Reinhardt University's McCamish School of Business Announces Ethics Essay Contest Winners

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Assistant Professor of Business Dr. Kathy Hyatt (right) and ethics essay contest winners (from left) Francisco Ortega-Grippa, Jamie Landers and Mia Vuong.

WALESKA, GA (03/29/2011)(readMedia)-- Reinhardt University's McCamish School of Business recently conducted an Ethics Essay Contest open to all full-time undergraduate students of the University. A number of students competed in the competition, which was sponsored by the Peter S. Knox Program in Business Ethics in the McCamish School of Business at Reinhardt, and included prizes supported by The Knox Family Foundation.

"The ethics essay contest is designed for students to research and analyze ethical issues in today's environment," said Dr. Kathy Hyatt, assistant professor of business. "Students were encouraged to write thought-provoking personal essays or research papers that raise questions, single out issues and are rational arguments for ethical action."

After an anonymous round of judging by Reinhardt faculty, the winners of the Ethics Essay Contest were announced. Jamie Landers, a senior general business major from Rome, Ga., took first place and a $500 cash prize with her paper, "Corporate Social Responsibility: Whose best interests are organizations really acting in?" Second place and a $400 cash prize went to Mia Vuong, a senior general business major from Marlborough, Mass., with her paper, "Ethical Marketing: the practice, controversies, and examples of ethical marketing." With his paper, "Managing diversity in today's business world," Francisco Ortega-Grippa, a senior information systems major from Canton, Ga., placed third and received a $300 cash prize.

In 3,000 to 4,000 words, students wrote about one of eight questions/topics provided, including globalization, personal experiences between politics and ethics, and the relationship between religion and ethics. The students were required to develop an essay from their point of view that could take the form of an analysis that was biographical, historical, literary, philosophical, psychological, sociological or theological, and also related to business ethics/social responsibility. Essays were judged on clear articulation and a genuine grasp of an ethical dilemma, use of originality and imagination, tightly focused essay/research, eloquence of writing style, intensity and unity in the writing, and adherence to grammar and spelling guidelines.

About Reinhardt University

Now a private comprehensive university, Reinhardt University has focused on shaping lives and building futures. Since 1883, Reinhardt will remain true to its values as a private liberal arts institution affiliated with The United Methodist Church which offers a caring learning environment dedicated to meeting each student's needs.

More than 1220 students are enrolled in Reinhardt's four graduate programs in business administration, music and education, and 40 undergraduate degree programs, which range from business, communications and education to psychology, music and math. Reinhardt has two locations- a residential campus in Cherokee County in Waleska, Ga., just 45 minutes northwest of Atlanta, and center focused on adults in Alpharetta, Ga. It also offers selected programs in Epworth, Cartersville and Marietta, Ga.

Additional attractions on the Waleska campus include the Falany Performing Arts Center, the Funk Heritage Center and the Fincher Visual Arts Center.

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