I just received an email about the Business Ethics Fortnight competition hosted by the Center for Ethics and Business and thought I should pass the information on for anyone else who might be interested. The Associate Dean of my MBA program sent it to all of the students and I imagine at least a few, myself included, will show interest in competing.

The competition sounds like a lot of fun and a great primer for anyone interested in ethics and business. Following is more information about the competition:

“The heart of Business Ethics Fortnight is a student team case/presentation competition. Students put together teams of 3 to 5 members and select an appropriate case. (Team members may be either undergraduate or graduate students, and they may come from any department or program in a college or university. Teams may also be made up of a combination of LMU and non-LMU students.) In the past, teams have worked on published cases, problems they have done their own research on, or dilemmas that the Center has gotten from area businesses. The range of possible topics is virtually infinite and can relate to any area of business.

“Each team prepares a presentation in which students explain the legal, financial and ethical dimensions of the problem. They then recommend a solution that must pass muster on all three counts. (Not surprisingly, even though all three areas must be dealt with, judges place special weight on the strength of the ethical analysis of the problem and the ethical acceptability of the solution. For this competition, the ethical character of analyses and recommendations will be evaluated from the perspective of “philosophical ethics.” That is, as appropriate to the case, judges will be looking for discussion of at least: the amount and type of tangible good and harm involved; and the intrinsic character of the actions involved.) The idea of the exercise is to help students see that it is possible to do business profitably while at the same time acting ethically.”

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