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Queen's Commerce students win ethics competition

November 17, 2003

Case competition on business ethics attracts students from across Canada

2003-11-17
- A four-student team from Queen's Commerce program walked away with first place at the 1st annual Dalhousie Business Ethics Case Competition, which occured over the weekend.

Teams of undergraduate business students from 12 universities across Canada made presentations to a panel of judges after studying a business ethics case. Queen's was represented by (from left to right in photo): Sharon Lee, Derek Szeto, Heather Sherwin and Greg Barker.

The focus of the student-run competition demonstrates the profile that business ethics and corporate social responsibility are gaining among business students and faculty, especially in the wake of recent corporate scandals.

The competition at Dalhousie is the latest student-run business competition to feature ethics. Queen's Intercollegiate Business Case Competition (ICBC), with its business ethics competition, has been in place for over 25 years