UCCS Wins 1st

Place at American Counseling Association Master’s Level Graduate Student

Ethics Competition

UCCS was recognized in March

at the ACA Annual Conference in

San Francisco for placing first.

Counseling students Beth Brooks,

Karen Fiedler, Jayme Wadding-

ton, and Katharine Zink entered

while enrolled in Dr. Catharine

Beecher’s Issues and Ethics in

Counseling course. UCCS was

one of 48 teams nationwide who

wrote a research paper addressing a

counseling scenario with ethical issues.

Collaborating on the research paper for

the ACA Ethics Competition and attend-

ing the conference was eye opening for

the team to the fact that people do not

exist in a bubble. Our team learned that

each person brings a unique perspective

and understanding that pointed out holes

in another team member’s thinking. This

process of checks and balances enabled

the team to thoroughly explore the

details of the dilemma presented, as well

as allowing for decisions from a place of

full understanding. As counselors-in-

training soon to enter the professional

world team members learned they are

moving into unknown territory without

the protective guidance of professors.

Fortunately, there are “maps” to follow

such as ethical decision-making models,

professional code of ethics, case law,

and consultation with colleagues from

which to make inform decisions.

The UCCS counseling students read

extensively about these codes and

models, employing them to analyze ethical

case studies in class and observing their

application in action at Colorado

Department of Regulatory Agencies

meetings. But the experience that most

vividly brought ethics to life was their

collaborating on a research paper for the

American Counseling Association

Master’s Level Graduate Student Ethics

Competition.

In addition to being honored at the ACA

Awards Ceremony on Saturday, March 24,

the team meet personally with the ACA

Ethics Committee and participated in the

three-day ACA conference which offered

numerous educational sessions, poster

presentations, and opportunities for

professional networking.

Ethics Initiative

Newsletter May 2012

Contents

ACA Awards Ceremony ............. 1

Race and Case Competition ...... 2

UCCS Ethics Case Competition .......................... 2 & 6

Case Writing Competition .......... 2

CEBA Awards ............................ 3

Daniels Fund Ethics Initiative Case Competition ...................... 3

Sport Management Awards ........ 4

Conscious Capitalism Conference. ............................... 4

Center for Public Trust Student Group ......................................... 4

PRME Report. ............................ 5

Ethics Perception Survey ........... 5

Honor Code Task Force ............. 5

Ethics Resource Workshops ...... 6

Coming Dates & Events

May 3 & 4—Daniels Fund Ethics Initiative Teaching Business Ethics Workshop

June 13—Small Business Development Center Small Business Day with Rich Jennings, Regional Vice President for Comcast Mile High Region

August 22—Pikes Peak Community College Faculty Ethics Workshop

Please visit the Events Page on the UCCS Ethics Initiative website to stay abreast of all our upcoming events.

College of Business

College of Business

(from left) Dr. David Fenell, Katharine Zink, Beth Brooks,

Dr. Catharine Beecher, Jayme Waddington, and Karen

Fiedler

2012 UCCS Ethics Case Competition

March 9, 2012

The UCCS Business Ethics Case

Competition was an opportunity for

students to compete and win prizes

demonstrating their knowledge of

ethical ideas and solutions. Four teams

of undergraduate students competed in

the second UCCS Business Ethics

Case Competition hosted by the Ethics

Initiative. The 2012 case involved an

ethics dilemma in a used car dealer-

ship. Each team was asked to identify

the stakeholders in the case, along with

financial, legal, and philosophical

considerations. They presented their

recommendations to a team of judges

composed of local business leaders,

politicians, attorneys, and non-profit

representatives.

Student Engagement Activities SPRING 2012

ETHICS INIT IAT IVE NEWSLETTER

2012 Race and Case Competition

March 3-4, 2012

The Daniels College of Business 2012

Race & Case competition hosted

business students from around the

country in a business ethics case

competition and an alpine ski challenge

rolled into one.

The UCCS team placed third out of nine

teams in the ethics portion of the case.

One judge wrote, “The team effectively

used the triple bottom line and value

based approach—along with the stop

lights.” Another judge commented, “A

The proposed case on Blue Star Recyclers written by UCCS

Masters Candidate in Communications student Kristina Achey

and Tracy L. Gonzalez-Padron, PhD Assistant Professor of

Marketing, Department of Marketing, Strategy and International

Business, College of Business and Administration, has been se-

lected as a finalist for the Aspen Institute Business and

Society Program's Case Writing Competition.

The 2012 competition topic was “Creating Business Value

through Employment Practices for Low Wage Workers” to

reward the best new business teaching case that

demonstrates the positive relationship be-

tween employment practices for low wage

workers and business performance.

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very targeted argument.” With a third

judge commenting, “Strong on ethics!”

Team members were (left to right shown

above) Team Captain Heather Smith

along with Christopher Gilkes, Alejandro

Lugo, Marjorie Noleen, Satish Ayer, and

Amber Hopeman.

As one of the country's premier business

ethics case competitions, Race & Case

challenged students to apply critical

thinking and ethical decision making to

unique, real-world situations. Not to

mention, a chance to conquer fresh

Rocky Mountain powder." The case

competition was held at the Daniels

College of Business in Denver, CO and

the NASTAR race at Vail Resort.

The company, Blue Star Recyclers, has an innovative

business model to provide electronic recycling services

while creating employment for a population that has an

unemployment rate of over 64%. This case presents

students with a realistic account of employment practices

that demonstrate a positive impact on the employees, the

culture and business performance. It is designed to help

students identify and create solutions for nontraditional and

diverse employee populations.

As a finalist in this year's competition, the team will receive

an award of $1000. The case is now also in the running for

the final prize of $5000 to be awarded to the winning case.

UCCS Case Writing Competition Submission Selected as Finalist

(left to right) UCCS Ethics Case Competition 1st Place

winners Chelsy Hodge and Kayla Ross. Additional team

photos on back page.

M AY 2012

The CEBA Nominee

Evaluations Students at the Federal Reserve

(from left to right) Julia Riley, Amber

Hopeman, Jonathon McMahon, Clayton

Adams, and Drew Johnson.

cultivating a culture that is

committed to the pursuit of ethics

in business. The winners of the

awards CEBA has given out

today as well as all the nominees

represent those organizations or

individuals who without regard to

consequences have made ethics a

priority. The example they have set

makes ethics everybody’s

business. “

Want to nominate a leader or a business for a CEBA award? See www.ceba.org for the nomination process.

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Colorado Ethics in Business

Alliance Awards

For the first time, UCCS College of Busi-

ness students were invited to participate in

the Colorado Ethics in Business Alliance

(CEBA) awards by evaluating nominees

for the Daniel L. Ritchie Award that

focuses on individual ethical leadership.

Eleven students volunteered to evaluate

four nominees during the Fall 2011 semes-

ter under the direction of Dr. Tracy

Gonzalez-Padron.

Educating Tomorrow’s

Leaders

March 20, 2012

Students who researched nominees and wrote the evaluation reports were invited to a special recognition dinner at the Federal Reserve Bank in Denver. Five students attended and met with other University Partners, CEBA board members, and the CEBA advisory board.

UCCS College of Business students participated in the inaugu-

ral Daniels Fund Ethics Initiative Consortium Case Competition

in Denver, competing with six other universities from Colorado,

Wyoming, Utah, and New Mexico. This competition exposed

students to a thought-provoking business ethics case, like one

they might encounter in their professional careers. The

CEBA's 20th Annual Awards

April 12, 2012

UCCS students and faculty attended the

awards luncheon at the Marriott City Centre

in Denver. Amber Hopeman, a graduate

student in the UCCS MBA program, spoke

at the CEBA Awards. “My team, which con-

sisted of myself, Jillian Likness and

Jennifer Anderson who are also here today,

conducted research to compile a package

for one of the nominees for the Daniel

Ritchie Award.

The process in which CEBA allows us as

students to investigate these nominees,

gives great insight into what sets each of

them apart from the pack. It is their ability

to reach beyond “the right thing to do” and

internalize what Ethics really means while

competition is based on principle-based ethical

framework decision making. The event began

on Thursday, with a networking reception and

dinner. Students heard from John Ikard,

President and CEO of FirstBank Holding

Company talk about ethics in banking.

The UCCS team included Dmitriy Goncharov,

Scott Griffee, Leighna Hubbard, Kayla Ross,

and Chelsy Hodge. Martin Hodgin served as a

student advisor. The faculty coaches were

Sally Von Breton, PhD, and Charlene

Boudreau, MBA. The students and faculty

coaches invested many hours since March 23

to analyze a business ethics case for presenta-

tion to an impressive panel of judges and

prepare for a crisis situation as part of the

competition. The distinguished panel of judges

included Jerry Howells, Alfonzo Alexander,

Kelly Bough, Betty Chao, PhD, Rich Jennings,

Dave True, Anne Warhover, and the Honorable Marilyn Ware.

The competition concluded with an awards dinner. While not

placing in the top three, UCCS received high marks for their

performance. We are proud of our students as their intellect,

professionalism, and courtesy was evident throughout.

Daniels Fund Ethics Initiative Consortium Case Competition

April 12-13, 2012

(above left to right) UCCS Amber Hopeman

and TV ’s Greg Moss from 9News Denver.

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Center for Public Trust Student Organization is coming to UCCS campus

2012 Fall Semester

The Student Center for the Public Trust

(SCPT) provides an interactive environment

where ethical behaviors and ideas can

flourish, while creating opportunities for

students to network with the business

community and develop professional

leadership skills.

This new club will be sending two UCCS

students to the 2012 Student Leadership

Conference to be held June 12 – 13 in

Philadelphia, PA. Attendees will be

carefully selected by CPT Staff, Chapter

Advisors, and fellow students.

The UCCS Sport Management Activity

Council is an official UCCS Student Club

that develops and facilitates opportunities

and events that promote social, profession-

al and academic development for

students enrolled in the sport management

program. The group is dedicated to helping

their fellow students practice being

successful by adopting and operating with

high standards in professionalism and

ethical integrity.

The Sport Management Activity Council

integrated an ethics theme into their end-of

-year banquet. The guest speaker was

Carissa Ortega, represented the US

Association of Blind Athletes in the sport of

Goalball and now spends her time helping

the Kabala School for

the Blind in Sierra

Leone, West Africa.

The 2012 banquet

was a special event

because it marks the

sport management

program’s completion

of its first four-year

academic cycle and

therefore its first “full

maturation” class. The Class of 2012 is

the first cohort to have spent all four

years of their degree plan in the sport

management program.

UCCS Sport Management Awards Dinner

April 30, 2012

Conscious Capitalism Conference

March 7, 2012

The College of Business Ethics Initiative

sponsored the attendance of UCCS

students and faculty that included

business students Mohanned Aldhan,

Patrick Cush, Julia Riley, and Julia

Webb.

The motto for the 2012 CCC was

“Harnessing the Engine of Business for

Social impact.” This year, the 3rd annual

conference took place at the Center for

Education on Social Responsibility

(CESR) at the Leeds School of Busi-

ness, University of Colorado. The Con-

scious Capitalism Conference is im-

portant because it challenges the think-

ing and stimulates the creativity of great

business leaders of tomorrow by expos-

ing them to business leaders who have

made values-driven choices in their ca-

reers.

Today's business students get it. They

know that "business as usual" is not

serving the society in which they will

work and live, but they may not know

how to effect change. Business leaders

must enable business students to learn

how to fuse the fundamentals of capital-

ism with integrity, ethical standards and

consideration of all stakeholders.

Vision Statement

The vision of the SCPT is to provide

students with opportunities to develop

a real awareness of ethical issues in

order to provide a moral and ethical

foundation for all future endeavors and

to create a better, more thoughtful

world.

Mission Statement

The mission of the Student Center for

the Public Trust is to promote ethical

thinking in the developing character and

conscience of students.

For more information contact:

cclaiborne@uccs.edu.

(above) Guest speaker Carissa Ortega

(left to right) UCCS students Jessika Dewaha-Williams and Ethan Honaman receive awards.

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Ethics Initiative Milestones United Nation’s Principles for Responsible Management Education (PRME) Progress Report

This year’s progress report constitutes our continued

commitment to the PRME principles. Our most recent

report is completed and will be posted on the UN website

http://www.unprme.org/.

Included in this year’s report:

New material on ethics developed and presented in

the classroom.

New College of Business course offerings implemented focus-

ing on ethics and social entrepreneurship.

College of Business faculty research in the areas of ethics,

sustainability, leadership, and environmental management.

A robust network of partnerships with the community and other

consortium members.

Our own organizational practices that serve as examples of the

values and attitudes we convey to our students.

Future Perspectives and Key Objectives for the coming year.

Ethics Perception Survey 2010 –2012 Results

The following chart illustrates the results of a survey conducted by the UCCS College of Business Ethics Initiative from

2010-2012. 707 students from business and 136 from engineering backgrounds responded to questions about academic

conduct. The chart provides the average responses to two of the questions: “How often do YOU cheat in college?” and “How

often have you REPORTED others cheating in college?”. For details please contact Elisabeth Moore at emoore@uccs.edu.

To explore a College of Business Student Honor Code, Dean Venkat Reddy, PhD will be leading a task force whose members

will include students Shannon Douglas and Amber Hopeman, along with Associate Dean Rebecca Duray, PhD, Tracy Gonzalez

-Padron, PhD, and Peggy McNulty, MBA.

UCCS Ethics Initiative Staff

Dean Venkat Reddy, Team Lead vreddy@uccs.edu, 719.255.3113

Tracy Gonzalez-Padron, Ph.D. Director Ethics Initiative

tgonzale@uccs.edu, 719.255.3794

Elisabeth Moore, MBA Program Coordinator

emoore@uccs.edu, 719.255.5168

Jeff Hourihan, Student Assistant jhouriha@uccs.edu, 719.255.5168

Established Collaborations

On Campus

2011-12 Daniels Fellows Cathy Claiborne, PhD Robert Hirschfeld, PhD Margaret Beranek, PhD Peggy McNulty, MBA

Net Impact Daniels Scholars

Community Junior Achievement

Bill Daniels Consortium Partner Universities

University of Colorado Colorado Springs

University of Wyoming

Daniels College of Business, University of Denver

Colorado State University, Fort Collins

University of New Mexico

New Mexico State University

University of Utah

University of Colorado at Colorado Springs 1420 Austin Bluffs Parkway

Colorado Springs, CO USA 80918–3733

Good Ethics is

Good for Business

ethics@uccs.edu

Ethics Initiative Website

Faculty Ethics Resource Workshops

Two Faculty Ethics Resource Workshop have already occurred. The first one in February was dedicated to faculty resources available. Dr. Tracy Gonzalez-Padron guided her colleagues through the Daniels Fund Ethics Initiative website, as well as other resources, highlighting curriculum items, case studies, video resources, and syllabuses all available for their use.

The second workshop in March was dedicated to the discussion of ethics grading rubrics. Examples were provided along with best practices followed by an experienced based discussion of “lessons learned” from those who had implemented them.

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Additional Past Events

(from top left clockwise) UCCS Ethics Case Competitors—Dmitriy Goncharov, Jessica

Sandoval, Trevor Miller, Martin Hodgin , Leighna Hubbard, and Scott Griffee in action.