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Ethics subject for Wheatley Institution Conference at BYU Feb. 26-27

Brigham Young University’s Wheatley Institution will host a Conference on Ethics Thursday and Friday, Feb. 26-27. Admission is free, and the public is welcome to attend.

The conference will commence with featured speaker, Dale Murphy, founder of the iWontCheat foundation. He will lecture on ethics in America Thursday, Feb. 26, at 4 p.m. in the Joseph Smith Building Auditorium.

Murphy played for the Atlanta Braves, Philadelphia Phillies and Colorado Rockies during his professional major league baseball career from 1976 to 1993. He has written three books about athletics and youth sports. His nonprofit organization iWontCheat foundation promotes ethics and deters steroid use and cheating.

The conference will conclude with two lecturers and a panel discussion Friday, Feb. 27, from 2 to 4:30 p.m.in the Gordon B. Hinckley Alumni and Visitors Center Assembly Hall.

The Wheatley Institution was founded in 2007 to enrich faculty and student experiences by contributing recognized scholarship that lifts society by preserving and strengthening its core institutions.

For more information about the conference, contact Janna Gates at (801) 422-1386 or janna_gates@byu.edu, or visit wheatleyinstitution.byu.edu.

Writer: Angela Fischer

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