The Reproductive Health Task Force is undertaking a speaker series which will engage in discussions on various aspects of reproductive health.
On Wednesday, Nov. 30 join a panel of experts as they explore how the Dobbs decision impacts our workplaces, including universities.
As sociologist Bill Bishop documented in The Big Sort, Americans increasingly choose where to live and work based on the political and cultural affinity they feel towards particular localities and firms. The result has been an evolution of communities and firms that are increasingly homogeneous in their political ideologies and cultural attitudes, and increasingly hostile towards competing perspectives.
By re-igniting the debate over abortion rights and ceding authority to state legislators, the Dobbs decision has enlarged the space for political ideology to drive decisions of where to live and work. Firms will be pressed by their employees to take stands on the issue, both in the political arena and in their human resource policies. The same will undoubtedly be true of universities.
Professors David Clingingsmith and Mark Votruba, both of the Weatherhead School of Management, will lead a discussion of these issues and probe the implications of the Dobbs decision for universities like Case Western Reserve University.
Provost and Executive Vice President Ben Vinson III will make welcome remarks and closing reflections.
Event Details:
Wednesday, Nov. 30, 2022 from 4-5 p.m.
Tinkham Veale University Center, Ballroom A
11038 Bellflower Road, Cleveland, OH 44116
Light refreshments will be provided.
Panelists:
David Clingingsmith
Associate Professor, Economics
Weatherhead School of Management
Mark Votruba
Associate Professor, Economics
Weatherhead School of Management