Osgoode and Lassonde will celebrate the research achievements and interests of their Faculties, Feb. 4, starting at 2:15pm at 1014 Osgoode Hall Law School, Keele campus.

“This research celebration provides a forum for members of the 91��ɫ community to learn more about the exciting opportunities for interdisciplinary collaboration among these Faculties,” said Robert Haché (right), vice-president research & innovation. “All members of the 91��ɫ community are welcome to attend.”

Following the welcome and opening remarks by Haché, Dean Janusz Kozinski of the Lassonde School of Engineering and Dean Lorne Sossin of Osgoode Hall Law School, a panel discussion moderated by Associate Dean of Research Poonam Puri will take place.

��Janusz Kozinski

“The convergence of engineering and law is very exciting area of interdisciplinary collaboration across a whole range of topics, and we hope this will be the first of many joint events as Osgoode and Lassonde work closely together in the months and years ahead,” said Kozinski.

"Osgoode is delighted to be moving forward with the Lassonde School of Engineering on cross-Faculty collaborations that will break new ground in the fields of law and engineering," said Sossin. "This is the first of what we know will be many celebrations of our successful joint research efforts."

Lorne Sossin

From 2:20 to 3:30pm, there will be a panel discussion highlighting the theme, “A Conversation Between Law and Engineering”. The paen will consist of the following:��Dean Sossin; Professor Giuseppina D’Agostino of Osgoode Hall Law School and founder & director ofIP Osgoode; Professor�� Michael Daly of the Department of Earth & Space Science & Engineering; Professor Shin Imai of Osgoode Hall Law School; Professor Michael Jenkin of the Department of Computer Science & Engineering; and Professor Regina Lee of the Department of Earth & Space Science & Engineering.

The panellists will discuss a diverse range of topics, including space law, intellectual property, expert testimony, professional self-regulation, ethics, mining, corporate social responsibility, corporate accountability and more. There will also be research on display in Gowlings Hall at Osgoode Hall Law School and a reception featuring opportunities for networking. Refreshments will be served.

For more information, contact Jody-Ann Rowe-Butler, research coordinator, Osgoode Hall Law School, at jrowe-butler@osgoode.yorku.ca or ext. 55771, or Gillian Moore, administrative assistant, Lassonde School of Engineering, at gmoore@yorku.ca or ext. 58215.

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The journal compiled a list of the 51 most cited articles over its 30-year history, with over 100 volumes published. Schwartz's article "The Nature of the Relationship Between Corporate Codes of Ethics and Behaviour", published in 2001, was the 36th most cited article out of 4,747 articles published in the last three decades.

"It is a great honour to receive this award," said Schwartz, who teaches in the Faculty of Liberal Arts & Professional Studies. “The article was based on my PhD dissertation research where I interviewed 57 managers, employees and ethics officers at four large Canadian corporations to try to determine if corporate codes of ethics impact ethical behaviour in the workplace.”

According to Alex Michalos, editor-in-chief of the , "Citation classics have been defined as articles whose frequency of being cited is at least four standard deviations above the mean." Michalos notes that Schwartz's article "is a significantly important contribution to the field of business ethics and as such is included in the list of citation classics."

The Journal of Business Ethics is a peer reviewed academic journal published by Springer and is recognized on the Financial Times top 45 journal list used towards their MBA program rankings.

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“This agreement enhances collaboration for researchers at 91��ɫ and Southlake,” said Robert Haché, 91��ɫ vice-president research & innovation. “By signing this agreement, 91��ɫ and Southlake are taking steps to streamline our efforts and maximize our resources to promote greater efficiency of the ethics review process.”

Pat Clifford, director of research at Southlake, echoed Haché’s sentiment and said he��is encouraged by the agreement, as it will lay the groundwork for Southlake to work with 91��ɫ on additional collaborative research projects.

“As Southlake transitions to a ministry-designated teaching and research facility, our relationships and collaborative efforts with our academic partners will become increasingly important,” said Clifford. “This agreement is illustrative of our commitment to advancing our academic and research agenda, and I’m thrilled at the prospect of being able to free up resources so we can conduct additional research with more efficient and less redundant process.”

As part of this agreement, only one board of record will exist for any study conducted at either institution and it will be either the 91��ɫ Research Ethics Board or the Southlake Research Ethics Board depending on the location where the majority of the work will be conducted and/or the��home institution of the majority of the researchers.

As the board of record, Southlake’s Research Ethics Board and the 91��ɫ Research Ethics Board may approve, reject, propose modifications to, put on hold or terminate a research study at its sole discretion.

For more information, contact Alison Collins-Mrakas, 91��ɫ's senior manager & policy adviser, research ethics, at acollins@yorku.ca,��or ext. 55914.

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The Social Sciences & Humanities Research Council of Canada, the Canadian Institutes of Health Research and the Natural Sciences & Engineering Research Council of Canada officially launched the new ��on Dec. 5.��

The new framework builds on previous research integrity policies and procedures related to applying for and managing agency funds, performing research and disseminating results. It outlines the responsibilities of researchers regarding the ethical conduct of research.

Left: Robert Haché, vice-president research & innovation

“The intent of this new framework is to enhance research integrity,” said Haché. “It is important for the 91��ɫ community to recognize this framework and their responsibilities with respect to their research activities.”

Researchers always have been responsible for the rigorous conduct of research, the maintenance of complete and accurate records (research, financial); thorough and accurate referencing; appropriate authorship and acknowledgement of all contributors and contributions to the research; and the proactive management of any real, potential or perceived conflict of interest. With the new framework, there is an increase in the implications and consequences to researchers for even an inadvertent failure to maintain this ethical contract.

Researchers at 91��ɫ are already, by and large, a model of compliance for the ethical conduct of research. Thus, continued adherence to current practices together with an increase in individual vigilance will assure the continued success of researchers’ programs.��

Framework highlights include:

• 91��ɫ will be required to report all findings of misconduct for fault in the conduct of research,
• However, with the new framework, allegations of a serious nature (harm to participants; significant financial breach, etc.) also must now be reported to Tri-Agency
• Misconduct is still defined as a breach of ANY Tri-agency policy.��
• All applicants will be required to sign a that will allow the agencies (subject to applicable laws, including the Privacy Act, and in cases of a serious breach of agency policy) to publicly disclose the names of researchers and their institutions that seriously breach the RCR guidelines and agency policy.��

For more information about the new framework, contact Alison Collins-Mrakas, senior manager & policy advisor, research ethics, at acollins@yorku.ca. For more information about the policy, click here.

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Honoured are��91��ɫ Professors Joanne Magee and Chris Robinson,��grad Alan Golhar and course director��Jury Kopach for their contributions��to the financial planning profession in Canada.��

The FPSC��governs the examination and conferral of the Certified Financial Planner (CFP) mark in Canada, under license from the Financial Planning Standards Board in the US.��

Magee, who is cross-appointed to both SAS and the School of Public Policy��& Administration, is��an authority on income tax in Canada and has written and lectured extensively on various topics in income tax law and tax policy.��She has conducted free tax clinics and trained her students to work in them for many years as a public service.��She is a member of the Certification Scheme Committee of the FPSC.

Robinson teaches finance in SAS.��He has taught all three financial planning courses, security valuation, ethics for investment managers and financial statement analysis.��His financial planning textbook, co-authored with SAS Professor Kwok Ho,��is used across Canada in universities and community colleges.��He has won numerous awards for his financial planning research papers.

Alan Goldhar (BAS ’85) is the chief investment officer of the Ontario Office of the Public Guardian and Trustee, where he is responsible for a staff of planners and social workers managing $1.2 billion in trust accounts.��He teaches introductory and professional financial planning at SAS, mentors our students and also teaches at Ryerson University.��He is on the board of the FPSC Foundation.

Jury Kopach has worked for 38 years at increasingly senior levels in National Trust and T.E. Financial as a fee-for-service planner, manager and educator.��Just when he thought he had retired, Robinson persuaded him to teach in SAS. Now a��course director,��Kopach��teaches all three levels of the planning courses, as well as mentoring many students and teaching at Seneca College.��He is on the board of the FPSC Foundation.

In addition to the four current members, a former financial planning course director at SAS, Peter Volpé, has also been named a fellow.��Volpé is the��senior vice-president of Integra Capital and chairperson of the FPSC Foundation.

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In his new book, , Professor (right) clarifies the fundamentals and importance of CSR and details how a conscientious way of doing business is possible in today’s profit-driven world.

As a teacher of business ethics and corporate social responsibility at the School of Administrative Studies in 91��ɫ’s Faculty of Liberal Arts & Professional Studies, Schwartz felt that students needed a book that examined the ethical obligations of a business and which approach is the most appropriate for a company.

“Business students – when they end up becoming managers, executives and CEOs of their company – are going to be making important decisions,” explains Schwartz. “It’s critical for them to have a theoretical position on this debate, which will help guide them to more ethical and socially responsible decisions.”

In his book, Schwartz focuses on several aspects to clarify CSR: the key moral standards that need to be applied in a business decision; the debate between narrow (or profit-based) CSR and broader (or ethics-based) CSR; an examination of the separate and intertwined economic, legal and ethical obligations of a company; and the belief that companies need to engage in providing goods and services that generate value to society in a balanced manner, while remaining accountable to stakeholders.

Looking at four classic, high-profile case studies – the , , and – students can apply their own ethical beliefs to decide on the best outcome. “Many students may discover their theoretical position doesn’t match what they would do when faced with a real business case,” says Schwartz. “That’s the main goal of the book: to force students or managers to realize there are implications with their position on social responsibility.”

Movie villain Gordon Gekko’s “greed is good” credo and the rise of Wall Street showed us the conflict between making money and being ethical; it’s a constant struggle in business. With MBA graduates entering the workforce in unprecedented numbers, how can we expect business people to choose? In his book, Schwartz proves they don’t have to.

“Business students should make money – it’s OK to make money. I think the real question is prioritization,” says Schwartz. “Are you maximizing profit at the expense of harming others? Students need to recognize that they have ethical obligations when they go out into the workplace.”

Although Schwartz recognizes that “good CSR does not always maximize the bottom line,” it’s the long-term effects on the business, its employees, customers and the environment that should be taken into consideration. “Ethics should still take priority to the bottom line when there is a conflict,” he says.

Listen to Schwartz speak about his book:

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CSR can be complex, with room for potential misinterpretation. By demystifying the topic, Schwartz��has provided students with information they need to��grasp the concepts and understand how to implement them successfully. Armed with this knowledge, students choose their own way of achieving ethics in business.

“There is a need for a greater awareness in terms of what the ethical obligations are. It’s not simply maximizing the bottom line and abiding by the law. Ethics goes beyond the law.”

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At the Oil: Slick Suits and Sinister Scenarios symposium tomorrow, leading researchers in risk, disaster management, ethics and the environment will provide insights into the murky world of oil and the need��to prepare��for��a��potential disaster.

The symposium will take place, from noon to 2pm, in the Crowe Room, 109 Atkinson Building, Keele campus. Everyone is welcome.

91��ɫ law, governance and ethics Professor Mark Schwartz (right) will discuss the Deepwater Horizon oil rig explosion in the Gulf of Mexico, which caused the largest off shore spill in��the history of the United States. Schwartz will present an ethical critique of BP and speak about the importance of ethical crisis management and the lessons for Canadian oil producers.

Environmental studies Professor Gail Fraser (left) will compare the Deepwater Horizon spill in the Gulf of Mexico and its estimated impacts on marine birds to that of a much smaller spill in offshore Newfoundland.��She will argue that cumulatively smaller, more frequent oil spills off the coast of Newfoundland have likely resulted in higher seabird mortalities compared to the very large single spill in the Gulf of Mexico, because oil breaks down more slowly in cold water and the species composition is different.

Fraser underscores the importance of having baseline data to estimate the impact of oil spills and discusses current challenges in NL regarding access to information relevant to oil spills.

Emergency management Professor Ali Asgary will examine the Canadian emergency preparedness and response capacities and gaps in dealing with large-scale oil spills. He is co-investigator of a recently completed project, “Real-time Detection of Oil Spills”, funded by the Natural Sciences & Engineering Research Council of Canada, which developed an expert system for rapid risk assessment of pipeline based oil and gas spills to be used by emergency response teams.

Right: Ali Asgary

Asgary's areas of research include disaster and emergency response, business continuity, development and applications of geographic information systems and agent-based modelling in disaster and emergency management.

Fraser’s research focuses on issues around the ecology and management of avian wildlife, and the environmental management of the extractive industries of oil and gas.

Schwartz is co-author of the textbook Business Ethics: Readings and Cases in Corporate Morality (McGraw Hill, 2000) and the author of Corporate Social Responsibility: An Ethical Approach (Broadview Press, 2011).

Joanne Jones, a professor of audit and management information systems in 91��ɫ’s School of Administrative Studies, will moderate the discussion.

The event is presented by the School of Administrative Studies in the Faculty of Liberal Arts & Professional Studies.

For more information, call ext. 20091 or e-mail tarawlo@yorku.ca. To register online, visit 91��ɫ’s School of Administrative Studies website.

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The event will take place Jan. 13, from 2:30 to 5pm, on the��5th Floor of the Technology Enhanced Learning (TEL)��Building, Keele campus. In addition, there will be some short remarks at 3:30pm in 5084 TEL Building, at the south end of the hallway. Refreshments will be served.

The open house will showcase faculty- and student-led research projects, along with short presentations by researchers.

The LaMarsh Centre conducts interdisciplinary research in health, education, relationships and development of infants, children, adolescents, emerging adults and families. Its particular focus is on the health and well-being of Canada’s youth, preventing youth violence and promoting positive development. The aim is to foster a centre of learning, productivity and exchange for new and senior scholars and to create a critical mass of related research activity.

The YIHR takes a determinants approach to health research with sub-areas including diversity and health, health equity and social justice, health and the environment, health law and ethics, health care and health governance. YIHR draws together a range of social, biomedical, environmental and behavioural scientists, as well as researchers from business, law, education and the physical sciences, bridging the divide between the sciences and social sciences to deliver real-world solutions.

The houses the largest university-based survey centre in Canada, conducting major surveys on population health, education, gender, the environment and voting behaviour. It conducts more than 25 survey research projects annually, as well as a range of qualitative research, including focus group studies. ISR staff complete all stages of the survey research process from questionnaire design, sample selection and data collection to the preparation of machine-readable data files, statistical analysis and report writing.

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The unveiling of the memorial wall plaques will take place Saturday, Sept. 25, at 1pm at the corner of Queen Street West and Shaw Street in Toronto.

Right: One of the walls surrounding the Centre for Addiction & Mental Health

The plaques are dedicated to patient labourers of the past, many of whom built the boundary walls which stand on the south, east and west sides of what was once the Toronto Insane Asylum, now CAMH, at 1001 Queen St. W. This year marks the 150th anniversary of the oldest part of the patient-built boundary wall on the south side, constructed in 1860.

This south wall, along with the walls built from 1888 to 1889 on the east and west sides, is a testament to the abilities of people whose unpaid labour was central to the operation of asylums in Ontario during the 19th��and 20th centuries.

Left: Geoffrey Reaume

“For the first time in Canada, the unpaid toil of psychiatric patient labourers will be permanently publicly marked at the site where this history took place for all to learn from and remember,” says Reaume. “The plaques will help to challenge prejudices towards psychiatric patients today by pointing out the very tangible abilities of the people who built these walls. Walls of exclusion thus become walls of inclusion by writing into the public record the historical contributions of mostly poor, forgotten people with a psychiatric diagnosis which has been previously unrecognized.”

A professor of��critical disability studies��and health ethics in 91��ɫ's , Reaume has given dozens of tours of the wall over the years (see YFile, April 19). On Saturday, he will give yet another tour of the wall, along with all nine plaques, following the dedication ceremony.

“The nine plaques are also arranged thematically along the length of all three walls to let people conduct their own self-guided wall tours to learn about patients past whenever they want to,” says Reaume.

The event is sponsored by the Psychiatric Survivor Archives of��Toronto and��CAMH, as well as many community donors.

For more information, call CAMH at��416-595-6015 or the Psychiatric Survivor Archives of Toronto at 416-661-9975.

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Ushering the way for 91��ɫ was Professor Mark Schwartz (right) of the School of Administrative Studies in the Faculty of Liberal Arts & Professional Studies (LA&PS), who was listed as the number one leading business ethics research scholar in Canada and 14th in the world.

The rankings identified the leading academic institutions and individual researchers from around the world based on the number of articles published in leading business ethics journals from 1999 to 2008.��The rankings were based on a study titled "" published in the August 2010 issue of the��Journal of Business Ethics.

The study found that over the past decade, 1,451 institutions from 67 different countries generated 4,200 leading business ethics journal articles written by 4,435 authors.

A number of other 91��ɫ professors were identified in the study, including (ranked second in Canada, tied for 20th in the world) and (ranked third in Canada, 43rd in the world), both from the . Professor Darryl Reed of the Business & Society Program in LA&PS��was also identified as being the second leading business ethics researcher at 91��ɫ.

In the interview below,��Schwartz��talks about business ethics.

Schwartz (BA ’87, MBA ’91, LLB ’91, PhD ’99) was the first person in Canada to graduate with a PhD specializing in the field of business ethics – under the supervision of Professor Emeritus who was the first appointed Gardiner Professor of Business Ethics at the Schulich School of Business. Cragg is currently the project director of the Canadian Business Ethics Research Network (), funded by the .

“I’m proud of my individual research achievement, but I'm even more proud to be part of the 91��ɫ research community, which clearly has a number of outstanding active researchers in the business ethics field,” says Schwartz.

The other Canadian academic institutions that made it to the top-100 list include the University of Calgary (23rd), the University of Toronto (57th) and the University of Western Ontario (76th).

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