Keynote: Five Elements of Ethical Publishing (Presentation Slides)

Keynote: Five Elements of Ethical Publishing Christie Henry, Director, Princeton University Press

As publishers, we have a great opportunity and responsibility to help humanity hold onto itself in these times. Ethics gives us the framework to do so. What is the source of your publishing ethics? What is an ethical decision- making framework in publishing? What is the public language we use to convey our ethics? And how do we stay ethically fit as publishers? Inspired by a forthcoming book, Christie will adapt “The Five Questions for Ethical Living” to our publishing communities and collaborations.

Christie Henry is the Director of Princeton University Press, a global nonprofit publisher with a team of 170 and a legacy of more than 9,000 publications. Appointed in 2017, she is the first woman to lead the organization. With her leadership and enthusiasm, the Press has launched multiple initiatives, including an audio imprint (PrincetonAudio), a speakers agency (PUP Speaks), an intellectual property team, a Creative Media Lab, expanded international programs including sales and marketing in China, launched a new website with increased direct consumer engagement, and formed and chairs the Press’s first equity, inclusion, and belonging strategic initiative program. Her commitment to global collaborations was recognized with the Special Book Award of China in 2023. Christie represents US publishing on the Executive Committee of the International Publishers Association, is an elected member of the Board of Association of American Publishers, formerly a member of the Association of University Presses board and chair of its Admissions and Standards Committee and Task Force on Gender Equity and Cultures of Respect. Additional board and mentoring joys include service on several university press boards and independent bookstore advisory councils, the Oxford Brookes Publishing Program, the George Washington University Publishing Program, the Center for Humans and Nature Publishing, and the American Philosophical Society Publications Board. When not traveling to meet her team and collaborators worldwide, Christie resides in Princeton, NJ, USA.