Please join us for another exciting talk in the CCASA's 2009-2010 Luncheon program!
Our January speaker is Lisa Amoroso, Ph.D., Kellogg/Northwestern University. The 2010 edition of the popular text, Constructing Social Research 2/e (Ragin and Amoroso, Pine Forge Press), emphasizes the various ethical dilemmas faced by social scientists during the research process. Lisa's talk, "Ethics in an Infoglut World," will consider how ethical dilemmas can be complicated by the ease of obtaining and analyzing massive amounts of data on all aspects of individuals' lives (including behaviors, personalities, physical and mental wellbeing, opinions, values, and on and on). Commercial enterprises, interested in harnessing this information to develop better products or services and higher profits, need to deal with privacy issues (or to factor in the costs of litigation) but they do not give much consideration to the ethical issues involved with research on human subjects - consideration that professional ethics standards require of social scientists.
Lisa attended Northwestern University for her B.A. in economics and mathematical methods in the social sciences. She then spent five years working in systems consulting (Accenture/Mercer), before returning to Northwestern and the Kellogg School of Management to complete her Ph.D. in a joint program in sociology and organization behavior in 2003. In 2005, she joined the faculty of the Heller College of Business Administration at Roosevelt University where she currently teaches quantitative analysis, negotiations, and other management courses.
Lunch is $30 for CCASA members, $35 for nonmembers. Nonmembers, join the chapter for a year for only $15 and get the discount plus all the other benefits of membership!
As usual, the Lucile Derrick Fund will purchase a limited number of tickets for students who wish to attend. If you are a student and would like to take advantage of this offer, please register online below, and contact Borko Jovanovic, expressing your interest.
Please register for the luncheon by Friday January 22, 2010.
Register online at http://www.123signup.com/calendar?Org=chicagoasa
Questions: Contact: Borko Jovanovic, CCASA VP Luncheons, Phone: 312-503-2008 or E-mail: borko@northwestern.edu