Since 2006, the Inamori International Center for Ethics and Excellence at Case Western Reserve University has committed to the exploration of ethical issues from a global perspective and created programs and initiatives devoted to ethical inquiry in both its practical and theoretical aspects.
A $10 million gift from ceramics and electronics manufacturer Kyocera Corp. founder Kazuo Inamori helped found the center.
The center awards the yearly Inamori Ethics Prize to leaders whose actions and influence have greatly improved the condition of humankind. Past recipients have included Children’s Defense Fund founder Marian Wright Edelman, actor LeVar Burton and former U.N. High Commissioner on Human Rights Mary Robinson.
