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2026 Symposium: April 13-15, 2027

Work, Productivity, and Meaning

What are we working for? That question sits at the center of the fifth annual Midwest Ethics Symposium, taking place April 13-15, 2027, at the Prindle Institute for Ethics in Greencastle, Indiana.

This year’s theme, Work, Productivity, and Meaning, brings together researchers, professionals and students to grapple with ethical questions about the future of work, the value of productivity and the ways work can contribute to or detract from a meaningful life.

Just before the symposium, the Prindle Institute will also host a Conference on Career Education, co-hosted by DePauw University and Denison University. This practical conference brings together faculty and career services professionals to learn from one another about how we advise college students to think about their future working lives, and about the decisions they make in college that shape that future.

The Midwest Ethics Symposium is free and open to the public. Attendees from outside the DePauw University community are asked to register in advance. We look forward to welcoming you to the conversation.

Call for Abstracts

Three ways in.

We invite abstracts from researchers, professionals and students on any aspect of this year’s theme. We especially welcome submissions that fit one of the following three categories.

01

Personal Meaning

How does work contribute to or detract from a meaningful life?

02

Community Impact

What role does work play in bringing communities together for shared endeavors?

03

Societal Impact

If work changes significantly, what does that mean for society, and for identities so often tied to our ability to do needed, useful, productive things?

Abstracts due Jan. 10, 2027

We invite extended abstracts (750-1,000 words) on any topic related to this year’s theme.

Submit an Abstract →

2027 Keynote Address

Grant Rozeboom

Associate Professor of Business Ethics and Social Responsibility
Saint Mary’s College of California

Grant Rozeboom is associate professor of business ethics and social responsibility in the Leadership, Ethics, and Law Department at Saint Mary’s College of California. His recent research focuses on the nature of corporate responsibility and on the social norms and virtues associated with establishing social relations of equality in the workplace.

He co-edited “Working as Equals” (Oxford University Press, 2023) and is co-editing “The Oxford Handbook of Philosophy and Work.” He is also at work on a forthcoming monograph, “The Character of Equality at Work.”

Grant Rozeboom

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