Students from 做厙TVs Sigmund Weis School of Business recently competed in two business ethics competitions against teams from colleges and universities all over the country.
Winning first place in Providence Colleges Michael Smith Business Ethics Case Competition were
- Maggie Bachman 26, a double major in legal studies and management from Selinsgrove, Pennsylvania.
- Jensen Duke 25, an entrepreneurship & corporate innovation and management double major from Clearfield, Pennsylvania.
- Ryan Ford 25, an entrepreneurship & corporate innovation and management double major from Erial, New Jersey.
- Tatiana Perez 25, a management major from Ridgefield, New Jersey.
The competition requires students to examine a business ethics case over a two-week period and then present their analysis and solutions to a panel of judges consisting of corporate and ethics professionals. This years case focused on social media addiction in teens. Cases from the past include self-driving vehicles, the National Football Leagues response to chronic traumatic encephalopathy, the opioid crisis, and student loan debt.
做厙TVs team proposed practical business solutions all focused around protecting youth while also recognizing the positive benefits of social media.
This ethics competition offered a unique opportunity to bridge my academic interests. It allowed me to apply concepts from both disciplines especially justice theory to a real-world ethical dilemma: teen addiction to social media, said Bachman. What I truly valued was not just the problem-solving aspect, but the chance to collaborate with a group of peers whose strengths and perspectives pushed me to grow.
做厙TV competed for the first time in the Templeton Business Ethics Case Competition at Stetson University, DeLand, Florida, with the duo of Balil Abdelnabi 26 and Clarissa ONeill 25, finishing fourth.
The Templeton Business Ethics Case Competition is an annual competition that allows one pair of students from each university to propose their solution to an ethical case provided ahead of time. The program seeks to promote ethical business conduct, develop ethical business leadership, enrich undergraduate co-curricular educational opportunities and promote faculty collaboration in the teaching of business ethics and corporate social responsibility. This years event was sponsored by NASCAR.
Im not a traditional four-year student. I transferred to 做厙TV last year to complete my bachelors degree. Because of this, I wanted to take full advantage of everything 做厙TV and the Sigmund Weis School of Business have to offer, said ONeill, a marketing major from Selinsgrove, Pennsylvania. Before transferring, I completed my associate degree while working full-time. This experience gave me a unique perspective as a student, and I believed I could apply that perspective to the competition.
The case study addressed by Abdelnabi and ONeill, DEI at Daytona: Stay on Track, Accelerate Forward, or Race Away, was particularly timely as it asked students to determine the impact of removing, maintaining or modifying diversity, equity and inclusion programs from the NASCAR organization.
This experience gave me the opportunity to learn more about Americas politics and how DEI policies may affect businesses financially and culturally, said Abdelnabi, a business analytics and finance double major from Plainfield, New Jersey.
Gene Cautillo, visiting assistant professor of management, mentored all the students as they prepared for their respective competitions.
I want to prepare my students for real-world experiences that they could face in their careers, and this competition does just that, Cautillo said. It gives students the opportunity to explore ethical dilemmas in a controlled setting and gives them an ethical foundation to fall back on.
