A team from Truman State University came up with the right plan for success, winning the Students in Free Enterprise business case ethics competition, Feb. 10-12, at Kansas State University.
Teams from five universities took part in the competition, which let students apply what they learned in class to a realistic business ethics case. Teams were given a business ethics case on the first day of the event, and they then had 36 hours to analyze and develop their case to present to a panel of judges on the competition's final day.
The Truman State team earned $2,000 for first place. UNL placed second, earning $1,500. Texas State University finished third and received $1,000, and the University of Northern Colorado and Iowa State University earned honorable mention honors and $500 each.
The panel of judges included K-State faculty, K-State Students in Free Enterprise advisory board members and Chris Merriewether, a ConocoPhillips representative and K-State College of Business Administration alum.
The competition was sponsored by the ConocoPhillips Excellence in Business Ethics Initiative, which enhances business ethics and responsible business citizenship education in the K-State College of Business Administration. ConocoPhillips has made a financial commitment to support faculty and students in the development of ethics education and outreach opportunities, and to promote educational events like the business ethics case competition.