The Ecumenical Center was founded on an ethical mandate for the organization to come together to strengthen our community. With this historic vision of our founders, the Center pioneered many of the community-based ethics programs now in use around the country. We are proud of our history in this area and continue to implement new and relevant ethics programs.
Our medical ethics course is presented by Henry S. Perkins, M.D., F.A.C.P, the Center’s consultant in medical ethics and a professor of medicine at The University of Texas Health Science Center. He teaches a month-long intensive course, Ethics for the Clinician, for clinical fellows and practitioners and a four-part clinical ethics seminar for ambulatory care and geriatrics interns.
Dr. Perkins’ research focuses on end-of-life issues, cross-cultural ethical conflicts, and ethical issues of everyday patient care. He has published articles in Annals of Internal Medicine, American Journal of Medicine, Journal of General Internal Medicine, Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, Cambridge Quarterly of Healthcare Ethics, and Journal of Clinical Ethics.
We have a responsibility to the next generation of business leaders. And what a legacy they will remember in the wake of Enron, WorldCom and others.
The Ecumenical Center is working to change all that. The Ethics in Business program is a collaborative outreach with The University of Texas at San Antonio culminating in the awarding of five Ethics in Business Awards to San Antonio organizations and individuals.
As the cornerstone of their business ethics curriculum, UTSA students are offered unprecedented access to San Antonio business leaders. They participate in on-site visits and numerous interviews. They not only got to see that success and ethics go hand in hand, but just how it’s done. Their final reports are submitted to the Ethics in Business committee who, in turn, select the recipients.
For more information, nomination guidelines and award details, please visit our website at www.ethicsinbusinesssa.org.
