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Partners in Business Ethics

The Partners in Business Ethics Symposium was first launched and co-hosted by the Penn State Smeal College of Business and American Express in 2010. The conference is designed to promote business ethics in academia and corporate America. Business school deans and corporate executives share ideas, challenges, and best practices in preparing young professionals to lead with integrity in today’s workplace.

Vision: To strengthen the integrity connection between business and business education.

Mission: To connect business school deans, thought leaders in business ethics, and corporate leaders, and foster dialogue among those groups as well as a shared commitment to promoting integrity and ethical behavior.

Goals:

  • Bridge the gap between corporate business ethics and business school business ethics by connecting leaders from both worlds and creating an opportunity for dialogue.
  • Share best practices for creating and sustaining integrity initiatives and cultures in business and business schools.
  • Build upon the latest research and practice to brainstorm innovative ways to build integrity into business school curricula as well as business school and business cultures.
  • Gain commitments for new initiatives that would be reported on at the next meeting.

 

Partners in Business Ethics Symposium Attendees:

A network of individuals, including business school deans, thought leaders in business ethics, and corporate leaders, who are committed to addressing ethics and its unique impact on the interdependent communities. Each attending dean is encouraged to bring a corporate adviser or board member to also participate.

 

Host Schools of the Partners in Business Ethics Symposium:

Past host schools of the Partners in Business Ethics Symposium:

   2010 - Penn State Smeal College of Business

   2011 - McCombs School of Business at the University of Texas at Austin

   2012 - The Gies College of Business & the Center for Professional Responsibility in Business and Society

   2015 - The University of Colorado Boulder & the Center for Education on Social Responsibility

   2016 - The University of Kansas & the International Center for Ethics in Business

   2017 - Penn State Smeal College of Business

   2018 - The Gies College of Business & the Center for Professional Responsibility in Business and Society

   2019 - McCombs School of Business at the University of Texas at Austin

   2021 - The Marriott School of Business at Brigham Young University

 

Expectations of host school:

  • Attend at least two Partners in Business Ethics Symposia, prior to hosting the event.
  • Fund the symposium, through corporate, donor, or college funds.
  • Identify a theme for the symposium in support of the goals for Partners in Business Ethics, the “Business Ethics Initiative,” and the school/college/university. Host schools should consider current events and the timeliness of topics to be addressed during the symposia.
  • Provide at least two planning updates to the steering committee prior to the Symposium.

 

Information about the Partners in Business Ethics Symposium was taken from Penn State's website.

 

Ethics at the BYU Marriott School of Business

Brigham Young University’s Marriott School of Business places a strong emphasis on ethical decision making. The school encourages ethical and moral behavior by supporting the development of moral and ethical leaders through teaching, experiential learning, scholarship, and policy engagement.

BYU Marriott Accolades and Accomplishments

 

Recent BYU Marriott Faculty Publications (books and articles)

  • Ethics in Business: An Integrated Approach, forthcoming in 2021, Godfrey
  • U.S. Special Operations Forces Ethics Field Guide, 2020, Agle & Miller
  • Fraud Examination, Sixth edition, 2018, Albrecht and Zimbelman
  • The Business Ethics Field Guide, 2016, Agle and Miller
  • “Inducing Corporate Social Responsibility: Should Investors Reward the Responsible or Punish the Irresponsible?” Jones-Christensen, 2021, Journal of Business Ethics
  • “Building an Ethical Career: A Three-Stage Approach to Navigating Ethical Challenges at Work,” Smith, 2020, Harvard Business Review
  • “Moral Development in Business Ethics: An Examination and Critique,” Detienne, 2021, Journal of Business Ethics
  • “The Impact of Leader Moral Humility on Follower Moral Self-Efficacy and Behavior,” Owens, Bednar and Hart, 2018, Journal of Applied Psychology
  • “Fostering an Ethical Culture on Your Sales Team,” DeTienne and Agle, 2019, Harvard Business Review
  • “Strategic Silence: Withholding Certification Status as a Hypocrisy Avoidance Tactic,”1 Carlos and Lewis, 2017, Administrative Science Quarterly
  • “When Does Corporate Social Responsibility Reduce Employee Turnover? Evidence from Attorneys Before and After 9/11,” Kryscynski, 2016, Academy of Management Journal
  • “Stakeholder Agency and Social Welfare: Pluralism and Decision Making in the Multi-Objective Corporation,”1 Agle, 2015, Academy of Managegment Review
            1Best Published Article Award, International Association for Business and Society
 
 

Student Involvement

  • Required ethics course in every degree program
  • Baylor's National MBA Case Competition in Ethical Leadership, No. 1 in 2018, No. 2 in 2016
  • Milgard Invitational Case Competition on Social Responsibility, No. 1 in 2017
  • Lockheed Martin's Ethics in Engineering Case Competition, No. 1 in 2019, 2020; No. 2 in 2021


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