Course Series: Elevating Ethics
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Author: Patience Nelson
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Level: Beginner
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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

