Welcome back to Campus Chronicles, our weekly look at business school student newspapers. This week we’ll take a look at the Monroe Street Journal to see what students have been enjoying on the Michigan Ross campus.
Students recently had the chance to attend a lecture on ethics given by Patrick Kuhse. Instead of focusing on business ethics or business law, Kuhse spoke about his personal experience with ethics as it related to his professional career on Wall Street and with the government, which quickly turned into his involvement with fraud. After being caught, Kuhse fled with his family to Costa Rica, living as an international fugitive until he turned himself in and was imprisoned first in Costa Rica and then the U.S. During his time in prison he spoke with fellow prisoner about their actions and the motivations that drove their choices, which helped him formulate a method to make better ethical choices. According to Kuhse, the eight critical thinking errors that lead to unethical actions are: entitlement, super optimism, affection disconnection, seemingly unimportant decisions, situational ethics, victimitis, laziness, and rationalization. Kuhse stressed the importance of making ethical decisions and not seeing money as the most important factor.
Ross recently hosted the Roland Berger case competition, which this year introduced a Roland Berger Challenge Cup that will annually be passed down from winner to winner. The ten teams of four students competing had one case study for which they all had to create a strategy. This year’s case revolved around the merger of four candy companies. After spending two hours drafting their strategy, students presented in front of the judges and received feedback. Finalists were announced, who then had the opportunity to revise their strategy based on the feedback given. After final presentations, the teams received more feedback. The winning team, inaugural holders of the Challenge Cup, attributed their victory to exceptional data analysis and responding well to the feedback.
In the fifth annual Rosstache Competition, 72 Ross students recently had the chance to grow mustaches to raise money for the Penrickton Center for Blind Children. After spending the month of March growing out mustaches of all shapes and sizes, each contestant held the opportunity to raise money by unveiling his or her mustache in an awards ceremony held on April 1st. In addition to raising the goal amount of $9,000, this event allows contestants to win the following awards: Best in Show, Biggest Fundraiser, Redneck, Film and TV Star, Creepy, Blonde/Red, and In Absentia.
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