Six MBA students from the Marriott School of Management at Brigham Young University won first place in the Daniels Ethics Case & Race in Denver. The competition, hosted by the University of Denver’s Daniels College of Business, included a business ethics case competition and a downhill ski challenge.
BYU students edged out teams from other top ethics schools such as Yale University and the University of Notre Dame to win first place in the ethics case competition and third place in the ski competition. With these top finishes, BYU earned enough points to become the overall winner of the 2004 Daniel Cup.
“We’re lucky to have so many exceptionally bright and well-rounded students,” says Ned C. Hill, dean of the Marriott School. “What I didn’t know is that they’re also pretty good skiers. I am particularly proud of their performance in the ethics area – a subject very important to us.”
The winning team was comprised of six MBA students from the Marriott School: Rick Bingham, of Centerville, Utah; Suzanne Bonner, of Klamath Falls, Ore.; Daniel Hemmert, of Orem, Utah; Elizabeth Lowe, of Salt Lake City; Whitney Seamons, of New Canaan, Conn.; and Joe Cook, of San Francisco.
“Our team showed top schools across the country that Marriott School students are of high caliber and are tough,” says Whitney Seamons, team member. “We made decisions regarding our ethics case and we stuck with them all the way through.”
Daniels College of Business invited student teams from the top 20 business schools with ethics as a core course in their curriculum. Carnegie Mellon University, Yale University, University of Notre Dame, University of Pittsburgh, University of Denver, Boston University and George Washington University sent teams to compete February 26 – 28 in Denver.
“The competition was a tribute to the importance of ethics,” says Seamons. “There was no money incentive to win, and yet teams came from across the country to compete.”
The Marriott School is located at Brigham Young University, the largest privately owned, church-sponsored university in the United States. The school has nationally recognized programs in accounting, business management, public management, information systems, organizational behavior and entrepreneurship. The school’s mission is to prepare men and women of faith, character and professional ability for positions of leadership throughout the world. Approximately 3,000 students are enrolled in the Marriott School’s graduate and undergraduate programs.
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