Category Archives: Institutions & Integrity

There are two primary areas of investigation here. First, how do social and institutional structures relate to personal integrity? And second, can we legitimately speak of the integrity of institutions, and if so, how? We might, further, wonder whether commitments in these two areas relate informatively to each other. Read more »

Philanthropy podcasts — take part

Do you have 2 minutes to spare this week?! We are making a series of short podcasts to be broadcast on the w/c June 8th , as part of the launch of the Hannah Directory 2015, on the topic of … Continue reading

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30th January — Bernard Mandeville and Adam Smith workshop

The first Portraits meeting of the 2015 is next Friday, 30th January. We’re looking at Bernard Mandeville and Adam Smith with Dr Leanne Stokoe. Readings and intro are all available here. Drop us a note if you’d like to join … Continue reading

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Integrity, Institutions and the Transatlantic Age of Reform

The following text was used to introduce a panel on ‘Integrity and the Reform of Public Life in the Nineteenth-Century Transatlantic World’  at the ‘Integrity Lost; Integrity Gained: Social Conditions and Institutional Pressures’ conference, April 2014.

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Integrity in Academia

In defence of integrity in thinking as a vital moral value and public good: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-C3C2Ti5m1o (to skip the introduction, start at about 9.30) Enjoy!

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Integrity Lost and Regained – Thank you!

Thank you to all the participants in Integrity Lost, Integrity (Re)gained: Social Pressures and Institutional Structures. The contributions and discussions provided valuable seeds for further discussion and we hope we’ll be able to bring you news of new collaborations and … Continue reading

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‘Integrity Lost’ conference – final programme

The ‘Integrity Lost’ conference is coming up this Friday and Saturday (11th and 12th April). The final programme is now available here. The line-up looks fantastic and we’re really looking forward to a great couple of days. The conference is … Continue reading

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CFP: Public and Private Morality conference

This isn’t an Integrity Project event, but members of project may be interested in this recently advertised MANCEPT conference. Call for papers “Public and Private Morality” panel at MANCEPT 2014 8–10 September 2014, Manchester Deadline for abstracts: 8 June 2014

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‘Integrity Lost’ (April 11-12) Conference poster now available

You can download a printable version of the poster for our ‘Integrity Lost’ conference here. Spread the word — we’re looking forward to seeing you there. For details, see the conference page, here.

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Integrity in the News: “This is the way democracies work”

Contributed by K. Armstrong Here’s an illuminating exchange on Democracy Now! between Daniel Ellsberg, the whistle-blower behind the 1971 leak of the Pentagon Papers, and Stewart Baker, former National Security Agency lawyer. The full debate is well worth watching. [At … Continue reading

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Integrity in the News: Integrity and plagiarism

An article here, in the TES, calling on universities and tutors to “focus less on the detection and punishment of plagiarism and more on … integrity” if they want to be effective in deterring plagiarism among students. This raises the … Continue reading

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