Dialogues and Events
The Richard Richards Institute for Ethics sponsors and co-sponsors on-campus guest speaker events and online dialogs focused on national and international topics. Below are upcoming and past events with links to the recorded sessions:
Upcoming Events
October 18, 2023: Global Ethics Day - A variety of activities and social media events TBD. Visit online to see how you can make a difference at: https://www.carnegiecouncil.org/initiatives-issues/global-ethics-day
2023 Fall Ethics Slam - TBD
Past Events
April 5, 2023: Annual Richard Richards Institute Banquet, that included awarding scholarship winners, hearing from award recipients and keynote speaker Jeff Stephens, Retired Superintendent of the Weber School District.
May 13, 2022: Interparliamentary Efforts to Hone Weapons of Economic Warfare Toward Putin. Discussants include Utah Congressman Chris Stewart, Slovak Republic Parliamentarian Peter Kremsky, Czech Republic Senator Lukas Wagenknecht, with Weber State University professor and RRI board member Dr. Janicke Stramer-Smith as moderator.
January 7, 2022: Dialogue with Senator Lucas Wagenknecht and Dr. Janicke Stramer-Smith, assistant professor of political science, on the state of left politics and climate politics in a transatlantic perspective.
July 14, 2021: Dialogue on Pandemic Management with Governor Martin Kuba, South Bohemia Region and Texas National Guard State Surgeon, Colonel Peter Coldwell.