{"id":128079,"date":"2020-10-28T13:12:02","date_gmt":"2020-10-28T19:12:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/?p=128079"},"modified":"2021-06-21T10:48:21","modified_gmt":"2021-06-21T16:48:21","slug":"20-teams-compete-virtually-in-the-10th-annual-daniels-fund-ethics-initiative-uccs-ethics-case-competition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/?p=128079","title":{"rendered":"20 teams compete virtually in the 10th annual Daniels Fund Ethics Initiative UCCS Ethics Case Competition"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-style-default\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1706\" height=\"815\" src=\"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Award-Ceremony-Clapping.jpg\" alt=\"A screen capture of 42 people clapping in a virtual event\" class=\"wp-image-128080\" srcset=\"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Award-Ceremony-Clapping.jpg 1706w, https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Award-Ceremony-Clapping-300x143.jpg 300w, https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Award-Ceremony-Clapping-750x358.jpg 750w, https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Award-Ceremony-Clapping-1536x734.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1706px) 100vw, 1706px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Seven southern Colorado colleges and universities competed virtually for the 10<sup>th<\/sup>&nbsp;Annual Daniels Fund Ethics Initiative Collegiate Program at UCCS Case Competition Saturday, Oct. 17. A record 52 students participated in the case analysis among three tracks: undergraduate 2-year, undergraduate 4-year and graduate. Participants formed teams of two or three students and each group had access to faculty advisors for counsel during the case development.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Students presented their case recommendations to a panel of\njudges, made up of business professionals from Colorado Springs and around the\nU.S. Each presentation required stakeholder assessment, ethical reasoning and\nbusiness decision-making skills.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The undergraduate 2-and-4-year\nteams were tasked with resolving an incident with Big Boom Beverages, a young beverage company marketing\nan alcoholic and caffeine energy drink that created a following on social\nmedia, but encouraged unacceptable behaviors that threatened the industry. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The\ngraduate teams offered a recommendation to the Corporate Executive Committee of\nRoche Pharmaceuticals, a company dealing with a poor reputation for vaccine\ndevelopment after public attention on unethical actions during Egyptian drug\ntrials. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cStudents look forward to our case competition every year, so in order to hold the event safely in terms of travel considerations and social distancing protocols, we made the decision to host it virtually,\u201d said Tracy Gonzalez-Pardon, director of the Daniels Fund Ethics Initiative Collegiate Program at UCCS College of Business. \u201cThe virtual format allowed for participation of teams throughout Colorado and judges from around country. Even in a virtual presentation, each student demonstrated an understanding of principle-based ethics and decision-making in business \u2013 something employers will notice.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The competition concluded with a virtual award ceremony to\nrecognize the 2020 Case Competition Winners:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Undergraduate 2-Year Track<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>1st\nPlace:<\/strong> <em>Pikes\nPeak Community College<\/em> &#8211; Andre Guy, Adriana Jarmusz and Shelia Presley:\nFaculty Advisor: April Frost<\/li><li><strong>2nd\nPlace:<\/strong> <em>Pikes\nPeak Community College<\/em> \u2013 Angel Avila, Casey Branham and Lyddien Davis;\nFaculty Advisor: Teresa Ward<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Undergraduate 4-Year Track<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>1st Place:<\/strong>&nbsp;<em>University of Colorado Colorado Springs<\/em> &#8211; Rebekah Emerson, Michaela Petti and Roxaly Diaz Delgado; Faculty Advisor: Sloan Gonzales<strong> <\/strong><\/li><li><strong>2nd Place:<\/strong>&nbsp;<em>United States Air Force Academy<\/em><strong> \u2013<\/strong> Joseph Sladek, Nakai Lake and Logan Konst; Faculty Advisor: Scott Heyler<\/li><li><strong>3<sup>rd<\/sup> Place:<\/strong> <em>University of Colorado Colorado Springs<\/em><strong> &#8211; <\/strong>Shaun      Sherman, Blanca Diaz and Josephine Lemon; Faculty Advisor: Stephanie Gangemi<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Graduate Track<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>1st Place (tied):<\/strong>&nbsp;<em>Western Colorado University<\/em><strong> <\/strong>\u2013 Veronica Wilde, Christina Bruno and Abigail Miller; Faculty Advisors: Jeffery Dykes and Jessica Laramie<strong> <\/strong><\/li><li><strong>1st Place (tied):<\/strong>&nbsp;<em>University of Colorado Colorado Springs<\/em> \u2013 Ali Singer and Sarah Moore; Faculty Advisor: Jeff Spicher<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Students represented seven southern Colorado institutions,\nincluding Adams State University,&nbsp;\nOdyssey Early College, Pikes Peak Community College, Pueblo Community\nCollege, UCCS, United States Air Force Academy and Western Colorado University.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The judging panel consisted of 15 business members from all over\nthe country, including Colorado, New York, Massachusetts, Oklahoma, Kansas and\nCalifornia: &nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Dan Artamenko, Seward County Community College Director of\nAthletics<\/li><li>Diana Cerecki, Hero Practice Services Financial Operations Analyst\n<\/li><li>Guy Chavez, University of Colorado Assistant Director of Grants<\/li><li>Caitlin Campbell, Tower Financial Partners<\/li><li>Mary Feten, UCCS MBA Alumni<\/li><li>Lexi Fritz, Marketing Specialist <\/li><li>Thomas Griffin, UCLA Health and Health Sciences Ombudsperson <\/li><li>Jacque Jewell, FedEx Services<\/li><li>Kayla Mariah Maldonado, Marketing Director for Waypoint Bank in\nColorado Springs<\/li><li>Liz Moore, UCCS COB retiree<\/li><li>CJ Moore, Community Advocate<\/li><li>Marjorie Noleen, SKR+CO, Marketing + Client Relations Director,&nbsp;<\/li><li>Teresa Thomas, WGI Inc. Chief Financial Officer<\/li><li>Otto Sunday, United States Air Force<\/li><li>Amy Sutz, Assistant Director of Financial Aid, Student Employment\nand Scholarships for Compliance<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe are very proud of this\nyear\u2019s case competition teams,\u201d said Karen Markel, dean of the UCCS College of\nBusiness. \u201cThese students demonstrated a strong understanding of principle-based\nethics and presented excellent recommendations on their cases. A special thank\nyou to all of the participating schools, the business judges and the Daniels\nFund Ethics Initiative Collegiate Program at UCCS College of Business for\nmaking this year\u2019s competition a success.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>About<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The\nDaniels Fund Ethics Initiative Collegiate Program at UCCS College of Business\nis a resource for principle-based ethics education, serving students,\neducators&nbsp;the and&nbsp;business community. The UCCS College of Business is\none of eight original participating schools in the&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.danielsfund.org\/Ethics\/Collegiate.asp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Daniels Fund Ethics Initiative\nCollegiate Program<\/a>&nbsp;that\nnow includes ten participating business schools and one law school. Since 2016,\nthe DFEI Collegiate Program at UCCS has partnered with schools in Southern\nColorado to expand principle-based ethics education through an Ethics Champions\nProgram. For more information, visit&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.uccs.edu\/businessethics\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">www.uccs.edu\/businessethics\/<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The UCCS\nCollege of Business was established in 1965 and has more than 1,300\nundergraduates and 350 MBA students. The College of Business and Administration\nawards the Bachelor of Science in Business and Bachelor of Innovation degrees.\nThe Graduate School of Business Administration awards the Master of Business\nAdministration, Master of Science in Accounting and Executive Doctor of\nBusiness Administration degrees. More than 10,000 alumni of the College of\nBusiness live and work around the world. For more information, visit\u202f<a href=\"https:\/\/www.uccs.edu\/business\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">business.uccs.edu<\/a>.\u202f&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>A record 52 students participated in the 10th Annual Daniels Fund Ethics Initiative Collegiate Program at UCCS Case Competition Saturday, Oct. 17 <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/?p=128079\" title=\"20 teams compete virtually in the 10th annual Daniels Fund Ethics Initiative UCCS Ethics Case Competition\">(More)<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":25,"featured_media":128080,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[1,46],"tags":[332],"class_list":["post-128079","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all","category-business","tag-more-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Award-Ceremony-Clapping.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p1mBpJ-xjN","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/128079","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/25"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=128079"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/128079\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":133392,"href":"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/128079\/revisions\/133392"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/128080"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=128079"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=128079"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=128079"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}