For more information, contact Richard Doty, (937) 775-3232.

March 15, 2005

Wright State places fifth in national Ethics Bowl competition

Wright State competitors were team captain Andrea Harris, a senior English major; Jennifer Rammel, a junior biological sciences/criminal justice major; David Robins, a junior political science major; Dylan Borchers, a sophomore political science major and Hiloni Bhavsar, a senior chemistry major. Joseph Petrick, Ph.D., director of the Institute for Business Integrity and a professor of management at the WSU Raj Soin College of Business, coached the team.

There were 40 teams competing for the national title at the Feb. 24 event, and they represented such institutions as Indiana University, Clemson University, University of Florida, United States Air Force Academy, St. Louis University, Southern Methodist University, University of Washington, United States Naval Academy, Villanova University and the United States Military Academy.

The format for the event involved teams collaborating to answer ethical questions within a specific time period, with opportunity for rebuttal and questions from expert judges. Topics debated included child neglect, breast augmentation among teens, Ritalin drug abuse, business ethics and drug testing in children.

“The goal of the competition is to create a forum where students are challenged to improve their judgment integrity under time pressure by analyzing diverse ethics cases in depth and exercising argumentation skills they’ll need to be publicly accountable for their decisions,” Petrick said.

For more details on the Ethics Bowl, contact Petrick at joseph.petrick@wright.edu or (937) 775-2428.