Southern New Hampshire University Receives $50,000 for Ethics Initiatives, Announces Fourth International Transparency Week

Southern New Hampshire University Receives $50,000 for Ethics Initiatives, Announces Fourth International Transparency Week

Manchester and Rye Beach, NH--Michelle Dunn, Associate Director of Communications and News Media at Southern New Hampshire University, recently announced that the university has received an additional gift of $50,000 from Christos and Mary Papoutsy for ethics initiatives in support of the university's ethics chair.

Christos Papoutsy, together with his wife, Mary, established the Christos and Mary Papoutsy Distinguished Chair in Ethics at Southern New Hampshire University in 2000. An alumnus of the school, Papoutsy has received an honorary Doctor of Laws degree from SNHU. A business executive and ethicist, he has continued to write and lecture about business ethics and related issues here in the U.S. and in Europe. Mary Papoutsy, a classicist and researcher, lectures throughout the U.S. on Hellenic genealogy and serves as the publisher of an Internet-based news and information service, Hellenic Communication Service.

The ethics chair was established to support the university's mission to develop within its students the wisdom to lead ethical professional and personal lives. Ethics encompasses a wide range of topics, including social justice, human rights, corporate social responsibility, and those essential ideals that extend back to classical antiquity. The chair promotes these goals through teaching, community lectures, working with faculty and staff to enhance teaching and service, interacting with external constituencies, and playing a leaderhship role in ethics initiatives on campus and in the greater business community. Using the classics as a foundation and extending through contemporary writers and thinkers, the chair brings into the curriculum and the community a dialogue about the cultural, historical, and contextual intellectual traditions in which we exercise ethical choices.

SNHU receives gift for ethics initiatives. Pictured (L-R) are
Dr. Annabel Beerel, Chair, Christos & Mary Papoutsy
Distinguished Chair in Ethics; Christos Papoutsy; Dr. Curtis
Smith, Vice President for Academic Affairs

Dr. Annabel Beerel was appointed to the chair in June 2006, is spearheading a series of new initiatives entitled "Ethics Across the Professions," with a focus on the ethical challenges professionals face at work. As part of this effort, the chair is forming partnerships with accountants, bankers, members of the judiciary, and business owners and managers. The expertise gained will lead to programs and seminars for professionals and inform academic curricula.

The next series of events sponsored by the chair and SNHU will begin November 6, 2006 with the theme "Interconnectedness: Negotiating Our Differences" as part of the Fourth International Transparency Week activities:

Fourth International Transparency Week

Monday, November 6, 2006, 5:30-7:30pm, "Ethics of Exclusivity"
Tuesday, November 7, 3:30-4:45pm,"Slick Enough: Four People, Too Many Secrets to Count," (a play)
Wednesday, November 8, 5:30-7:00pm, "Restoring Public Trust"
Thursday, November 9, 3:00-5:00pm, "Defending the U.S. Business Image Abroad in the Midst of Corporate Scandals at Home."

Members of the university community and public are welcome to attend these free events held at Walker Auditorium in Robert Frost Hall. For more information, contact Jane Yerrington: 603.668.2211 x 2488.

Compliments
of
The Christos and Mary Papoutsy Distinguished Chair inBusiness Ethics at Southern New Hampshire University

The Christos and Mary Paoputsy Distinguished Chair in Ethics has been established to address the university's mission to develop within students the wisdom to lead ethicalprofessional and personal lives. Ethics is understood to encompass a wide range of topics including social justice, human rights, civil rights, and those essential ideals that extend back to our classical forebears.

The Chair will promote this goal through teaching, community lectures, working with faculty and staff to enhance this dimension of thei teaching and work, interacting with the external constituencies, and playing a leadership role in campus-wide initiatives related to the topic.

Using the Classics as a foundation and extending through contemporary writers and thinkers, the Chair will bring into the curriculum and the community dialogue the cultural, historical, and contextual intellectual traditions in which we have come to understand the exercise of ethical choices.

The Chair will organize a series of discussions and lectures on major ethical issues facing society today. These issues will range from the ethical implications of scientific and medical breakthroughs to environmental crises to economic and business.

Southern New Hampshire
University

For more information about the Ethics Chair and its activities and events,visit the Business Arena page of Hellenic Communication Service at http://www.helleniccomserve.com/papoutsychairmain.html or the university website at http://www.snhu.edu/1301.asp. HCS readers are invited to view other articles about SNHU or business ethics at our extensive, permanent archives under the Business Ethics section or the Christos and Mary Papoutsy Distinguished Chair in Business Ethics at Southern New Hampshire University at http://www.helleniccomserve.com/archivepapoutsychairbizethics.html. For more information about Mr. Papoutsy or to read other articles on corporate social responsibility or the Horatio Alger Series, see http://www.helleniccomserve.com/christospapoutsybio.html or contact him directly at papcoholding@papcoholdings.org.