Midwest Ethics Symposium: Ethics and Sports

We are thrilled host the third annual Midwest Ethics Symposium: Ethics and Sports, April 9-10, 2025. This year’s symposium will bring together academics, sportspeople, students, and alumni to think about the myriad ethical questions that are related to sports.

The keynote address will be delivered by Dr. Richard Lapchick, a human rights activist, professor emeritus of sports business management, and vice president and CEO of the Institute for Sport and Social Justice. His address, “The Power of Sport to Impact Social Justice”, will be at 7:00 PM, April 9, in the Prindle Institute Auditorium. It willl also be available via live stream.

Other sessions include:

• A session on fairness and refereeing, including academic papers as well as a panel with three current referees (Big10 Football, Indiana State High School Basketball, DIII Soccer)
• A session on cheating, doping, and tanking.
• A session investigating the benefits and perils of sports that pose a risk of injury or death.
• A session on identity and gender in sports, including a panel on women in sports.
• In honor of NCAA DIII Week, a panel of student athletes and faculty who were former student athletes, reflecting on the connections and tensions between athletics and academics.

The symposium is free and open to the public, but we ask that attendees from outside the DePauw community register so that we can adequately prepare.

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