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November 18, 2004

WSU team places second in regional ethics bowl competition

Three WSU seniors, Andrea Harris from West Milton, Brian Apwisch from Beavercreek and Alyson Satchell from Dayton, and two juniors, David Robins from Enon and Jennifer Rammel from Beavercreek, were coached by Joseph Petrick, Ph.D, a professor of management and director of the Institute for Business Integrity at the WSU Raj Soin College of Business.

Wright State was among 14 colleges and universities that competed in the Nov. 13 event that was held in Indianapolis. Other schools competing included Loyola University-Chicago, University of Kentucky, University of Southern Indiana, Saint Louis University and DePauw University.

The format for the Midwestern Regional Ethics Bowl begins with a moderator who randomly selects one of 15 ethics cases and poses a challenging moral question to the first competing team. Then, that team has 60 seconds to confer before answering the question by stating its case analysis and resolution in seven minutes. This is followed by five minutes of rebuttal from an opposing team and then 10 minutes of follow-up questions from a panel of judges who are experts in the field. Then teams reverse roles. Finally, the judges evaluate the teams’ presentation and rebuttal responses on a scale of zero to 20 in terms of clarity, focus, depth and logic. After six matches, the team with the most earned points wins.

The Wright State team will next compete at the National Ethics Bowl event in February in San Antonio, Texas. WSU won this national event in 2002 and placed second last year.