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Philosopher and
ethicist.
I'm Associate
Professor (Tenured)
in the
Philosophy
Department at Saint Mary's University
(Halifax, Canada) and Coordinator of SMU's M.A. Programme in Philosophy. I'm also a Nonresident Senior Fellow at Duke University's Kenan Institute for Ethics. I was recently a Visiting Professor at the Keck Graduate Institute, and am currently a Visiting Fellow at the University of Toronto's Centre for Ethics.
I was recently named one of the "100 Most Influential People in Business Ethics, 2008," by Ethisphere Magazine.
I conduct research in business & professional ethics and health care ethics (currently focusing on ethical issues in the biotechnology and nanotechnology industries) and foundational issues in moral theory. I'm currently writing a book on ethical issues in the biotech industry.
In 2004 I was awarded a 3-year
Ethics
Operating Grant by the Canadian Institutes of Health Research, to
support my project entitled "Biotech
Ethics: Corporate Decisions as Key to Better Health and Better Health
Policy".
In early 2006, I was awarded a 3-year Standard Research Grant by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (of Canada), to support my project entitled "External Perspectives on Corporate Moral Motivation."
In late 2006, I was awarded a 1-year grant, by the Canadian Institutes of Health Research, under the title "Conflicting Interests, Benefit-Sharing & University-Industry Relations: A Socio-Ethical Analysis of Commercial Genomics Research."
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