Beard Center

School of Business

Duquesne University

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RECENT EVENTS

Spring 2005 Distinguished Ethics Speaker Series

JEFF MAGGS
CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER
MARC USA
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BEARD CENTER NEWS

Welcome!

Dr. Virginia Gerde returns to the Beard Center from Iraq to resume her position as Assistant Professor

New faculty member, Dr. David Wasieleski, joins the Beard Center as an Assistant Professor

Rebecca Ellsworth joins the Beard Center as the new Program & Publicity Coordinator

ETHICAL BRAINTEASER: THE GAMBRUBIAN SITUATION

In Gambrubia, labor is cheaper. Laws and regulations are more lenient and expectations of ethical business practices are almost non-existent.

Should this company feel obligated to hold itself to their usual higher standards and code of conduct when operating overseas?

COMPANY AWARDED FOR ETHICS

West Penn Allegheny Health System—What it Takes to be the Recipient of the 2003 Healthcare Best Compliance Practices Award from The Health Ethics Trust for Integrating Audit & Internal Controls with Ethics & Compliance.

STUDENTS DEMAND: GIVE US AN ETHICAL CODE

Despite the relative success of developing stand-alone ethics courses and integrating ethics across the business school curriculum at the undergraduate and graduate levels, business students asked the faculty and administration for another direct initiative to build and maintain an ethical environment—a code of ethics. Since this initiative was at the insistence of numerous undergraduate and graduate students, they made up a majority of the student-faculty committee charged with drafting a code of ethics.

DUQUESNE UNIVERSITY: WHO ARE THEY?

In 1876, the Spiritan Missionaries came to the United States from Germany, to escape the oppressive regime of Bismarck's Kulturkampf. Here in Pittsburgh, as in other missions, they focused on service to the poor and those most in need. Perhaps it is good for us to recall that Pittsburgh of those days was not an attractive destination. That is why the Spiritans came here instead of going to other American cities. It was a fit for their mission to go to ministries where the church has difficulties in finding ministers.

HOT OFF THE PRESSES

Check out the article, EXPLORING THE PRIVACY IMPLICATIONS OF ADDRESSABLE ADVERTISING AND VIEWER PROFILING, by William E. Spangler, Kathleen S. Hartzel, and Mordechai Gal-Or.