann Skeet is offering a remarkable opportunity to revisit our understanding of winning and how we compete to achieve goals. We will consider what science offers to inform how we think about competition and together explore how a practice of personal ethical leadership, a blend of being and doing, shapes our approach to life and the goals we set.

Ann Skeet joined the Markkula Center for Applied Ethics at Santa Clara University, the Jesuit university in Silicon Valley, as its senior director of leadership ethics in 2014. She researches, writes, and speaks about the ethical dilemmas of leaders and followers, corporate culture, and the ethical challenges of governance, and works with executives to shape and reinforce organizational cultures that encourage ethical outcomes.

Competition often gets a bad rap in progressive circles. The assumption is often that competition and collaboration are opposed, and that it is better to be collaborative than competitive. But human beings are both competitive and collaborative creatures by nature, and both have their benefits. So what are the benefits of competition, and why should we embrace our competitive side?

Competition often gets a bad rap in progressive circles. The assumption is often that competition and collaboration are opposed, and that it is better to be collaborative than competitive. But human beings are both competitive and collaborative creatures by nature, and both have their benefits. So what are the benefits of competition, and why should we embrace our competitive side?