The Daniels Fund Ethics Initiative and the Ethics Club hosted Kenzie Rees, an assistant professor of organizational behavior and human resources at Brigham Young University to discuss “Being an Ethical Negotiator: The Benefits and How to Get Them.” During her Nov. 2 presentation to more than 300 students in-person and online, Rees emphasized that everyone engages in negotiations on a nearly daily basis. She [...]
On Tuesday, Feb. 2, the David Eccles School of Business’ Ethics Club was fortunate to hear from Elizabeth Rogers, who is currently a part of the Michael Best Privacy and Cybersecurity Team. Rogers focused her presentation on ethical hacking, which consists of legally breaking into computers and devices to test an organization’s internal defenses. These White-Hat hackers are oftentimes sought out by the [...]
The Ethics Club and the Daniels Fund Ethics Initiative at the David Eccles School of Business hosted its second virtual speaking event for students, staff, and faculty. Taking place this past Monday, Nov. 2, the event featured Laurel Bartmess, who focused on how values, grace, and grit always will predict your future success. Here are three key takeaways from this informative event: 1. [...]
The President of YESCO Franchising, Josh Young, is visiting the David Eccles School of Business to talk to students about ethics. The event will take place at 2 p.m. on Wednesday, April 3 in the Bill & Pat Child Family Community Hall, on the 7th floor of SFEBB. The Business Ethics Club is excited to work with Mr. Young and YESCO to educate [...]
Where is the line drawn between ethics and the law when it comes to privacy in the age of the internet? That’s the question Jeff Nielsen, an assistant professor in the Department of Entrepreneurship and Strategy at the David Eccles School of Business, posed to the Ethics Club recently. We often see the law as the bare minimum, Nielsen said, and rely on ethics [...]
It is easy to be tempted to walk away from ethics when riches are dangled in front of you, Aaron Beam, a felon and former CFO of HealthSouth told students in the Bill and Pat Child Family Community Hall of the SFEBB on Sept. 27. Beam, who spent three months in prison after being convicted of bank fraud after being partly responsible for HealthSouth’s scheme to inflate profit [...]
To be an effective leader, you have to have personal accountability. That’s the message that Linda Galindo will share on Tuesday, April 5 from 2:30 to 4 p.m. in the Bill & Pat Child Family Community Hall during her free presentation that is open to the public. Galindo is a former radio news personality who left that career 20 years ago to become a [...]
Sometimes doing the right thing is not the same thing as doing the most profitable thing for your company. Those kinds of ethical quandaries can be even more difficult for smaller companies or startups hoping to get a foothold in an industry. For Utah-based firearms manufacturer Desert Tech, the opportunity was the kind of deal that could have solidified the future of the company, [...]