The Center for Ethical and Socially Responsible Leadership will be offering a wide variety of programs to engage with all students around the topics of ethics and social responsibility. While our programs are geared toward the students within the Broad College of Business, we welcome anyone from the MSU campus to join us.
The Center for Ethical and Socially Responsible Leadership is happy to come and speak to large or small groups, classes, or any student organization. We can tailor a presentation to meet your specific needs. A list of presentations given prior are below:
Interested in having someone from the Center for Ethical and Socially Responsible Leadership come talk with your group? Email or call Beth Hammond at hammon25@msu.edu or (517) 353-4299.
Experiential opportunities are project specific partnerships with local and international organizations. Think of this as a mini-internship opportunity where you put into practice what you are learning in the classroom in a meaningful way. And it will look outstanding on your resume.
Redhead Design specializes in brand strategy and marketing for social change. This focus is the result of a long-held belief: It is our responsibility to leave the world a better place than we found it. All people, places, and environments have the fundamental right to thrive. Our tasks as humans is to ensure the safety and success of those who follow us.
They are looking for a Marketing major to help them create and deploy a strategy to support the Williamston Theatre. This theatre puts on very well produced shows. Redhead has been working with them recently on the beginning stages of brand development and marketing strategy.
The time the commitment being a total of 10-16 hours of time to get through platform and strategies, depending on the student’s skill level. That would be spread over the course of a few weeks.
Case competitions are an opportunity for students to work in teams to analyze a problem specific to a case study, and strategically develop the best solution(s) within the case study guidelines by a certain date. Teams deliver presentations for judges and, these are great opportunities to hone your critical thinking skills, your presentation abilities, and looks great on your resume. And there is typically prize money at stake as well!
Teams of 3-5 members compete in 3 competitions during the event:
The online divisions will compete on April 10 and 11. IBESCC staff will work with teams to find presentation times that will accommodate the schedules of individuals in different time zones. The winners for all divisions will be announced the evening of Friday, April 14 at the Awards Ceremony, which will be live-streamed.
Application Dates
The Center for Ethical and Socially Responsible Leadership will pay the participation fee for two teams from Michigan State University for the online division of the competition.
Interested in being on a team? Email your resume to Beth Hammond at hammon25@msu.edu.
The Center for Ethical and Socially Responsible Leadership will be hosting the first annual Ethics in the New Case Competition for undergraduate students in the Broad College of Business on Friday, April 7th. Teams of 4 students will compete to address all ethical and business implications for a current day ethical situation.
Prize money will be awarded to the top three teams in the following amounts:
More information on how to register a team will be available by March 2023.
As business professionals, you will be held to certain expectations around ethical and appropriate conduct. There are some universal principles, such as integrity and respect, but each discipline emphasizes different areas of conduct based on the ethical needs of that profession. Review the Codes of Ethics for your major’s professional associations to ensure you act in line with those expectations.