Introduction: Applied Ethics in the Fractured State

This volume of Research in Ethical Issues in Organizations (REIO) is an outcome of the Australian Association of Professional and Applied Ethics’ (AAPAE) 24th Annual Conference “Applied Ethics in the Fractured State.” The conference was held 21–23 June 2017 at the University of Technology Sydney and hosted by the Institute for Public Policy and Governance (IPPG). It was convened by Bligh Grant who was generously assisted throughout by fellow members of the Organizing Committee, Charmayne Highfield and Joseph Drew and the entire AAPAE Executive Committee, namely Hugh Breakey, Alan Tapper, Ian Gibson, Jo Namio, Kay Plumber, Michael Schwartz and Sunil Savur, with Sunil providing valuable experience drawn from his role as convener of the 2016 conference, held at the University of South Australia, and his co-editorship of Volume 17 of REIO (Savur & Sandhu, 2017).