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Program: 2025 Featured Lecture, Abandonment and Freedom a Philosopher Looks at the Religious Life
Get PDFProgram for the Twentieth Annual Frank Pack Distinguished Christian Scholar Lecture Program with the featured lecturer Zena Hitz, tutor in the great books program at St. John\u27s College, Annapolis, Maryland
The Ethics of Insider Trading
Get PDFIn business ethics, insider trading has gone untouched by scholars, as the consensus is that insider trading is morally indefensible, however, questions have emerged regarding the moral responsibility of insiders. This paper engages with Analyzing Insider Trading from the Perspectives of Utilitarian Ethics and Rights Theory by Robert McGee to evaluate the relationship between applied ethics and insider trading. A satisfactory anti-insider trading account must be able to economically or philosophically explain why insider trading is morally wrong. The assumption that this is impossible may be due to a misunderstanding of how we decide what morality is or how economic morality is defined. However, even when these differences are reconciled, anti-insider trading individuals must be able to confront what it is exactly that makes insider trading unethical. In this paper, I will provide an account of what makes insider trading morally impermissible by summarizing McGee’s claims, then countering these claims
Mentorship impact on Hispanic-serving institutions student success
No full textHispanic-Serving Institutions (HSIs) play a crucial role in supporting Hispanic students through initiatives like the Title V, Developing Hispanic-Serving Institutions Program. This research investigates the impact of mentorship on student success at HSIs, focusing on the representation and support provided by Hispanic faculty and staff. Utilizing data from the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS), the study analyzes graduation rates and faculty demographics from 2015 and 2019. Findings indicate a significant increase in graduation rates and Hispanic faculty representation, highlighting the importance of culturally relevant mentorship programs. The study underscores the need for strategic planning and sustainable practices to enhance Hispanic student success, advocating for more research and targeted initiatives at HSIs
Tiktok On the Clock: It Is Time to Hold Social Media Platforms Responsible for the Dangerous Content They Push to Children
Get PDFThis article examines the unresolved issue of social media companies endangering children through their targeted algorithms in a world where Section 230 protects them from any consequences. Part II will provide background on harmful content, like viral challenges, plaguing social media and endangering children. In addition, Part II will present an overview of Section 230’s immunity and its very limited exceptions. Next, Part III will analyze the legislative intent behind Section 230 and its relation to the First Amendment, highlighting that protecting children aligns with the act’s original purpose. Then, Part IV will discuss the few alternative workarounds available to plaintiffs attempting to hold social media companies liable, which have yet to prove successful in courts. Finally, Part V will illustrate numerous legislative reform efforts and the ultimate need for a new construction of Section 230 to remedy the issue in question
Data-Informed Participatory Leadership: Cultivating Collective Decision-Making in K–12 Schools Through Global Research and Local Practice
Get PDFThis presentation explores a research-based framework for participatory leadership in K–12 school systems, emphasizing the role of data-informed decision-making in fostering inclusive and sustainable school improvement. Drawing on foundational theories—transformational leadership, distributed leadership, and evidence-based management—it highlights how collaborative governance structures enhance educational outcomes, teacher engagement, and community trust. Global case studies from Finland, Canada, and the United States are examined, alongside practical insights from higher education leadership at Pepperdine University. The presentation introduces the “School-Based Participatory Data Teams” (SBPDT) model as a scalable approach for integrating collective voice and empirical evidence into school decision-making. The methodology is grounded in action research and design-based research, ensuring adaptability to local cultural and institutional contexts. This work aims to inspire Iranian educators and school leaders to adopt data-informed participatory strategies that elevate both teaching and learning
Absent Heirs
Get PDFThe whereabouts of a decedent’s heirs are sometimes unknown, and consequently some inheritances go unclaimed. Generally, most states regulate unclaimed inheritances by naming a custodian to safekeep the inheritance, and if the absent heir fails to claim it within a prescribed time, then the inheritance escheats to the state. The specifics of the law, however, vary considerably across the country, particularly with respect to the identity of the custodian and the length of the custodial period. Moreover, several states take idiosyncratic approaches to absent heirs, which depart significantly from the typical regulation of unclaimed inheritances. Without hard data regarding absent heirs, state policymakers have relied upon, at best, anecdote from the practicing bar and their own intuition, or worse, blind guesswork when regulating unclaimed inheritance. Such reliance has produced regulation that is not founded upon sound policy considerations. To fill this informational void and provide a solid foundation for the regulation of unclaimed inheritances, this Article presents the results of an original, empirical study of absent heirs, which were found within a sample of probate estates from Hamilton County, Ohio. The probate records of these estates were reviewed to determine whether they included an absent heir. If so, data regarding the size of the unclaimed inheritance, the identity of the absent heir, and the reason for the heir’s absence were collected. Additionally, data were collected regarding whether an absent heir eventually claimed the inheritance, and if so, how long after its deposition the inheritance was claimed. This new empirical study provides insights into the real-world experience of absent heirs and suggests various ways in which the regulation of absent heirs should be reformed. First, rather than escheating to the state, the inheritances of absent heirs should eventually be distributed to the decedent’s other heirs. Second, rather than allowing unclaimed inheritances to linger under custodianship for long periods of time, states should prescribe short custodial durations. Finally, rather than naming a statewide entity to serve as temporary custodian of unclaimed inheritances, states should name a custodian that is local to the county in which the decedent died. By implementing these changes, policymakers can better align the regulation of unclaimed inheritances with probate’s overarching goal of efficiently administering decedents’ estates
Critical Praxis for Transnational Movement-Lawyering
Get PDFThis Article seeks to identify new ways to respond to critiques of international human rights practice as hierarchy-reproducing, extractive, and imperialist. It proposes one model for how human rights lawyers can better work in solidarity with oppressed communities organizing around common grievances: transnational movement-lawyering. While the framing of community-led lawyering has become rapidly popularized in the human rights field, work remains to ensure that this theoretical and discursive shift translates into a transformation of the day-to-day mechanics of human rights practice. This Article seeks to identify concrete ways to apply critical theory and participatory methodologies to human rights practice. Part I summarizes key critiques of power, hierarchy, and extractivism in human rights practice. Part II begins with a reflection on the theory of change that underpins the Article. Part III draws lessons from critical-lawyering models—community lawyering and movement lawyering in the United States and popular lawyering and accompaniment lawyering in Latin America—to define practices and approaches to build a model of transnational movement lawyering. Part IV complements this study of critical-lawyering models by taking an interdisciplinary approach to draw lessons from the models of Participatory Action Research and Community-Based Participatory Research. This Part proposes a set of values that can form the backbone of a model of transnational movement-lawyering and provides a guide to six participatory methods that can be used in transnational movement-lawyering: (1) participatory workshops, focus groups, and baseline assessments; (2) social cartography and counter-mapping; (3) transect walks; (4) participant generated timelines; (5) network and power mapping; and (6) Post-it brainstorms. This Part also provides concrete examples of implementing these methods with social movements in Latin America. While this Article focuses on the pitfalls, challenges, and opportunities of applying these methodologies in transnational lawyering, the methods and methodologies themselves have relevance for a wide array of public interest work, domestic and transnational