Research

CCEPA has a mandate to carry out and support research in ethics. We have supported research in the past by scholars from several Atlantic Canadian universities. We have also facilitated research for non-profit organizations by graduate business students as part of their academic program.

Our Three Year Business Plan 2009-12 calls for CCEPA to pursue two research objectives:

1. To position CCEPA as having a credible applied research profile.
2. To disseminate research results more widely, using different means and to varied audiences.

We are currently pursuing these objectives through our support of Research Fellowships. A Fellowships competition was held in 2009, resulting in the appointment of two research fellows:

1. Dr. Amy Thurlow, Mount Saint Vincent University, who is working on a project titled "Ethics and Social Media: Redefining Public Communication in Education."
2. Dr. Margaret McKee, Saint Mary's University, who is working on a project titled "An Investigation of the Ethics Training and Education Practices of Top 101 Atlantic Canadian Companies."

Once their work is complete both Research Fellows' work will be presented at a CCEPA Research Seminar.

In addition, we currently have a Scholar-in-Residence, Dr Todd Calder, who is working on the topic of Evil and recently published a chapter, "The Prevalence of Evil", in Evil, Forgiveness and Political Violence, ed. Andrea Veltman and Kathern Norlock and published by Lexington Book and division of Roman and Littlefield Publishing. Dr Calder also presented a paper "The Need For Evil" at the Atlantic Canadian Philosophical Association Conference held in Sydney Cape Breton, in October 2009.

CCEPA is also exploring with selected partners the potential for joint sponsorship of research which addresses aspects of our mandate.

Call for Research Fellowship proposals 2010.

CCEPA is pleased to announce a further Research Fellowships competition for 2010. Potential applicants are invited to review the Call for Proposals and submit their applications by May 28, 2010. Click here for more information.