California Center for Ethics and Policy
Our Institution
Cal Poly Pomona's sustained commitment to equity, access, and inclusive excellence provides the foundation for the work of the California Center for Ethics and Policy — values reflected in the university's national recognition.
Our Mission
The California Center for Ethics and Policy (CCEP) investigates pressing national and global challenges—such as climate policy, healthcare, artificial intelligence, immigration, and racism—through a Californian lens. How do these challenges impact Californians in all their diversity and complexity, and what opportunities are there for California to lead in addressing them?
CCEP Podcast
About the Podcast
The California Center for Ethics and Policy, established in 2018 at Cal Poly Pomona, explores critical issues such as climate policy, healthcare, artificial intelligence, immigration, and racism through a Californian lens. Our podcast features conversations with students, artists, philosophers, social scientists, and advocates.
The Future(s) of Work
Season 6 of The Future(s) of Work examines worker exploitation and the power of collective organizing across Southern California’s low-wage industries. Through workers’ stories and experiences, the season highlights the people whose essential contributions sustain the region’s economy but too often go unseen.
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Season 5 of Insert AI-Generated Title explores the ethical and social questions raised by the rapid growth of artificial intelligence. Produced by the CCEP at Cal Poly Pomona, this season features conversations that examine how AI is shaping technology, communication, and society.
The Multiverse of Misinformation
Season 4 of our podcast, The Multiverse of Misinformation, explores how misinformation affects many facets of our lives. In this season of CCEP’s ethics and policy podcast, we examine the challenges misinformation poses and its impact on society.
Movements in California
Season 3 of our podcast, Movements in California, will explore how migration and mobility are embedded in many of our public discourses, practices, and politics.
Uncertain Forecast
Season 2 of our podcast, Uncertain Forecast, addresses climate justice, an issue that affects people worldwide, particularly where inequality is greatest, but which is often disguised or invisible.
Securing Justice
Season 1 of our podcast, Securing Justice, focuses on housing insecurity, an issue that affects millions in the United States and is particularly acute here in California. This season explores housing insecurity through a variety of means—panel discussions, interviews, and creative works by faculty and students. From artists and activists to philosophers and policy wonks, we hope to provide listeners with a varied and nuanced look at how housing insecurity affects the lives of Californians, and what we—and you—can do about it.
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