I think it is ironic that this conference is being held at Lancaster
University, which recently insisted on taking students to court (and
pursuing aggressively them through the appeal process)who were
protesting against the unethical behaviour of Lancaster University in
hosting arms trade events. I would have hoped that we might use
opportunities such as this to put more pressure on the University.
Several of us have already told the University that we will withdraw
from external examining responsibilities unless it stands down from
action against the students. I hope the student body will use the
opportunity to protest against the behaviour of the university.
Gary Craig
On Fri, 5 May 2006 11:38:33 +0100 "Truman, Carole"
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> Can I draw your attention to the above international conference which is
> being held at Lancaster University, UK on the 12th and 13th September
> 2006.
>
> The conference will explore issues of Social Responsibility,
> Accountability and Trust within an interdisciplinary arena, including
> contributors from Sociology, Social Policy, Health and Medicine, the
> Environment, Business and Management as well as Philosophy.
>
> Key-note speakers include:
>
> Lord David Puttnam, CBE - President of UNICEF, Politician and Film-maker
> who will talk on Accountability and Responsibility in Public Life
>
> Professor Frank Furedi - author of "Politics of Fear", "Where Have All
> the Intellectuals Gone?", "Therapy Culture", "Paranoid Parenting" and
> "Culture of Fear"
> On the second day of the conference there will be a panel comprising
> representatives from major UK research funders (ESRC, AHRC, Joseph
> Rowntee Foundation, MRC).
>
> We would particularly welcome more participation from the fields of
> Social Policy and Social Research since the conference provides the
> opportunity to explore current debates around ethics, social
> responsibility, accountability and so on within a truly
> inter-disciplinary environment. We have extended the deadline for our
> call for papers until 31st May. If you would like to offer a paper,
> please submit an abstract of between 250 and 1000 words to:
> [log in to unmask] as soon as possible.
>
> Further conference details and booking arrangements can be found at:
> http://www.lancs.ac.uk/fass/events/ethics/programme.htm
>
>
> Carole Truman
> Department of Applied Social Science
> Lancaster University
> Lancaster LA1 4YL
>
> Tel +44 (0)1524 594090
> Fax +44 (0)1524 592475
>
> e-mail [log in to unmask]
>
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Gary Craig
Professor of Social Justice,
University of Hull
Hull, HU6 7RX
Email: [log in to unmask]
tel. 01482 465780
fax 01482 466088
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