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Speaker to address personal accountability

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 [...]

2017-12-20T10:08:06-07:00March 29th, 2016|

Ethics Town Hall to look at $53 million embezzlement case

If you uncovered fraud within your organization, would you say something? If so, whom would you tell? What would you say? Rita Crundwell stole $53 million while working for the small town of Dixon, Illinois. She abused the trust of city taxpayers, her coworkers and the public. Her crime was the biggest municipal fraud in U.S. history … but it could have been prevented. [...]

2015-08-25T14:16:11-06:00August 25th, 2015|

Enter the modern ethical dilemmas essay contest

Do you have what it takes? The Student Center for the Public Trust and the Daniels Fund Ethics Initiative is asking you to enter the Modern Ethical Dilemmas Essay Contest by submitting a three-page essay to utahscpt@gmail.com discussing an ethical dilemma of modern society. Take a modern ethical dilemma and answer the questions of “What are its origins?” and “How does it affect individuals [...]

2015-08-25T13:14:23-06:00August 25th, 2015|

Ethics over profits: Desert Tech owner to speak about balance in business

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, [...]

2017-12-20T10:09:00-07:00March 20th, 2014|
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