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The Elizabeth D. Rockwell Center on Ethics and Leadership

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Our Mission

The mission of the Elizabeth D. Rockwell Center is to 1) provide opportunities for UH students, faculty, and staff, as well as people from the Greater Houston community, to learn about the ethical dimensions of public issues and the challenges of leadership from locally, nationally, and internationally prominent figures; 2) facilitate teaching and research on ethics and leadership at UH; and 3) achieve national recognition for UH as a leader in ethics and leadership research and education.

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Exploring Ethics at the Intersection of Technology, Society and Democracy

The Elizabeth D. Rockwell Center on Ethics and Leadership at the Hobby School brings leading voices in technology to the University of Houston to examine the impact of digital tools on shaping connections, testing privacy and influencing democracy through the “Rebooting Our Relationship with Tech” lecture series. From bestselling authors to media scholars, the experts will challenge audiences to reflect on the ethical dimensions of technology's growth, convergence and potential for harm.

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