Ethics Competitions
The Ethics Bowl Competition
 |
| Coaches and Team at the 2006 Regional Competition in Harper College, Chicago. The team (Brandon Taylor, Marcos Yturri, Katie Clutteur, Josh Smith, Joanna Weremijewicz, and William Baldwin), here with coaches Kate Biederman and Courtney Stewart, ranked third in the competition, and will go on to compete at the National Competition in 2007 in Cincinatti, Oh. |
Among the Center's foremost programs involving undergraduates is the Loyola "Ethics Bowl" competition, in which players are called upon to exercise their abilities of ethical analysis and judgment in the discussion of challenging cases.
The winner team of the in-house competition carried out by the Center is coached and sent to compete at the national-level "Ethics Bowl", hosted annually by the Association of Practical and Professional Ethics. Last year, the two best teams were sent to compete at Marian College's (Indiana) Regional Ethics Bowl; members of both teams then formed the team that represented Loyola at the 2006 National Competition in Jacksonville, Florida.
Loyola University Chicago participated in the Ethics Bowl for the first time in 1997, when it placed third in the national competition. In later installments of the competition, Loyola's teams performed greatly, achieving sixth place in 1998, fourth place (missing a tie for first place by 1 point out of 200) in 1999, and fifth place in 2001. In 2004 Loyola students got a third place in the Indiana Regional competition. Two teams competed at Marian College in last October's Regional Ethics Bowl, one of them obtaining fourth place.
Loyola's Ethics Bowl is funded by the Center for Ethics and Social Justice and by the Advisory Committee for Corporate Outreach.
2006 Regionals Update
On December 2, 2006, Loyola University Chicago's team took part in the Upper Midwest Regional Ethics Bowl, which was held at Harper College. Per recent dispositions, only the top four teams in the regionals will go on to participate at the Nationals.
There were 13 teams present and each team competed in three matches.
LUC won two matches (one against University of Detriot-Mercy; and one against Harper College). In the other match, Loyola tied with Northwestern. At the end of the day, our team ranked third. (Western Michigan was first; ITT was second; LUC was third; and Northwestern was fourth.) Loyola team has qualified to compete in the National Ethics Bowl, to be held in Cincinatti, Fall Spring 2007.
Thanks for your support!
 |
| Things get heated at the 2006 National Competition in Jacksonville, Florida. From left to right, Sean Murray (pointing at a weakness in the argument), Marcos Yturri (raising the standard of proof), Felicia Trautman (exposing a gaping flaw in the argument's underpinning), Bradley Bauer (presenting a down-to-earth counterexample), Brandon Taylor (expressing wild outrage) and Ian Lilburn (staring). |
 |
| Loyola Team at the 2006 Regional Competition |
- For pictures from previous events go to the Ethics Bowl Gallery
The Loyola-Marymount Business Ethics Case Competition
 |
| Brian Gillis, Lisa Villareal and Maria Certanni practicing for the 2004 Loyola-Marymount Business Ethics Competition. Their presentation centered on Ben and Jerry's brand of fair-trade ice cream flavors. |
The Loyola-Marymount Business Ethics Competition is hosted by the Loyola-Marymount School of Business, and it takes place during Loyola-Marymount's annual "Ethics Fortnight." Unlike the Ethics Bowl, which has two teams debating against each other, the event borrows the format from that of business presentations. The team must research on a problematic situation of their own choosing, propose a creative solution to that problem, and show that the solution proposed is the most viable in terms of legal and moral implications, and that it also conforms to best business practices.
This competition is combined with Loyola Marymount's annual 5k/10k "Run for the Bay" race; the team members can additionally compete in this race for the chance of a combined price (hence the name, 'L.A.'s Weirdest Biathlon'). The team's score will be based on the three best times of the team members.
Loyola University Chicago's teams have always performed very strongly in both competitions:
- In 1999, when Loyola competed for the first time, Loyola's team took first place in the presentation competition (Emmons Prize), winning also the first prize for a non-Loyola-Marymount team (Mawell Prize). The team was composed by Joseph Kirkland, Marty Julia Lentz and Charles Tate, with Chris Field coaching.
- In 2001, Loyola's team won second place in the "combined award" given for points earned in the Case Competition together with the team's rank in the 5K biathlon. (The team was composed by Marian Adly (Senior, International Studies and Biology), Alvia Siddiqui (Senior, Biology) and Shazia Siddiqui (Senior, Computer Sciences and Mathematics).
- In 2002 Loyola's team won both first place in the presentation competition (Emmons Prize), and in the combined prized (Cordova Prize).
Teams winning first prize in the presentation take home $2,000; teams winning the Biathlon/Cordova prize take home $ 500.