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TU students proved they have the skills to make fair and ethical decisions when it comes to business by sweeping the top four spots in the 2006 Business Ethics Case Competition. The competition, open to teams from universities and colleges throughout Oklahoma, challenged students to solve an ethical dilemma based on a real-world case study. After a preliminary round, five teams were selected to participate in the final round of competition at the TU Business Administration Hall on March 4. On campus, students were presented with a new ethical dilemma to solve. After several hours of research and preparation, each team made a 20-minute formal presentation to the judges followed by a 10-minute question-and-answer period by the judges. After the presentations, the teams gathered together for a panel discussion in which the judges used their knowledge and experience to provide feedback and insight on ethical decision making. The day concluded with an evening banquet where first through fifth place winners were announced with TU students taking the top four spots. Todd Hoppe, Megan James, Emily Matson and Becky Ross were the overall winners in first place earning an $800 cash prize. In second place, winning $500, were Andrew Conway, August Hadwiger, and Lauren Hutter. A $300 cash prize went to third place winners Krysten Barns, Darrel Pfeifauf, Kristen Preiss and Sean Ridenour. Fourth place and $150 went to Michael Bradley, Ronnie Farhat, Gabriela Lopez and Micki Van. And finally, fifth place with a $100 cash prize went to a team from Northeastern State University. Judges included Bob Byrne, ethics advisor for The Boeing Company and president of the Oklahoma Business Ethics Foundation; Jared Cawley, general counsel for the Delaware Resource Group; Frank Codispoti, president of Benham Constructors; Dennis Currington, director of small and minority business development at the Tulsa Metro Chamber; Steve Milam, Milam & Associates, CPAs; Ric Moore, vice president of development at the Oklahoma Business Ethics Foundation; and Shannon Warren, founding director of the Oklahoma Business Ethics Consortium and the Oklahoma Business Ethics Foundation. Other universities represented at the competition included Langston University, Rose State College and the University of Central Oklahoma. The competition was hosted by Leslie Bragg, Alex Codispoti, Christin Foley, Suzie Griffith, Amanda Martin, Sean Patrick, Kathryn Rockwell, Shere Rockwell, and Stephanie Scott, members of the TU Student Business Ethics Consortium (TU-Ethics) team, and their faculty advisor Stephen Rockwell.
Sponsors included Students in Free Enterprise,
Oklahoma Society of CPAs, Oklahoma Business Ethics Consortium and the TU College
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