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Does the Gender of Directors Matter?

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How does gender-balance affect the working of boards of directors? I examine boards that have been required for two decades to be relatively gender-balanced: boards of business companies in which the Israeli government holds a substantial equity interest...

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Post #13: Business AI Ethics Director’s Forum

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As we continue our Business AI Ethics journey at the Harvard University Edmond & Lily Safra Center for Ethics, we are excited to announce an upcoming forum focused on the critical intersection of business and AI ethics. Our aim is to convene a select...

Andrew Westover New Director of Education at High Museum of Art

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Former Ethics Pedagogy Fellow Andrew Westover will join the High Museum of Art in Atlanta Georgia as the Eleanor McDonald Storza director of education. Check out Westover’s full announcement here.

Archon Fung Named Faculty Director of the Ash Center

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We are pleased to share the news that Professor Archon Fung has been appointed faculty director of the Ash Center for Democratic Governance and Innovation. Fung serves as the Winthrop Laflin McCormack Professor of Citizenship and Self-Government at the...

Beerbohm Appointed Director of Edmond & Lily Safra Center for Ethics

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Eminent political theorist Eric Beerbohm, Professor of Government and Faculty Affiliate in the Department of Philosophy, has been appointed as the next Director of Harvard’s Edmond & Lily Safra Center for Ethics. Beerbohm succeeds Danielle S. Allen, James...

Dr. Rebecca Weintraub Brendel named next Director of the HMS Center for Bioethics

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Former Faculty Fellow, Dr. Rebecca Weintraub Brendel, named next Director of the HMS Center for Bioethics. Dr. Robert D. Truog recently announced his decision to step down from his role in directing the Center at the end of June, and Dean Daley has just...

Fellowship Directors & Faculty Leadership

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Notes from the Founding Director

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Dennis F. Thompson In the beginning, there were no Fellows, only a peripatetic Director, who wandered about the university trying to find faculty to join him in what no doubt appeared to be a quixotic undertaking. The first page of the Center’s annual...

Setting the Framework for the Question of Institutional Corruption

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October 8, 2009 @ 4:30 PM "Setting the Framework for the Question of Institutional Corruption" by Lawrence Lessig, Director, Edmond J. Safra Center for Ethics; Roy L. Furman Professor of Law and Leadership, Harvard Law School. In his inaugural lecture as...

ELSCE Co-Hosts Directors' AI Ethics Forum

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These days, it’s nearly impossible to navigate daily life without encountering AI. With its seemingly limitless applications—creating stunning visuals, diagnosing diseases, condensing complex information—it’s no wonder there's a fervor to integrate this...

Director Beerbohm is to lead the Open Inquiry and Constructive Dialogue Working Group

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Interim President Alan M. Garber and Interim Provost John F. Manning have announced a pair of University-wide working groups to address aspects of campus climate that are critical to the success of Harvard’s mission of teaching, learning, and research...