Command and General Staff College Foundation News Fall 2017 - 32

FEATURE

Ethics Chair preps for upcoming symposium
by Mark H. Wiggins, Managing Editor

Dr. Shannon French, the
General Hugh Shelton
Distinguished Visiting
Chair of Ethics, presents
to the CGSC Foundation
Board of Trustees during
their annual meeting
Aug. 29.

PHOTO BY MARK H. WIGGINS

Dr. Shannon French, the General
Hugh Shelton Distinguished Visiting
Chair of Ethics, visited Fort Leavenworth
Aug. 29-30, to begin her duties as the
chair for academic year 2018.
During her visit Dr. French met with
Chaplain (Maj.) Jeff McKinney from
CGSC's Department of Command and
Leadership to plan for the ninth annual
Fort Leavenworth Ethics Symposium
co-sponsored by the College and the
Foundation. The symposium is scheduled
for April 30-May 1, and like academic
year 2017, all CGSOC students will
participate. (In previous years the
symposium was an elective class.)
According to Foundation CEO Doug
Tystad, Dr. French is assisting in finding
a featured speaker for the symposium and
will be mentoring students in preparing
and presenting papers. Her plans also
include publicizing the symposium more
broadly within military ethicist circles to
increase outside attendance.
This year's symposium theme is
"The Impact of Diverse Worldviews on
Military Conflict." This theme will drive
the papers and presentations during the symposium to
explore the ethical aspects of diverse worldviews and their
impact on the operational environment upon which our
future military leaders are about to enter.
CGSC is issuing a call for unpublished papers for the
symposium. Authors are invited to submit a 300-500
word abstract of their paper no later than Jan. 12, 2018 to
Chaplain (Major) Jeff McKinney at jeffrey.t.mckinney3.
mil@mail.mil . For questions use his email or call 913684-3270.
Papers should focus on the ethical aspects of one of two
topics: "Views of War" or "Regional, State, Non-State
Challenges or Emerging Threats." A complete explanation

of these topic areas and more information about the
symposium is available on the symposium website at www.
leavenworthethicssymposium.org.
In addition to planning for the symposium, the intent for
Dr. French's visit to Fort Leavenworth in August was to
attend the CGSC Foundation board meeting and provide
the trustees with an overview of her activities planned for
this year. During her visit she also met with a CGSC student
she is mentoring and spoke to a group of law students at the
University of Missouri-Kansas City.
The General Hugh Shelton Distinguished Visiting Chair
for Ethics is a program sponsored by the Foundation
through a grant from the Perot Foundation.

For more information about the 2018 Fort Leavenworth Ethics Symposium visit www.leavenworthethicssymposium.org

For more information about the ethics chair see the full story at
http://www.cgscfoundation.org/foundation-conducts-2017-full-board-meeting/

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