Kenan Institute for Ethics
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| Motto | Understanding and addressing real-world ethical challenges facing individuals, organizations and societies worldwide |
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Duke University |
| Named for | Frank Hawkins Kenan |
| Location | East Campus |
| Programs | Ethics Certificate Program, Lecture Series |
| Website | Kenan Institute for Ethics |
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| General information | |
| Architectural style | Gothic |
| Location | East Campus, Duke University |
| Named for | Frank Hawkins Kenan |
| Completed | 1995 |
The Kenan Institute for Ethics at Duke University is an interdisciplinary "think and do" tank committed to understanding and addressing real-world ethical challenges facing individuals, organizations and societies worldwide. The Institute promotes ethical reflection and engagement through its research, education and practice in five core areas: Human Rights, Global Migration, Rethinking Regulation, Moral Attitudes and Decision-Making, and Religions and Public Life.
A small sampling of current projects includes an intensive semester-long undergraduate program on forced migration, a new laboratory on moral decision-making, a practitioner-in-residence program, a partnership with a U.N. working group on business and human rights, and a new initiative exploring how faith, citizenship, and the law intersect with processes of globalization.
The Kenan Institute for Ethics at Duke University began as the Kenan Ethics Program in the fall of 1995 with a five-year grant from the William R. Kenan, Jr. Fund for Ethics. It was established in response to philanthropist Frank Hawkins Kenan’s concern about what he perceived to be an increasing lack of ethical standards in public affairs and in business life. Mr. Kenan, then a trustee of the William R. Kenan, Jr. Charitable Trust and trustee of the Duke Endowment, and then-Duke President Nannerl Keohane sought to establish a university-based ethics program that would permeate the life of the university and extend into the life of the community and nation.
In July 1999, the William R. Kenan, Jr. Charitable Trust established a $10 million endowment managed by the William R. Kenan, Jr. Fund for Ethics, thus committing itself to long-term support. The Kenan Ethics Program then became the Kenan Institute for Ethics, and over time, the trustees of the William R. Kenan, Jr. Charitable Trust built the endowment to $20 million. The Institute celebrated its new status in January 2001.
Elizabeth Kiss was Director from 1996 to 2006, leaving Duke to become President of Agnes Scott College in Decatur, Georgia, in August 2006. After a national search, Provost Peter Lange appointed Noah Pickus as the Institute’s new Director in July 2007. Professor Pickus was reappointed to another five-year term in July 2012. Professor Suzanne Shanahan, who was appointed Associate Director in 2007, was also reappointed to another five-year term in 2012. In 2017, Shanahan was named director when Pickus accepted a position as dean of curriculum and faculty development at Duke Kunshan University.
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