About the Workshop

Topics for this workshop include the ethics of markets, the moral limits of markets, efficiency and equity tradeoffs in health care and sweatshop labor, the sale of human organs, social responsibility of business, and the meaning of economic justice. Participants will examine alternative ethical frameworks using active exercises including simulations, group decision making, problem solving, classroom demonstrations, and role playing. This workshop will cover four of the ten lessons in Ethical Foundations of Economics, a publication that has just been released by the National Council on Economic Education. Teachers attending this workshop will receive this publication.

Please contact Harriet Crawford (850-644-4772) or E-mail (hcrawfor@coss.fsu.edu) if you would like to attend this workshop. Note, October 19 is a teacher planning day in many North Florida counties. We hope this will make it easier for you to attend.

Note: Sandwiches and other light refreshments will be served during the workshop.

About the Session Leaders

Dr. John Mundy is Assistant Director of the University of North Florida’s Center for Economic Education. He works to improve economic, financial, and entrepreneurial literacy outreach in NE Florida. He teaches Economics for Teachers, Macro and Micro Principles, History of Economic Thought, and International Trade. From 1996 to 2006 he was the Executive Director of the NV Council on Economic Education and the Director of the Center for Economic and Entrepreneur Education at UNLV. He created and ran a statewide K-12 Entrepreneurship Education Program throughout Nevada. He taught classes at UNLV in the Colleges of Education and Business including Economics for Teachers, Principles of Macro- and Microeconomics, and Business Ethics. Dr. Mundy holds a BA in Economics from California State University Long Beach and a BS in Business Administration--Economics and Finance from the University of Nevada Las Vegas. He holds Master’s degrees in Ethics, Public Policy, and Economics. He holds a PhD in the field of Higher Education Leadership and Policy (doctoral cognate in economics). Dr. Mundy has an entrepreneurial history in his business career. He co-founded a unique food industry company in 1977 and ran it until its acquisition in 1986. He joined McKesson Corp., a Fortune 15 firm in 1986, where he created / developed several nationally branded products prior to moving into a senior operations role. He took early retirement as the Regional COO of McKesson Corp in the Rocky Mountain Division. He serves on the boards of two public companies and two non-profit organizations.