Course Series: Elevating Ethics

  • Author: Patience Nelson
  • Level: Beginner
  • Study time: 15 minutes
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Course Series Overview
Our Elevating Ethics learning courses provide a powerful resource to foster your understanding of APS’ ethics processes and expectations. Prioritizing ongoing education in ethics ensures your ability to contribute to a thriving physics enterprise by modeling and promoting ethical conduct.
Objectives
  • Identify the different types and severity of unwelcome behavior using a behavioral continuum
  • Recognize factors that influence whether behavior is perceived as unwelcome
  • Explore and apply objective factors to evaluate the severity of harm posed by unwelcome behavior

Upon completion you will be able to:

Assess

Assess where unwelcome conduct falls on the continuum

Apply

Apply practical considerations for evaluating the severity of conduct

Understand

Understand how lived experiences, personal values, and individual biases influence our perceptions of unwelcomeness

Course Series Contents

Meet the instructor

Patience Nelson

Patience Nelson serves as the Head of Ethics and is responsible for the day-to-day execution of American Physical Society's ethics and compliance program. She oversees the design and implementation of ethical standards and education. 
Patrick Jones - Course author