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Utah Ethical Leadership Awards honors 10 organizations for ethical practices

Ten businesses, nonprofits and government agencies that embody the spirit of ethical leadership were honored with the 2018 Utah Ethical Leadership Awards. The awards recognize organizations that embody the spirit of ethical leadership exhibited by Bill Daniels, a founder of the modern cable industry and former owner of the Utah Stars. Daniels believed deeply in ethics and integrity, and the importance of absolute ethical [...]

Jerry Norton2018-09-11T13:03:15-06:00September 10th, 2018|

Dying coral reefs could bring changes to the sunscreen market

If you knew your sunscreen was having a negative impact on coral reefs, would you switch? Abe Bakhsheshy, director of the Daniels Fund Ethics Initiative at the David Eccles School of Business, thinks consumers will make the change. He spoke about the issue in a recent article in the Deseret News.

Jerry Norton2018-06-12T14:20:19-06:00June 12th, 2018|

Eccles School team takes first place at national ethics case competition

Students from the University of Utah’s David Eccles School of Business are the first place winners of the Daniels Fund Ethics Initiative’s seventh annual Consortium Case Competition, which took place April 19-20 in Denver. The second place team was from University of New Mexico’s Anderson School of Management, and the third place team was from University of Wyoming’s College of Business. The winning team [...]

Jerry Norton2018-04-23T15:47:31-06:00April 23rd, 2018|

Daniels Fund Ethics Initiative hosts screening of ‘Betting On Zero’

Students turned out in droves for a recent screening of the documentary "Betting On Zero," hosted by the Daniels Fund Ethics Initiative and the Student Center for Public Trust. The film follows hedge fund titan Bill Ackman's quest to expose nutrition company Herbalife as a pyramid scheme. Ackman alleges that Herbalife targets low-income and minority communities, robbing them of their life savings with the [...]

Jerry Norton2017-12-20T10:07:34-07:00March 9th, 2017|

Winners of the Daniels Fund Ethics Initiative Case Competition announced

Students competed in The Daniels Fund Ethics Initiative Case Competition on Friday, Feb. 10, and congratulations are in in order! A team of six outstanding Eccles School students took home the top prize as they applied the ethics they learned from the legacy of business giant Bill Daniels. The competition featured eight teams, and they had to tackle a real-world ethical dilemma in the [...]

Jerry Norton2017-12-20T10:07:37-07:00February 13th, 2017|

Utah organizations honored for their ethics

Nine different companies, nonprofits and government agencies were honored on Sept. 9 for their ethical practices. The Utah Ethical Leadership Awards are hosted by the David Eccles School of Business, the Daniels Fund and the Community Foundation of Utah. Read about the ethics awards in the Deseret News and Utah Business magazine.

Jerry Norton2016-09-14T14:29:07-06:00September 14th, 2016|

9 Utah companies, nonprofits, government agencies honored for ethics

The David Eccles School of Business Daniels Fund Ethics Initiative, the Daniels Fund and the Community Foundation of Utah honored nine companies, nonprofits and government agencies at the third annual Utah Ethical Leadership Awards on Sept. 9, 2016. More than 30 organizations applied for the awards, and winners and finalists were announced at a breakfast award ceremony in the Bill & Pat Child Family [...]

Jerry Norton2017-12-20T10:07:51-07:00September 9th, 2016|

Apply now to honor your organization for embracing ethics

The latest Ponzi scheme to strike. Politicians being dishonest about their motivations or voting record. The continued fallout from the housing crisis. There are headlines nearly every day about a company or organization that has made some ethical gaffe that leads to a loss of trust with the public. What the media doesn’t tout are the huge amount of companies, nonprofits and government agencies [...]

Jerry Norton2017-12-20T10:07:55-07:00July 11th, 2016|

Eccles School places second in ethics competition

The University of Utah David Eccles School of Business' team took second place in the national Daniels Fund Ethics Initiative’s fifth annual Consortium Case Competition in Denver on April 14 and 15. The five-member team of Ben Caine, Carly Ho, Paxton Klein, Howard Reeve and Jan Ostusinik competed against nine other teams from around the country. Associate Professor Jeff Nielsen served as the team’s [...]

Jerry Norton2017-12-20T10:08:03-07:00April 20th, 2016|

Eccles School team wins Race & Case for fourth year in a row

For the fourth year in a row, the Eccles School’s student team has won the Race & Case ethics competition hosted by the Daniels College of Business at the University of Denver. The competition combines an ethics case competition and a downhill ski race, with 80 percent of the points awarded based on the case competition and 20 percent based on the skiing. Eight [...]

Jerry Norton2016-04-03T07:55:00-06:00April 3rd, 2016|

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