Medicine and Society highlights various topics in the fields of medical ethics and bioethics that affect everyone.  Guests include a variety of medical and bioethics experts from around the Charlotte region and across the country.  Recent topics have touched upon issues such as health care reform, the ethics of medical research, challenges posed by new developments in genetics and reproductive medicine, and fears about the aging and dying process.  Some of the program’s past guests include:

• Edmund Pellegrino, M.D., Chair, President’s Council on Bioethics, Professor Emeritus, Georgetown University Medical Center
  
• Thomas Murray, Ph.D., President and CEO, The Hastings Center
  
• H. Tristram Engelhardt, Jr., M.D., Ph.D., Department of Philosophy, Rice University

Medicine and Society is made possible by:

• The Center for Professional and Applied Ethics at UNC Charlotte
• The Mecklenburg County Medical Society

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Business and Society highlights various topics in business ethics that affect everyone.  Guests include a variety of business leaders around the Charlotte region.  The aim of the series is to tackle thorny ethical issues involving the globalization of U.S. industry, patent disputes, labor negotiations, profit making, unemployment, and corporate integrity.  The series' first guest was Katie Tyler, President, Tyler 2 Construction.  She addressed matters related to treating employees fairly.

Business and Society is made possible by:

• The Center for Professional and Applied Ethics at UNC Charlotte
• The Belk College of Business at UNC Charlotte
• The Mecklenburg County Medical Society

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Hosted By:
Rosemarie Tong, Ph.D.
Director, Center for Professional and Applied Ethics,
University of North Carolina at Charlotte  and
Mecklenburg County Medical Society Distinguished Professor

Producer / Director:
Natasha Stracener
UNC Charlotte Broadcast Communications