Ethics Awards

The Daniels Fund Ethics Initiative at the University of Utah’s David Eccles School of Business sponsors an annual award program to acknowledge faculty and/or staff for their significant contributions to ethics education.

The Daniels Fund Ethics Initiative welcomes applications from across campus. Applications are due March 1, 2024.

Daniels Fund Ethics Awards are given to those who significantly enhance the teaching of ethics in their classes and/or engage with student organizations to foster the involvement of students in ethical issues. In each case, the award recognizes the incremental contribution to ethics education both inside and outside of the classroom.

These awards are for the 2022-2023 academic year, not for courses/contributions that are proposed for future delivery. Faculty members can self-nominate. Applications are due March 1, 2024.

Leadership in Eccles School, Daniels Fund Ethics Education Award

This award category is for the promotion of ethics education in the context of academic courses taught at the University of Utah. The course syllabus should indicate clearly the ethics-related learning objectives.

Examples:

  • New undergraduate or graduate ethics courses
  • New interdisciplinary courses with substantial ethics contents
  • Innovative and creative pedagogy in teaching ethics or ethics-related courses
  • Inclusion of ethics module(s) in a full semester course
  • Creation of new cases, exercises or assignments for a full semester course
  • Design and delivery of new ethics modules for short programs (e.g. executive/continuing education)

Various Contributions to the Eccles School, Daniels Fund Ethics Initiative Award

This award category is for the promotion of ethics education outside the context of courses taught at the University of Utah.

Examples:

  • Facilitating education efforts such as ethics internships
  • Contributions to Daniels Fund Ethics Initiatives lecture series, assessment tools or public relations
  • Contributions to student engagement such as coaching ethics case competitions or establishing and advising students’ ethics-related clubs
  • Speaking engagements at other educational institutions or academic conferences
  • Speaking engagements for corporations, nonprofits and government agencies in Utah

Past Competition Winners

  • Paul Hu — Operations and Information Systems
  • Harris Sondak — Management
  • Sankar Srinivasan — Operations and Information Systems
  • Sue Sundar — Operations and Information Systems
  • Syd Alavi — Operations and Information Systems
  • Atif Ellahie — Accounting
  • Katie Hoffman Abby — Vice President, U Career Services
  • Deb Coffey — Entrepreneurship & Strategy
  • David Jeffress — Information Technology Group
  • Kirdy Van Boven — MBA
  • Bryan Brady — AV Specialist

  • Brent Steele — College of Social and Behavioral Science
  • Sankar Srinivasan — David Eccles School of Business
  • Sue Sundar — David Eccles School of Business
  • Himanshu Mishra — David Eccles School of Business
  • Jack Brittain — David Eccles School of Business
  • Matt Higgins — David Eccles School of Business
  • Natalia Washington — School of Humanities
  • Jesse Graham — David Eccles School of Business
  • Min Yuan — David Eccles School of Business
  • Nicholas Cockrell — Hinckley Policy Institute
  • Mary Lehnhof — David Eccles School of Business
  • Michaela Valdez — David Eccles School of Business

  • Marlene Plumlee — David Eccles School of Business
  • Kenneth L d’Entremont — School of Engineering
  • Seetha Veeraghanta — LEAP Undergraduate Studies
  • Leslie Francis — School of Law
  • Sheena McFarland — David Eccles School of Business
  • Colee Pyne — David Eccles School of Business
  • Reyn Gallacher — David Eccles School of Business
  • Eric Snowberg — David Eccles School of Business
  • Kylie Rochford — David Eccles School of Business
  • Amelia Stillwell — David Eccles School of Business

  • Aaron Phillips —David Eccles School of Business
  • Dana Sowby— David Eccles School of Business
  • Arul Mishra—David Eccles School of Business
  • David Tannenbaum— David Eccles School of Business
  • Harris Sondak— David Eccles School of Business
  • Brian Cadman — David Eccles School of Business
  • Jennifer Robinson— Kem C. Gardner Policy Institute
  • Molly Wheeler— Hinckley Institute of Politics
  • Suresh Venkatasubramanian — School of Computing
  • Marcella Kirschbaum — Career Coach, Business Career Services
  • Gillian King — Associate Director, MBA Online and Online Programs
  • Alyssa Charles — Assistant Manager, Executive Education
  • David Blackburn — Director, Information Technology

  • Elizabeth Tenney— David Eccles School of Business
  • Krishnan Anand — David Eccles School of Business
  • Manu Goyal — David Eccles School of Business
  • Jennifer Marie Taylor — College of Education
  • Bart Watts — School of Dentistry
  • Kristin Cloyes — College of Nursing
  • Brooke Lenzen — Assistant Manager, Executive Education
  • Breanna Cypers — Assistant Manager of Student Affairs, Full-Time MBA
  • Rachel Blatchford — Assistant Manager, MBA Online
  • David Blackburn — Director, Information Technology

  • Chrisoula Andreou — College of Humanities
  • Jeffrey Botkin — College of Health Sciences
  • Teneille Brown — College of Law
  • Jorge Contreras — College of Law
  • David Grainger — College of Engineering
  • Paul Hu — Operations Management
  • Rodrigo Noriega — College of Science
  • Sue Sundar — Operations and Information Systems

  • Marci Butterfield — Accounting
  • Jennifer Cummings — Management
  • Bob Goldberg — Humanities
  • Sara Hart — Nursing
  • Joseph Horton — MHA
  • Harris Sondak — Management
  • Cindy Stark — Philosophy
  • Katherine Supiano —Nursing

  • Jay Barney — Entrepreneurship and Strategy
  • Erin Beeghly — Philosophy  
  • Jack Brittain — Management
  • Deen Chatterjee — College of Law 
  • Randy Dryer — College of Law
  • Barney Olsen — School of Dentistry
  • Paul Rose — Communication  

Jay Barney — Entrepreneurship and Strategy

Tina Diekmann — Management

A. Glade Ellingson — University Counseling Center

Paul Hu — Operations & Information Systems

Dr. James Ruble — College of Pharmacy

Zhou Yu — College of Social and Behavioral Science

  • Jay Barney – Professor and Chair of Entrepreneurship and Strategy
  • Kristina Diekmann – Professor and Chair of Management
  • A. Glade Ellingson – Adjunct Professor, Department of Educational Psychology
  • Paul Hu – Professor, Operations and Information Systems
  • James Ruble – PharmD, J.D. Pharmacotherapy, College of Pharmacy
  • Zhou Yu – Associate Professor of Social and Behavioral Science
  • Mikel Brownie – Facility Manager, David Eccles School of Business
  • Lauren Dill – Career Counselor, Undergraduate Career Management Center
  • Mark Fowles – AV Specialist, David Eccles School of Business
  • Dave Harris – MBA Director of Education
  • Dana Sowby – Director, Undergraduate Career Management Center
  • Buzz Welch – Associate Professor (Lecturer), Department of Finance

  • Bonita Austin – Assistant Professor of Management
  • Melissa Lewis –Assistant Professor of Accounting
  • Heather Canary – Assistant Professor of Communication
  • Glen Schmidt – Associate Professor of Operations and Information Systems
  • Francois Giraud – Carrier, Ph.D. Student, Operations and Information Systems

  • Marci Butterfield – Associate Professor of Accounting
  • Kathryn Cañas – Associate Professor of Management
  • Flannery Stevens – Assistant Professor of Management
  • Joseph Horton – Adjunct Professor/Lecturer of Management
  • McKenzie Rees – Ph.D. Student, Management
  • Kristin Smith – Crowe, Associate Professor & Emerging Scholar, Management
  • Harris Sondak – Professor of Management

  • Abe Bakhsheshy – Professor of Management
  • Jack Brittain – Vice President, Technology Venture Development
  • Marci Butterfield – Associate Professor of Accounting
  • Kathryn Cañas – Associate Professor of Management
  • Erin Ortiz – Associate Instructor of Management
  • Harris Sondak – Professor of Management
  • Lynn Suksdorf – Associate Instructor of Finance
  • Elizabeth Tashjian – Associate Professor of Finance