Option/Price

Ethics Breakfast (members) $7.00 CAD Ethics Breakfast (non-members) $10.00 CAD Luncheon-no food $10.00 CAD Luncheon-with food (for Members) $15.00 CAD Luncheon-with food (Non-Members) $20.00 CAD Membership: Basic $25.00 CAD Membership: Breakfast $70.00 CAD Membership: Lunch $150.00 CAD Membership: Full $200.00 CAD

____________________________________________

March 2012   Ethics for Breakfast presents   Wednesday, March 14, 2011            7:15 - 8:30 am   Ethics and Personal Responsibility: Why is society's moral code failing us? with Larry Axelrod, PhD, Dean, Vancouver campus, Adler School of Professional Psychology   How do you justify your actions... when they stray from your own moral code? We’ve all heard about the Golden Rule and grown up with some notion of right and wrong. Then why don't the basic ethics upheld in our society, which construct our "moral compass," stop us from acting in ways that most of us recognize as immoral? Many people act in unethical or harmful ways (perhaps we all do at times), yet justify to themselves the “rightness” of their behavior. Perhaps the problem lies in our moral code itself, not simply in our failure to follow it. Join Larry Axelrod, Dean of the Adler School of Professional Psychology, as he reveals the inadequacy of the simple moral lessons that we learned in childhood, what he calls "smoke-and-mirror morality." In his view, these lessons not only don’t teach us enough to live in harmony, they prevent us from taking responsibility for our actions. Larry will challenge seven widely accepted ethical sayings, and then encourage a provocative discussion on this subject.             click here to RSVP   or  call: 604-685-6560 DATE:            Wednesday, March 14 -- 7:15-8:30 am LOCATION:     BC HYDRO Building                       333 Dunsmuir Street, Vancouver                       2nd Floor, Auditorium                       Check-in at Security Desk - Main floor lobby COST:           Members - $7.00     Non-Members - $10.00                       - muffins, tea and coffee included                      - RSVP requested (if possible) **NOTE about Credit Card Payments:** As of January 1st, we will only be accepting Credit Card payments through PayPal. These must be made in Advance of events, and will be non-refundable. Please use our Payment Button below. Option/Price Ethics Breakfast (members) $7.00 CAD Ethics Breakfast (non-members) $10.00 CAD Luncheon-no food $10.00 CAD Luncheon-with food (for Members) $15.00 CAD Luncheon-with food (Non-Members) $20.00 CAD Membership: Basic $25.00 CAD Membership: Breakfast $70.00 CAD Membership: Lunch $150.00 CAD Membership: Full $200.00 CAD                  ___________________________________                 About Our Speaker: Larry Axelrod, PhD is Dean of the Vancouver campus of the Adler School of Professional Psychology. He served on the Vancouver Hospital Ethics Committee for six years and has extensive knowledge of professional ethics. Prior to his role as dean, Larry served as president of The Neutral Zone Coaching and Consulting Services, where he provided strategic facilitation, education and training, and direct-case intervention (mediation, assessment, investigation) for public- and private-sector organizations, locally and nationally. Larry has presented at many professional conferences and seminars on topics ranging from human rights, diversity and leadership to change management and effective communication and conflict resolution. He is also co-author of Turning Conflict into Profit: A Roadmap for Resolving Personal and Organizational Disputes, published by The University of Alberta Press. Besides having a PhD in social psychology from UBC, Larry has an M.A. in social psychology from San Francisco State University and a B.A. in communications from the University of Illinois at Urbana. His studies have included a wide range of social and organizational dynamics including attitude formation, value systems, theories of motivation, environmental activism, modes of conflict resolution, and influences of power and authority. Larry lives with his wife in North Vancouver, and they have two sons.                 click here to RSVP   or  call: 604-685-6560 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - February 2012 Ethics for Breakfast presents   Wednesday, Feb 8, 2011         7:15 - 8:30 am   Health Care for Immigrants & Refugees: What ethical challenges do doctors face? with Dr. Gurdeep Parhar, Associate Dean, Equity and Professionalism,  Faculty of Medicine, University of British Columbia  How culturally sensitive is British Columbia's medical system? Doctor shortages. Growing waiting lists for vital surgeries. Longer delays in the emergency room. B.C.'s health care system faces constant challenges to serve a growing and aging population with limited resources. Yet there's another issue that seldom gets raised: How well is it serving new immigrants and refugees who come here? Although they bring unique medical & cultural considerations, are they falling through the cracks in our health care system? Does a double standard prevail? Is there a more ethical... [read more] .              click here to RSVP   or  call: 604-685-6560 DATE:            Wednesday, Feb 8 -- 7:15-8:30 am LOCATION:     BC HYDRO Building                       333 Dunsmuir Street, Vancouver                       2nd Floor, Auditorium                       Check-in at Security Desk - Main floor lobby COST:           Members - $7.00     Non-Members - $10.00                       - muffins, tea and coffee included                      - RSVP requested (if possible) **NOTE about Credit Card Payments:** As of January 1st, we will only be accepting Credit Card payments through PayPal. These must be made in Advance of events, and will be non-refundable. Please use our Payment Button below. Option/Price Ethics Breakfast (members) $7.00 CAD Ethics Breakfast (non-members) $10.00 CAD Luncheon-no food $10.00 CAD Luncheon-with food (for Members) $15.00 CAD Luncheon-with food (Non-Members) $20.00 CAD Membership: Basic $25.00 CAD Membership: Breakfast $70.00 CAD Membership: Lunch $150.00 CAD Membership: Full $200.00 CAD                  ___________________________________                 About Our Speaker: Dr. Gurdeep Parhar is the Associate Dean of Equity and Professionalism for UBC's Faculty of Medicine. He is a family physician with a practice focused on immigrants, refugees, workers' health and patients with severe disabilities. He also teaches extensively in both undergraduate & post-graduate programs in the areas of professionalism, equity, psychosocial aspects of health care, medical disability, informatics, reflection and self-care. In 2010, the B.C. College of Family Physicians recognized Dr. Gurdeep Parhar as Teacher of the Year. Last year, he was awarded the Killam Prize, UBC's most prestigious teaching award.... [read more]                 click here to RSVP   or  call: 604-685-6560 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - January 2012 Ethics for Breakfast presents   Wednesday, Jan 11, 2011         7:15 - 8:30 am   The Ethics of Human Enhancement: How far will technology go to boost our brain power?   with Mark Wexler, Endowed Professor of Business Ethics, Beedie School of Business, SFU Do human enhancements reduce our authenticity and dignity? Do you support genetic intervention techniques to make children smarter and healthier? Would you take pills to improve your memory? What about capsules guaranteed to make you happier? Human enhancement is the use of medicine, technology and techniques to improve human capacities beyond what most people would consider normal or healthy. Today, the private sector develops and markets non-therapeutic goods and services to boost human performance in many arenas, from the physical and sexual to the cognitive. What ethical issues arise from the sale and use of theseenhancers? What risks and consequences might we face from more powerful human enhancement methods... [read more]             click here to RSVP   or  call: 604-685-6560 DATE:            Wednesday, Jan 11 -- 7:15-8:30 am LOCATION:     BC HYDRO Building                       333 Dunsmuir Street, Vancouver                       2nd Floor, Auditorium                       Check-in at Security Desk - Main floor lobby COST:           Members - $7.00     Non-Members - $10.00                       - muffins, tea and coffee included                      - RSVP requested (if possible)                  ___________________________________                 About Our Speaker: Mark N. Wexler is Endowed Professor in Business Ethics and Management at Simon Fraser University's Beedie School of Business, and president of The Perimeter Group of Ethics Consultants and trainers. For over three decades, he has studied the ethical challenges that people face in the business world and the human use (and abuse) of humans in highly competitive contexts. Mark is a four-time teaching award winner and a recipient of the PricewaterhouseCoopers "Leadership in Management Education" Award. He was the Astra-Zeneca ethics scholar-in-residence at McGill University and a visiting professor at the Universities of Michigan, Macquarie (Sydney, Australia) and ESCM (Tours/France)... [read more]              click here to RSVP   or  call: 604-685-6560     - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - December 2011   Ethics for Breakfast presents   Wednesday, Dec 14, 2011         7:15 - 8:30 am   The Gift of Awe: Deepen Your Relationship to Life, Work & Ethics   with John Anderson, MA, RPsych, Senior Psychologist and Therapeutic Innovator, Vancouver, BC Do you feel awe in daily life? If so, how has it changed you? "Awe is the key to making a commitment to deep change."                                                              -- Dr. K. Schneider, 2009 Most of us have had at least some powerful encounters with nature that evoke reverence and awe for all that is. They often feel too deep for words. But that doesn’t stop them from influencing our lives. Such moments of humble wonder can serve as compelling wake-up calls that help us discover the aspects of life and forms of service that we care about most deeply. Once we believe we are doing meaningful work, it is only natural to further deepen our capacity for awe-inspired ethical insights and work practices. We can do this by savouring every opportunity to be freshly moved by our amazement, finding ways to build the best hope for all to find common ground within even the most extreme differences... [read more]             click here to RSVP   or  call: 604-685-6560 DATE:            Wednesday, Dec 14th -- 7:15-8:30 am LOCATION:     BC HYDRO Building                       333 Dunsmuir Street, Vancouver                       2nd Floor, Auditorium                       Check-in at Security Desk - Main floor lobby COST:           Members - $7.00     Non-Members - $10.00                       - muffins, tea and coffee included                      - RSVP requested (if possible)                  ___________________________________                 About Our Speaker: John Anderson is a Vancouver-based senior psychologist who, during his training in clinical & organizational psychology in the 1960s, dedicated himself to developing the most natural ways to maximize people's strengths. He based his work on research that pointed to key factors that create a fully engaged personal, professional or corporate life. Since then, he has frequently experienced a sense of awe about his endless learning opportunities and has acquired skills to spot & develop others' talents & capacities for curiosity, mutual trust, commitment, and collaboration. While heading an outpatient clinic in Vancouver, John developed a "film therapy" group & other therapeutic innovations related to replacing control with curiosity. Eventually, he developed a busy private tri-city practice and also conducted "burnout-proofing" & resilience workshops for people from the Canadian Labour Congress to management, health, psychiatry, dental, child welfare, correctional & religious professionals... [read more]                 click here to RSVP   or  call: 604-685-6560 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - November 2011 Ethics for Breakfast presents    Wednesday, Nov 9, 2011         7:15 - 8:30 am     Ethics and Corruption: How can industry protect itself?    with Robert Hanlon,  PhD, Post-Doctoral Research Fellow, Institute of Asian Research, UBC What are the risks and moral implications of bribery in foreign markets? In today's new and emerging economies, Canadian businesses that operate abroad can face business threats associated with corruption. Yet many are unprepared to handle these challenges. The World Bank has classified corruption as the number one barrier to development. What does this mean for Canadian companies that source their products from overseas? How can a business protect itself with strong compliance procedures yet still remain competitive? Join Robert Hanlon as he discusses strategies of corporate compliance and how promoting ethics in the workplace can reduce a firm's exposure to corruption. He'll also outline the ethical dimensions of bribery while providing an update on the Canadian government's latest efforts to hold business accountable to corrupt practices abroad.              click here to RSVP   or  call: 604-685-6560 DATE:            Wednesday, Nov 9th -- 7:15-8:30 am LOCATION:      BC HYDRO Building                       333 Dunsmuir Street, Vancouver                       2nd Floor, Auditorium                       Check-in at Security Desk - Main floor lobby COST:           Members - $7.00     Non-Members - $10.00                       - muffins, tea and coffee included                      - RSVP requested (if possible)                  ___________________________________                 About Our Speaker: Dr. Robert Hanlon is a post-doctoral research fellow at University of B.C.'s Institute of Asian Research as well as a lecturer in political science and international studies at Simon Fraser University. He has a PhD from City University of Hong Kong and has researched corruption and human rights in Asia for the past seven years. His findings have appeared throughout scholarly publications and media, including a book on human rights and rule of law in Sri Lanka. He is currently revising a new book on private-sector bribery in China, Cambodia, and Thailand. He has also researched corruption while at the University of Oxford and Chulalongkorn University in Bangkok... [read more]                 click here to RSVP   or  call: 604-685-6560 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - October 2011 Ethics for Breakfast presents   Wednesday, Oct 12, 2011        7:15 - 8:30 am   The Ethics of Business Success: You Can’t Separate Values from Economics  with J. Paul Stevenson  CEO of Sego! Resources Inc. and President, Vancouver Métis Community Association ___________________________________________________ What business values guide the mining industry as a whole? When it comes to the ethics and business values of the resource-extraction industry, mining has a less-than-squeaky-clean image. Do some mining companies say one thing publicly, then do the opposite? How accountable are they to their shareholders? And are profits the sole motive for most executives in the industry? When a leader, who equates ethics with sound business sense, stands out, the results can change working relationships on many levels. Join Métis mining CEO J. Paul Stevenson as he talks about how ethical considerations form the basis of any successful resource project. In his view, ethics lead to profits: you can’t have one without the other. He’ll also share tales from his more than four decades in the mining industry, from summers as a prospector and claim staker to full-time corporate leader.              click here to RSVP   or  call: 604-685-6560                  ___________________________________ DATE:            Wednesday, Oct 12th -- 7:15-8:30 am LOCATION:      BC HYDRO Building                       333 Dunsmuir Street, Vancouver                       2nd Floor, Board Room                       Check-in at Security Desk - Main floor lobby COST:           Members - $7.00     Non-Members - $10.00                       - muffins, tea and coffee included                      - RSVP requested (if possible)                  ___________________________________                 About Our Speaker: J. Paul Stevenson is CEO of Sego! Resources and has worked in mineral exploration since 1965. Former CEO of Gillian Mines and Pacific Booker Minerals, he is one of the few Métis CEOs in the mining industry. He was a member of the B.C. Premier’s Mining Initiatives Committee, which resulted in the Mining Rights Amendment Act. He actively helps mining companies open dialogues with First Nations groups, and agreements between his companies (such as Sego! Resources) and the Upper Similkameen Indian Band are considered models for the industry. J. Paul has been profiled in numerous media including The Wall Street Journal, and has been published in The Globe and Mail. As a successful prospector and claim staker, J. Paul Stevenson moved to Vancouver in 1979, where he now serves as President of the Vancouver Métis Community Association. Previously, he worked as a trapper in the Germansen Lake region (193 km north of Fort St. James) and did mineral exploration in the summers. After his formal education at Seminary of Christ the King in Westminster Abbey in Mission B.C., J. Paul was accepted as a novice in the Oblates of Mary Immaculate Missionary Order. He left the order in 1967 to join the anti-war movement and to pursue vigorously causes of social justice.                   click here to RSVP   or  call: 604-685-6560 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - September 2011 Ethics for Breakfast presents   Wednesday, Sept 14, 2011         7:15 - 8:30 am   Ethics and the Military: Values & Responsibilities in Times of War    with Col. R. J. Lesperance, LL.B, Deputy Judge Advocate General, Canadian Armed Forces Reserves Do military personnel have special ethical responsibilities as professionals, especially during armed conflicts and war? Many people perform ethically at their jobs, but how many would be willing to put themselves "last," perhaps risk their life, for the sake of an employer's mission? Military personnel do this every day while in combat. Join Col. Bob Lesperance as he outlines the four key values and duties of military personnel: service to Canada before oneself (the professional code is "mission, own troops, self"); loyalty (to the state); integrity (leaders and commanders must not abuse the power they wield over subordinates); and courage (besides physical hardship and danger, having the will and resolve to do what is ethically right and not to quit)... [read more]               click here to RSVP   or  call: 604-685-6560 DATE:            Wednesday, Sept 14th -- 7:15-8:30 am LOCATION:      BC HYDRO Building                       333 Dunsmuir Street, Vancouver                       2nd Floor, Auditorium                       Check-in at Security Desk - Main floor lobby COST:           Members - $7.00     Non-Members - $10.00                       - muffins, tea and coffee included                      - RSVP requested (if possible)                  ___________________________________                 About Our Speaker: Bob Lesperance, LL.B and B.C.L., is a Colonel and Reserve legal officer in the Office of the Judge Advocate General of the Canadian Armed Forces, as well as a partner in a private law firm where he works in environmental and commercial litigation. Bob began his service with Canada's military forces in 1969. In June 2009, he was promoted to the rank of Colonel and holds the position of Deputy Judge Advocate General, Reserves. In 2008/2009, he was briefly deployed to Afghanistan as a senior legal adviser to the Canadian Forces Task Force Commander in Kandahar. A former Adjunct Professor at the UBC Law Faculty (where he taught a course in the law of armed conflict), Bob now teaches leadership and ethics for the Canadian Forces College, Joint Command Staff Program through the Royal Military College... [read more]                    click here to RSVP   or  call: 604-685-6560 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - June 2011   Ethics for Breakfast presents   Wednesday, June 8, 2011         7:15 - 8:30 am     The Ethics of Disclosure: How Can Business and Governments Earn Our Public Trust?    with Greg D'Avignon, President and CEO, Business Council of B.C.        What is reasonable disclosure and transparency           -- for both business and government --        and what are the ethical principles involved? In today's news-hungry and media-savvy world, the public expects instant information from any and all sources. In turn, people will frequently make an immediate opinion based on multiple accounts of the same story from both credible and biased sources. This poses an ethical challenge for leaders in companies and governments: How much should they disclose, and when should they communicate with employees and the public? Yet at the same time -- since the public's trust in most institutions has seriously eroded -- how can organizations address the growing need for timely, factual and unbiased communication and transparency? Join Greg D'Avignon as he outlines the ethical and not-so-ethical choices made in a less transparent and more complicated world. Where do the legal responsibilities and need for confidentiality of companies, government and their stakeholders end, and public accountability and transparency begin?             click here to RSVP   or  call: 604-685-6560 DATE:            Wednesday, June 8th -- 7:15-8:30 am LOCATION:      BC HYDRO Building                       333 Dunsmuir Street, Vancouver                       2nd Floor, Auditorium                       Check-in at Security Desk - Main floor lobby COST:           Members - $7.00     Non-Members - $10.00                       - muffins, tea and coffee included                      - RSVP requested (if possible)                  ___________________________________                 About Our Speaker: Greg D'Avignon is President and Chief Executive Officer of the Business Council of British Columbia, a policy and business advocacy organization established in 1966. Before joining the Council, he was President in Western Canada of Canada's National Brewers (which represents large and small brewers in the region), with total annual sales in excess of $4 billion. Between 1999 and 2010, D'Avignon created and developed the organization from the ground up, resulting in active membership in each of the four western provinces. From 1995 to 1998, D'Avignon was Executive Director of the B.C. Salmon Farmers Association. He built the organization into a broad-based network that worked with provincial, federal, municipal and First Nations governments to develop B.C.'s aquaculture industry, while expanding demand for the product in key international export markets. Since 2003, D'Avignon has served on the board of the Canadian Breast Cancer Foundation, BC/Yukon Region, and is its past chair. He also serves on the boards of the North Shore Winter Club, Forest Hills Little League and several other for-profit and not-for-profit organizations. Greg D'Avignon is a fourth-generation British Columbian and an active community leader who lives in North Vancouver with his wife Anna and their two sons.                click here to RSVP   or  call: 604-685-6560 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - May 2011    Ethics for Breakfast presents   Wednesday, May 11, 2011          7:15 - 8:30 am     Ethics & Taxes: Is an Accountant the "watchdog" for  a client's activities?    with Terry Miller, MBA, Fellow  Chartered Accountant, President, Rotary Club of Vancouver, former Ethics and Practices Officer, BC Institute of Chartered Accountants              How accurately do people's financial records         and tax payments reflect the reality of their lives? Clients don’t always tell their accountant or tax planner the whole truth about their income. This can apply to anyone: from a restaurant waitress who doesn’t know how much she made in tips to a CEO who tries to hide some of his income. How do professional accountants handle such ethical dilemmas? And how do they avoid temptation themselves, when complying with the letter and the spirit of the Income Tax Act? For instance, when does aggressive tax planning cross the line from being legal tax avoidance to illegal tax evasion? Join chartered accountant Terry Miller as he explores the ethical challenges in both tax planning and accounting... [read more]              click here to RSVP   or  call: 604-685-6560 DATE:            Wednesday, May 11th -- 7:15-8:30 am LOCATION:      BC HYDRO Building                       333 Dunsmuir Street, Vancouver                       2nd Floor, Auditorium                       Check-in at Security Desk - Main floor lobby COST:           Members - $7.00     Non-Members - $10.00                       - muffins, tea and coffee included                      - RSVP requested (if possible)                  ___________________________________                 About Our Speaker: Since 1998, Terry Miller has worked as a sole-practitioner Chartered Accountant in Vancouver, supported by a number of specialist CAs. From 1982 to 1998, Terry worked for the Institute of Chartered Accountants of B.C., initially as the Professional Standards Advisor, then subsequently as Director of Professional Advisory Services, Ethics and Practices Officer, and Director of Operations...[read more]                 click here to RSVP   or  call: 604-685-6560 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - April 2011   Ethics for Breakfast presents   Wednesday, April 13, 2011             7:15 - 8:30 am Workplace Ethics and Aging: Embracing a new paradigm      with Andrew Mackey,  Co-founder and Principal, O2E: Older to Elder                    Do your attitudes about older adults affect                        how you treat them on the job? We all have underlying assumptions about aging. Our governments and social institutions often view "older" adults as a burden or an inconvenience. But what if older adults are a social necessity, the key to our collective future? Join Andrew Mackey in an engaging, interactive process that will help enhance your success in effectively working and connecting with older adults. We’ll explore the emerging context of Eldering, and what you can do to fully engage and serve those who are 55+... [read more]              click here to RSVP   or  call: 604-685-6560 DATE:            Wednesday, April 13th -- 7:15-8:30 am LOCATION:      BC HYDRO Building                       333 Dunsmuir Street, Vancouver                       2nd Floor, Auditorium                       Check-in at Security Desk - Main floor lobby COST:           Members - $7.00     Non-Members - $10.00                       - muffins, tea and coffee included                      - RSVP requested (if possible)                  ___________________________________                 About Our Speaker: Andrew Mackey is the co-founder and principal of O2E: Older to Elder (www.oldertoelder.ca). He is committed to transforming our relationships to each other and the planet to reflect awareness and understanding of our interdependence and our shared life experience. Through his firm Andrew Mackey + Associates, he has managed, since 1978, a successful training and community relations business that specializes in coaching executives and managers in aboriginal, private sector, government and NGO organizations... [read more]                 click here to RSVP   or  call: 604-685-6560   - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - March 2011 Ethics for Breakfast presents   Wednesday, March 9, 2011             7:15 - 8:30 am Ethics and Medicine: How do we design curriculum based on social responsibility?                with Dr. Gurdeep Parhar, Associate Dean, Equity &       Professionalism, Faculty of Medicine, University of British Columbia                                __________________________                    How socially responsible & accountable do you                             expect from your doctor to be? When requiring medical attention, the homeless, disadvantaged, and new immigrants often fall through the cracks. How can we ensure that our health care system adequately addresses their needs? How do we train medical students to ensure that their future practice reflects social responsibility and ethical behaviour? Join Dr. Gurdeep Parhar, Associate Dean of Equity & Professionalism at UBC's Faculty of Medicine, as he outlines how a framework of social responsibility and accountability guides the Faculty's programs... [read more]              click here to RSVP   or  call: 604-685-6560 DATE:            Wednesday, March 9th -- 7:15-8:30 am LOCATION:      BC HYDRO Building                       333 Dunsmuir Street, Vancouver                       2nd Floor Auditorium                       Check-in at Security Desk - Main floor lobby COST:           Members - $7.00     Non-Members - $10.00                       - muffins, tea and coffee included                      - RSVP requested (if possible)                  ___________________________________                 About Our Speaker: Dr. Gurdeep Parhar is the Associate Dean of Equity and Professionalism for the University of British Columbia's Faculty of Medicine. As a family physician, he focuses his practice on immigrants, refugees, workers' health, and patients with severe disabilities. He teaches extensively in UBC's undergraduate and post-graduate programs in the areas of professionalism; equity; the psychosocial aspects of health care; medical disability; informatics; and reflection and self-care. He also co-hosts a weekly television program... [read more]                 click here to RSVP   or  call: 604-685-6560 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - February 2011 Ethics for Breakfast presents     Wednesday, February 9, 2011             7:15 - 8:30 am Ethics and Prostitution: How do we stop the demand for sex?      with Ian Mitchell, Manager, Community Diversion, and Coordinator, Prostitution Offender Program of B.C., John Howard Society                    Why do so many men feel that they have                           the right to sex on demand? For centuries, many cultures have both demonized and glamourized prostitutes, portraying them as either sleazy harlots or sexy knockouts with inviting curves and grins. But what about their customers and the never-ending demand for prostitution services? Why have societies paid little attention to the (mostly) men who pay for sex? For too long, a double standard of ethics and behaviour has persisted in this "oldest profession." Join Ian Mitchell of the John Howard Society as he discusses where ethics fits, and doesn’t, in today's gritty sex trade. He'll explain how his group's Prostitution Offender Program concentrates on the consumers (johns), rather than the prostitutes, and includes community members as part of the solution. This much-needed program also shows clients how their actions contribute directly to the commercial sexual exploitation and abuse of women and youth. And we'll discuss ways to socialize our youth to prevent such unacceptable trends.             click here to RSVP   or  call: 604-685-6560 DATE:            Wednesday, February 9th -- 7:15-8:30 am LOCATION:      BC HYDRO Building                       333 Dunsmuir Street, Vancouver                       **This month: 2nd Floor, Customer Presentation Centre**                       Check-in at Security Desk - Main floor lobby COST:           Members - $7.00     Non-Members - $10.00                       - muffins, tea and coffee included                      - RSVP requested (if possible)                  ___________________________________                 About Our Speaker: Ian Mitchell is the Manager of Community Diversion with the John Howard Society of the Lower Mainland of B.C. In that capacity, he has coordinated, since September 2000, the Prostitution Offender Program of British Columbia (POPBC), which operates in agreement with the Vancouver Police Board. Before that, Ian volunteered for the John Howard Society and for Crown Victim Services in B.C.'s Provincial Court. He was educated at the University of British Columbia, where he completed degrees in Finance (1970) and Sociology (1996). Before coming to the John Howard Society, he spent most of his working career on the Vancouver waterfront.                 click here to RSVP   or  call: 604-685-6560 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - January 2011   Ethics for Breakfast presents   Wednesday, January 12, 2011             7:15 - 8:30 am The Ethics of Policing: Do the ends justify the means?      with Staff Sergeant Paul Willms  Regional Ethics Officer, RCMP Pacific Region (BC & the Yukon)                                               How do you view the ethical failings of the police,                         and how can we address them? Many people choose police work because of noble values to help and protect people. However, the public sometimes views this "noble cause" as a misguided excuse for committing unethical and illegal acts. Is the motivation of "noble cause" an asset or a liability in policing? In upholding the law and preserving the peace, police also face a double bind of conflicting perceptions: allegations of failing to deal effectively with crime, or of abusing their authority in the process of achieving that end. How do police ensure that they act appropriately, when the public will judge both the ends and the means of their work?               click here to RSVP   or  call: 604-685-6560 DATE:            Wednesday, January 12th -- 7:15-8:30 am LOCATION:      BC HYDRO Building                       333 Dunsmuir Street, Vancouver                       2nd Floor Auditorium                       Check-in at Security Desk - Main floor lobby COST:           Members - $7.00     Non-Members - $10.00                       - muffins, tea and coffee included                      - RSVP requested (if possible)                  ___________________________________                 About Our Speaker: Since 2009, Staff Sergeant Paul Willms has served as the RCMP's Regional Ethics Officer for the Pacific Region (BC and the Yukon). He provides ethics advice on operational, administrative and policy issues, as well as presenting ethics topics on a variety of RCMP internal training courses. In a 25-year career with the RCMP, Paul has been a District Commander in Burnaby and served in plainclothes and uniform positions in Ridge Meadows, Mission, Coquitlam, Commercial Crime Section, E Division (BC) headquarters and Burnaby. He also spent three years posted to Ottawa with the predecessor of the Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS). After retiring from the RCMP, Willms began work with the Law Society of British Columbia, where he investigated a wide range of lawyer misconduct from serious criminal acts to breaches of legal professional rules. He returned to the RCMP in 2009 as Regional Ethics Officer. Staff Sergeant Willms has an Associate of Arts (Law Enforcement and corrections) degree and a Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration.                click here to RSVP   or  call: 604-685-6560 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - December 2010   Ethics for Breakfast presents Wednesday, December 8, 2010              7:15 - 8:30 am Ethics, Science and Health: Why suppress evidence of the benefits of nutritional therapy?           with Croft Woodruff, PhD (honoris causa), nutrition & health              researcher, activist and retired health products store owner                                   ____________________________            Do pharmaceutical companies have too much control                                   over medical research? The debate of "traditional" versus "alternative" medicine has raged for decades. Scientists generally support mainstream medicine, with its emphasis on pharmaceuticals. Some say that nutritional treatment holds little or no value -- for instance, with children who have Down syndrome. Is it a surprise, then, that modern laboratories have suppressed findings that reveal the benefits of natural (nutritional) therapy, particularly for the mentally and physically challenged? Who monitors the ethics of such scientific behaviour? Join nutritional health expert Croft Woodruff as he describes how the benefits of nutritional therapy have been suppressed for many years. He’ll talk about "one of the most shameful episodes in U.S. medical history" (involving the U.S. Food and Drug Administration) and explain why, even though vitamin therapy for Down syndrome children began in 1940, today's medical doctors claim that it serves no purpose in this application. In Woodruff's view, natural nutritional treatment is the most effective form of medicine for everyone. He says: "When the medical profession depends solely on the use of toxic drugs, the results are abysmal."               click here to RSVP   or  call: 604-685-6560 DATE:            Wednesday, December 8 -- 7:15-8:30 am LOCATION:      BC HYDRO Building                       333 Dunsmuir Street, Vancouver                       2nd Floor Auditorium                       Check-in at Security Desk - Main floor lobby COST:           Members - $7.00     Non-Members - $10.00                       - muffins, tea and coffee included                      - RSVP requested (if possible)                  ___________________________________                 About Our Speaker: Croft Woodruff grew up in B.C.'s West Kootenay region in a family committed to organic gardening, the value of sound nutritional support, and a semi-vegetarian diet. After his family opened a vitamin and herbal shop in Trail in 1970, Croft's mother became a certified master herbalist. In the mid-1970s, Croft opened Croft's Health Products in Vancouver and operated that business until 2006, when he retired and closed up shop. Croft is a writer, lecturer and former business owner with over 40 years of experience in the natural health industry. He has spoken on numerous TV and radio programmes, and for many years hosted a popular radio show on health issues in Vancouver. He is an honourary, life-time member of the Canadian Health Food Association, an industry trade group for which he served as president for eight years. He was awarded an honourary Master Herbalist's certificate by the internationally recognized Dominion Herbal College. And in recognition of his efforts to defend the right to access alternative, non-toxic health therapies, the College of Naturopathic Physicians of Quebec made him an honourary member and granted him an honourary PhD. In his retirement, Croft continues to do research, speaking engagements, and  radio and TV talk shows about important health issues, including AIDS. For more on this topic and Croft's work, see his Health Empowerment News podcasts at www.foodsarenotdrugs.com.             click here to RSVP   or  call: 604-685-6560 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - November 2010   Ethics for Breakfast presents   Wednesday, November 10, 2010              7:15 - 8:30 am   On the Hot Seat: Innovative Ways to Teach Ethics   with Dr. Larry Rossoff, DDS, Clinical Assistant Professor, Faculty of Dentistry, University of British Columbia            How do dentistry students solve ethical dilemmas? A university dentistry student cheats on an exam. A tipsy dentist performs emergency care in a busy dental office. Do these acts go unreported? Not if you’re a dentistry student learning about professional ethics at the University of British Columbia. Join Larry Rossoff, of UBC’s Faculty of Dentistry, as he describes the innovative ways that his program teaches ethics to first-year students. This includes bringing in professional actors to role-play with students, skillfully trying to tempt them into unethical choices. "We’re putting students on the hot seat in uncomfortable situations," he says, adding that many students consider this experience the highlight of their academic year... [read more]               click here to RSVP   or  call: 604-685-6560 DATE:            Wednesday, November 10th -- 7:15-8:30 am LOCATION:      BC HYDRO Building                       333 Dunsmuir Street, Vancouver                       2nd Floor Auditorium                       Check-in at Security Desk - Main floor lobby COST:           Members - $7.00     Non-Members - $10.00                       - muffins, tea and coffee included                      - RSVP requested (if possible)                      ___________________________________ About Our Speaker: Larry Rossoff is a fourth-generation dentist with 28 years' experience in institutional care, and a passion for social responsibility, ethics and community service. A full-time Clinical Assistant Professor in the Faculty of Dentistry at the University of British Columbia, Larry received the Dentistry Teaching Award for Excellence in 2007 and 2008. His courses include Introduction to Ethics and Risk Management, Ethics and Jurisprudence. He also initiated and oversees student volunteer dental clinics and serves as Ethics consultant for student remediation programming. Since 1995, Larry has been Deputy Registrar of the College of Dental Surgeons of B.C., and received the organization’s Distinguished Service Award... [read more]              click here to RSVP   or  call: 604-685-6560 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - October 2010   Ethics for Breakfast presents   Wednesday, October 13, 2010              7:15 - 8:30 am   Ethics, Regulation and the BP Oil Spill: The Ideological Divide   with Mark Wexler, PhD, Professor of Business Ethics and Management, Simon Fraser University            Who should protect the common or public good? When it comes to governance, some people view regulation and regulators as necessary protectors of the common good. Others see this role as unwanted interference by government. Still others think of regulators as inefficient bunglers, guided by self-interest and too much power. Now introduce an environmental lightning rod: the recent British Petroleum oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. Add Canada’s-own Tar Sands project in Alberta and you’ve got a fierce ideological debate about governance, corporate responsibility and public expectations. Join Mark Wexler as he explores the implication of these conflicting views regarding what he calls “regulatory capture.” [read more]               click here to RSVP   or  call: 604-685-6560 DATE:            Wednesday, October 13th -- 7:15-8:30 am LOCATION:      BC HYDRO Building                       333 Dunsmuir Street, Vancouver                       2nd Floor Auditorium                       Check-in at Security Desk - Main floor lobby COST:           Members - $7.00     Non-Members - $10.00                       - muffins, tea and coffee included                      - RSVP requested (if possible)                     ___________________________________                 About Our Speaker: Mark N. Wexler is the University Professor of Business Ethics and Management at Simon Fraser University’s Segal Graduate School of Business, and a senior partner at the Perimeter Group of Ethics Consultants in Vancouver. Besides business ethics, he specializes in knowledge management, management theory, codes of conduct, triple-bottom-line accounting and corporate image audits. His clients include BHP Billiton, Microsoft, Doctors without Borders, the RCMP, Vancouver Hospital and many others. For this talk, Mark has drawn on his recent paper, "Regulatory Capture: The Ideological Divide," soon to be published in the International Journal of Social Economics. He can be reached at wexler@sfu.ca. [Read more]              click here to RSVP   or  call: 604-685-6560 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -       September 2010 Ethics for Breakfast presents   Wednesday, September 8, 2010              7:15 - 8:30 am   Cultivating Wisdom in our Professional World: Is Ethical Conflict Inevitable?   with Daniel Vokey, Associate Professor, Faculty of Education, UBC            How well do you accept those who don’t share                              your moral point of view? As a pluralistic, liberal democracy, Canada represents a wide range of ethical viewpoints. However, many of these are incompatible. Every day, at work and at home, we make ethical judgments based on our own assumptions and moral traditions, whether they’re political, cultural, philosophical, spiritual or religious. With such a complex mix of outlooks and contrasting foundational thought, is it any wonder that people clash in professional settings? Is it inevitable? If individuals or groups are devoted to a particular value such as justice or sustainability...  [Read more]               click here to RSVP   or  call: 604-685-6560 DATE:            Wednesday, September 8th -- 7:15-8:30 am LOCATION:      BC HYDRO Building                       333 Dunsmuir Street, Vancouver                       2nd Floor Auditorium                       Check-in at Security Desk - Main floor lobby COST:           Members - $7.00     Non-Members - $10.00                       - muffins, tea and coffee included                      - RSVP requested (if possible)                 ___________________________________                 About Our Speaker: Daniel Vokey is Associate Professor in the Faculty of Education at the University of British Columbia. He investigates the theory and practice of teaching professional ethics for educators, how philosophy contributes to educational research, and how the teachings and practices of the world’s wisdom traditions can transform initiatives in higher education. In his work, Daniel draws on his academic background in religious studies and the philosophy of education, his professional experience facilitating wilderness-based leadership development programs for Outward Bound, and his ongoing training in Shambhala Buddhism... [Read more]              click here to RSVP   or  call: 604-685-6560 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - June 2010 Ethics for Breakfast presents   Wednesday, June 9, 2010           7:15 - 8:30 am   Ethics and Universal Health Care: How do we manage climbing costs?            Open Forum -- with facilitator Sue Drinnan,                  and numerous other Health Care Professionals                                 ___________________ How can we improve our health care system? We know that we can't maintain today's healthcare system and expenditures as is, so something has to give. But what? - What ethical questions need to be addressed when prioritising competing values? - Where does accountability for one's own health (& chosen risks) come into play? - What role do private providers play in our public system? - What changes are needed to balance budget limitations with the responsibility   of providing the best coverage to all citizens? In a shift from our regular format, we will host an Open Forum Discussion on the challenges facing Canada's health care system, and where we need to go from here. Among the participants will be a number of seasoned healthcare professionals, so don't miss your chance to bring your questions, perspectives and ideas as we begin to address this vital issue. And, if you have expertise in this area, please contact us to discuss incorporating your knowledge in this discussion.                      ___________________________________ DATE:            Wednesday, June 9th -- 7:15-8:30 am LOCATION      CHANGE:       1500 West Georgia St., Suite 975                       Corner of Cardero/Georgia  (the building with the waterfall)                       Parking is best on Alberni St. COST:           Members - $7.00     Non-Members - $10.00                       - muffins, tea and coffee included                      - RSVP requested (if possible)                click here to RSVP   or  call: 604-685-6560                       ___________________________________                 About Our Facilitator: Sue Drinnan is a Certified Executive Coach and facilitator, and was a national leader in healthcare research for nine years. In 2003, she founded Insight Leadership Development, a management consultancy firm specializing in workplace climate and top leadership talent development. In her work, she supports successful senior leaders and their teams to work even more effectively together. Sue uses evidence-based tools and training in areas such as conflict resolution, emotional and social intelligence, creating mentoring/coaching cultures, change management, and working with personality type differences. For more information, see http://www.insightleadershipdevelopment.com/.                click here to RSVP   or  call: 604-685-65 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - May 2010 Ethics for Breakfast presents Wednesday, May 12, 2010           7:15 - 8:30 am   Ethics and Health Care: Patient Empowerment and Healing  with Dr. Nelie Johnson, MD, Family Physician and Quantum Healer "I want to help people move out of fear to feeling empowered to contribute to their own healing." - Nelie Johnson “Why do people get sick? How can they heal?” These were questions Dr. Nelie Johnson, a practicing family physician in Maple Ridge, near Vancouver B.C., since 1982, began asking herself some 20 years ago, early in her career. Despite the many strengths of Western Medicine, it did not offer enough answers and Dr. Johnson sought for them elsewhere...  This morning's talk/discussion will explore the impact of thoughts, beliefs and emotions on health ("the quantum factor"), and an expanded model of disease that creates potential for better patient outcomes and healing.                       ___________________________________ DATE:            Wednesday, May 12th -- 7:15-8:30 am LOCATION      CHANGE:       1500 West Georgia St., Suite 975                       Corner of Cardero/Georgia  (the building with the waterfall)                       Parking is best on Alberni St. COST:           Members - $7.00     Non-Members - $10.00                       - muffins, tea and coffee included                      - RSVP requested (if possible)                click here to RSVP   or  call: 604-685-6560                    __________________________________                 About Our Speaker: Dr. Nelie Johnson,MD   (BSc (Hon Biochem) 1971, MD (UBC 1976)  After over 30 years of medical practice and more than a dozen years of training and experience in several healing modalities, Dr. Nelie Johnson now focuses her work on supporting and guiding people to bring out their inner healer – to access, express and release the emotions and thoughts that are at the root of their disease or ‘dis-ease’... [Read more] (For more on Dr. Johnson's work, see http://www.keystototalhealing.com/)                click here to RSVP   or  call: 604-685-6560                             More Past Events                  Click here, or on the Past Speakers tab                             at the top/right of this page        ______________________________________________        Get known for supporting spirituality and ethics!                      Join, volunteer to speak, or sponsor             a Workplace Centre breakfast or lunch event.      Phone: 604-685-6560  -or-  email: info@workplacecentre.org   - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - We gratefully acknowledge:   for the generous donation of a beautiful meeting space for our monthly Breakfast events.