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Edmond J. Safra Center for Ethics

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The path to zero

Researchers and public health experts unite to bring clarity to key metrics guiding coronavirus response

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DateJuly 2, 2020July 2, 2020

Lauren Spohn.

A passion for stories

Harvard senior thinks literature can help us understand life’s big questions

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DateJune 12, 2020June 4, 2020

Rana el Kaliouby and Danielle Allen

Is technology evil?

HubWeek discussion looks at the ethics of individuals and an industry

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DateOctober 3, 2019October 4, 2019

Student correspondent Sebastian Reyes ’19 worked as a research intern at the Edmond J. Safra Center for Ethics, where he spent his summer poring through the center's archives and assisted with preparations to celebrate its 30th anniversary.

30 years of the Safra Center

A student intern learns about ethics, and the evolving issues surrounding them

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DateJune 5, 2017March 21, 2019

Steven Pinker, Johnstone Family Professor of Psychology, listens during the symposium "Behavioral Ethics" at the Spangler Auditorium. Pinker took part in a panel discussion with philosophers Joshua Greene and Peter Singer to discuss what society can do to create more ethical behavior.

Giving ‘good’ a rigorous inspection

Greene, Pinker, and Singer trade ideas on how to be moral — and happy

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DateOctober 28, 2016October 28, 2016

Kalan Chang (left) and Monica Tesoriero are graduates from the Bridge Program, which trains Harvard service workers to move up the ladder. Tesoriero, a cafeteria worker, climbed to administrative director of the Safra Center for Ethics, and Chang, a SEAS custodian, succeeded Tesoriero as the manager for international operations at the David Rockefeller Center.

From one dreamer to another

Bridge Program gave campus leaders an early boost

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DateOctober 27, 2016October 28, 2016

After 57 presidential elections since 1789, has something fundamentally changed? Harvard analysts weigh in on the 2016 election.

Politics in a ‘post-truth’ age

In this topsy-turvy presidential campaign, the old laws may no longer apply

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DateJuly 14, 2016March 7, 2019

Former World Anti-Doping Agency President Richard W. Pound (pictured), co-author of a report on the use of performance-enhancing drugs, said the current doping in Russia was “the tip of the iceberg." Pound presented the findings at a press conference in Geneva, Switzerland, on Monday.

Playing without rules

Analyst explains charges that Russian sports programs are rife with performance-enhancing drugs

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DateNovember 10, 2015March 8, 2019

Three of Wall Street’s toughest critics — Sheila Bair (from left), Sen. Elizabeth Warren, and Mary Schapiro — came to Harvard to talk about gender and taking on what’s been called America’s ultimate boys’ club.

The women who questioned Wall Street

Sheila Bair, Sen. Elizabeth Warren, and Mary Schapiro explain their dogged efforts to hold financial industries accountable

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DateMay 4, 2015March 22, 2019

"I think the most important goal was to create an awareness of the kind of corruption that people are likely to miss or not think of as corruption," said Harvard's Lawrence Lessig, who, as the director of the Edmond J. Safra Center for Ethics, launched a limited-time project to research the problem of institutional corruption in the United States.

Drilling down on corruption

As he concludes lab study of the issue, Lessig reflects on lessons learned, and challenges remaining

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DateApril 30, 2015

Christopher Robertson’s Unearth team (photo 1) won first place at the Hacking iCorruption hackathon held at the MIT Media Lab (photos 2, 3). The winning teams will go on to present their practical solutions for reducing institutional corruption to a conference at Harvard Law School in May.

Seeking public openness

Hackathon taps technology to improve corporate, government accountability

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DateApril 1, 2015

Political theorist Danielle S. Allen has been appointed both to the Faculty of Arts and Sciences as a professor in the Government Department and to Harvard’s Edmond J. Safra Center for Ethics as its director.

Danielle Allen named to Harvard posts

Will direct Edmond J. Safra Center for Ethics, join FAS in government

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DateDecember 18, 2014

In his new book, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Ron Suskind discusses his son Owen's regressive autism and how Disney movies helped to enhance his speech, social appropriateness, and contact with others. “Research scientists have been calling by the minute,” said Suskind.

Family ties with a Disney twist

Safra Fellow Suskind writes of reconnecting with autistic son

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DateApril 4, 2014

Pope Francis announced the creation of a new ministry, which is expected to bring order and transparency to the Vatican Bank. Harvard research fellow and veteran business journalist Gregg Fields weighed in on the significance of the Vatican's reforms and the challenges that Pope Francis faces.

Fiscal fallout at the Vatican

Pope Francis institutes dramatic, overdue financial reforms to stem corruption, journalist says

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DateFebruary 26, 2014December 15, 2017

In light of Aaron's Law, Lawrence Lessig called for a closer examination of what constitutes major and minor violations in cyberspace.

Lessig remembers Swartz

Professor lauds late pioneer, says computer fraud laws lack subtlety

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DateFebruary 25, 2013May 21, 2019

“Optimistically, we’ll get fresh thinking on ways to look at the wrong kinds of influence,” said Lawrence Lessig. Lessig is director of the Edmond J. Safra Center for Ethics. Neeru Paharia (right) is the center's research director. Harvard’s Edmond J. Safra Center for Ethics is launching a contest to generate ideas to monitor institutional corruption.

Wanted: Ways to battle corruption

Contest seeks proposals to target institutional favoritism

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DateOctober 17, 2011May 15, 2019

Edmond J. Safra Center for Ethics announces fellows

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DateMay 26, 2011

Since its founding more than 20 years ago, the Edmond J. Safra Center for Ethics' fellowship programs have hosted more than 250 scholars. Lily Safra meets fellows Prithviraj Datta (far right), Nicholas Cornell, and Maria Banda, during a visit to the center on Tuesday (Oct. 19).

$12.3 million gift to Center for Ethics

Donation from Lily Safra will support, expand facility’s mission

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DateOctober 19, 2010