Ethical decision-making in Mercy governance – 22 April 7.00pm – 8.00pm
As kaitiaki of Catholic ministries, directors are responsible not only for sound governance, but for keeping the mission at the heart of our decision-making. The aim of this session is to support boards to govern with greater confidence on the basis of a stronger awareness of what our Mercy Catholic identity means in practice.
In ministries that identify as Catholic, governance involves decisions that reach beyond compliance and strategy into the heart of our mission.
At times, important values can sit in tension. This session will explore the ethical principles and frameworks that those who are involved in Catholic governance can draw on when there are challenging and competing values that require us to recall our specific Mercy identity, vision and values.
The session will use case studies as a way of exploring the key elements of our Mercy identity and being merciful within the complexities and contexts of our ministries in education, housing, healthcare and community. It will help directors recognise when governance decisions call for moral discernment and issues of mission integrity, and what that may look like as you grapple with those discussions around the board table.
Our presenter will be Dr John Kleinsman. John has been director of the Nathaniel Centre, Aotearoa, New Zealand’s Catholic Bioethics Centre, since 2010 and has worked for the centre for 25 years.
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