Markkula Center for Applied Ethics Expert Available to Comment on Campaign Ethics

Business Wire, Oct 8, 2007

SANTA CLARA, Calif. -- Judy Nadler, senior fellow in Government Ethics at the Markkula Center for Applied Ethics at Santa Clara University, can comment on campaign ethics in local elections.

Nadler is a former mayor of the city of Santa Clara, Calif., where she worked with the Ethics Center to develop an award-winning program, "Infusing Political Campaigns with Community Ethics." The program earned the City of Santa Clara the 2002 Helen Putnam Award from the League of California Cities.

Her articles and cases on campaign ethics, part of an online "Introduction to Government Ethics," are available at www.scu.edu/government-intro

Nadler can comment on

-- How campaign contributions influence elected officials

-- Negative campaigning and last-minute "hit pieces"

-- Truth vs. spin in campaign advertising

Phone: 408-554-7892/ jnadler@scu.edu

About the Markkula Center for Applied Ethics

The Markkula Center for Applied Ethics is a nationally recognized resource for the study and application of ethical approaches to the crucial issues facing our world. The Center supports research, assists faculty in integrating ethics into their courses, and helps businesses, schools, hospitals, public agencies, and global organizations put ethics to work. More information is online at www.scu.edu/ethics.> About Santa Clara University

Santa Clara University, a comprehensive Jesuit, Catholic university located in California's Silicon Valley, offers its 8,397 students rigorous undergraduate curricula in arts and sciences, business, and engineering, plus master's and law degrees. Distinguished nationally by the third-highest graduation rate among all U.S. master's universities, California's oldest higher-education institution demonstrates faith-inspired values of ethics and social justice. More information is online at www.scu.edu.