EthicsNOW: Conversations About Ethics

Kathleen Sabo speaks with Dr. Tracie Collins, Dean of the College of Population Health at the University of New Mexico, about the work of the college during the pandemic and beyond, and the ethics and efficacy of citizens undertaking recommended actions for the benefit of public health.

Kathleen Sabo speaks with New Mexico In Depth's executive director, Trip Jennings, about ethics and journalism, during the pandemic and beyond.

Resources:

Codes of Ethics:

Society of Professional Journalists Code of Ethics: https://www.spj.org/ethicscode.asp

Poynter Institute Code of Ethics: https://www.poynter.org/poynter-institute-code-ethics/

Essays:

Communicating about science: https://issues.org/covid-19-communication-war/

Race and ethnicity: https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMp2012910?fbclid=IwAR10VgoDc2k8J7geYtL25dVehz2USKDpKPjKQVUta2-q9n6kYp50yKfCJEU#.Xr3Tbd6_02s.facebook

Kathleen Sabo speaks with General Counsel Adrianne Turner and Appellate Defender Kim Chavez Cook from the Law Offices of the Public Defender, and Staff Attorney Lalita Moskowitz of the ACLU of NM about the ethics of keeping people in prisons and jails during the pandemic, and legal and other actions taking place in an effort to prevent the spread of COVID-19 in those institutions and their surrounding communities.

Resources:

http://nmethicswatch.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/COVID-Sign-on-Letter_City-of-Santa-Fe.docx.pdf

http://nmethicswatch.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/Sup-Ct-Petition-Writ-Appendix-FILED.pdf

http://nmethicswatch.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/SC-38252-Ltr-Supp-Auth-with-attachments.pdf

http://nmethicswatch.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/NMDAA-Response-final.pdf

http://nmethicswatch.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/NMCD-Verified-Response.pdf

http://nmethicswatch.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/NMAG-Response-to-Emergency-Petition-for-Emergency-Mandamus-and-or-Habeas....pdf

http://nmethicswatch.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/Motion-for-reply-Reply-Appx-E-2.pdf

Action Item:

https://action.aclu.org/send-message/tell-governor-lujan-grisham-immediately-reduce-overcrowding-jails-and-prisons-protect

Newspaper articles:

http://nmindepth.com/2020/05/05/lujan-grisham-administration-says-it-will-conduct-wide-scale-covid-19-testing-in-nm-prisons/

https://www.santafenewmexican.com/news/coronavirus/union-corrections-department-refuses-to-share-covid-19-plans/article_1706143c-907f-11ea-82d4-8fb723de96c0.html

Kathleen Sabo speaks with Jesus Zamora, owner of Albuquerque's Sister Bar, about the ethics surrounding the closing and coming reopening of the popular food, drink and entertainment venue.

Kathleen Sabo speaks with former NM state government attorney, Clifford Rees, about the creation and application of NM's Public Health Emergency Response Act (PHERA), under which we are operating for the first time following its drafting and enactment in 2002-2003, and the ethical considerations in play, then and now.

Resources:

NM Public Health Emergency Response Act 

Book Recommendations:

I. Non-Fiction

1) The Great Influenza - John M. Barry (2004, updated with a new Afterword in 2018)

2) Quarantine! - Howard Markel

3) Heat Wave - Eric Klinenberg

4) Typhoid Mary - Judith Walzer Leavitt

II. Fiction

1) Pale Horse, Pale Rider - Katherine Anne Porter

2) Blindness - Jose Saramago

3) The Plague - Albert Camus

Kathleen Sabo interviews bioethicist Dr. Joan Gibson about the ethical actions each of us can take with regard to medical decisions, and the ethical actions hospitals can take for the public, especially during the pandemic. EthicsNOW is presented by NM Ethics Watch.

Episodes available on every major podcast platform, including Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, and Spotify.

Resources:

www.joanmgibson.com 

www.theconversationproject.org

Conversation Project Covid-19 Two-Pager

"What you should know before you need a ventilator," - NYTimes

Dr. Nancy Guinn on DNR and CPR

Kathleen Sabo interviews former New Mexico State Senator and author Dede Feldman on the ethics of current campaigning and elections, and the continuing accountability of public officials during the pandemic.  EthicsNOW is presented by NM Ethics Watch.

This episode is available as a video podcast at www.vimeo.com/ethicsnow