Mission

The Frances Marlin Mann Center for Ethics and Leadership supports teaching, research and service across the Samford University campus. Our mission is to:

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Promote the moral development of Samford students and equip them for ethical leadership in vocational, community and family life.

Serve as a center of teaching excellence, empowering faculty with the methods and resources to integrate ethics effectively into the curriculum.

Foster a university culture that values productive, moral discourse around challenges facing individuals, the professions and society.

Amplify other Samford initiatives in ethics and leadership, encouraging interdisciplinary scholarship across the university.

Engage the professional and business communities for mutual learning and the advancement of ethical values and practices.

Contacts

John C. Knapp, Ph.D.

Director

205.726.4362

jknapp@samford.edu

Brooks 227


J. Mark Bateman, Ed.D.

Director of Special Projects

205.726.4432

jmbatema@samford.edu

OBB 221


Azalea M. Hulbert

Program Manager

205.726.4634

amwhitco@samford.edu

Brooks 227

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 The Frances Marlin Mann Center for Ethics and Leadership emphasizes the indispensable connection between ethics and good leadership in business, government, social services and the classic professions. Much of the center’s work is at this vital nexus of ethics and leadership. 

Frances Marlin Mann Center for Ethics and Leadership
800 Lakeshore Drive
Birmingham, AL 35229
205-726-4362 or Dr. John Knapp, Director