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Students

Engage with Ethics

Students involved in the Daniel Fund Ethics Initiative at UCCS will have access to networking opportunities, service projects, events and competitions to demonstrate interest in ethics to prospective employers!

Stay informed to explore ethics and practice your ethical decision making skills with business professionals. Participate in competitions, seminars, workshops and projects to increase professionalism, enhance knowledge of ethical issues, and learn principles for making ethical decisions.

Upcoming Opportunities

Upcoming Student Opportunities

The Daniels Fund Ethics Initiative at UCCS hosts annual events, competitions and funding opportunities to encourage student engagement in ethics discussion. To view upcoming opportunities, please check the student events tab on our website.

Become an Ethical Leader

Student Ethics Ambassadors

Ethics Ambassadors

The Daniels Fund Ethics Initiative at UCCS has created a unique opportunity for students to engage in the ethics initiative, partner with an ethics fellow, gain program based work experience, and earn $1000 a semester.

Student Center for Public Trust

Student Center for Public Trust

The StudentCPT at UCCS is part of a national network of college students who demonstrate a commitment to ethical leadership.

Annual Opportunities for Ethics Engagement

UCCS Ethics Essay Competition

Apply ethical decision making and writing skills to win $$$$ for a 1,000 words. The annual ethics essay contest requires students to analyze the ethical issue of a business case and make recommendations using principle-based ethics. A panel of community leaders and faculty serve as judges and select the final winners who clearly articulate their analysis and present viable recommendations.

UCCS Case Competition

Each year, the UCCS College of Business hosts a business ethics case competition, welcoming competitors from all across southern Colorado. The UCCS Ethics Case Competition allows students to apply business knowledge, critical thinking, and principle-based ethical decision-making to real-world ethical situations along with a chance to network with local professionals.

Ethics in Action - StudentCPT Video Competition

We’re challenging students to create videos that demonstrate the types of challenging ethical dilemmas people could face in their careers. Videos can end with a thought provoking question that challenges viewers to think about the best solution –OR- videos can showcase the solution they believe would be most appropriate.

Daniels Fund Ethics Initiative Collegiate Program Summit

The Summit — an event of the Daniels Fund Ethics Initiative Collegiate Program — is designed to be an immersive and relevant educational experience that promotes and demonstrates the value of principle-based ethics

Ethics Opportunities to Apply For

The Daniels Fund Ethics Consortium Case Competition

The Daniels Fund Ethics Consortium Case Competition

The Daniels Fund Ethics Consortium Case Competition as a section of the Daniels Fund Ethics Initiative Collegiate Program exposes students to a thought-provoking business ethics case that they might face in their professional careers. By participating as a team member for the Daniels Fund Ethics Consortium Case Competition you will get to represent UCCS in a prominent competition, show employers your ethical decision-making skills, build your resume, and meet high-profile senior business executives!

The Southern Colorado Ethics Summit

The Southern Colorado Ethics Summit

Based on the Daniels Fund Ethics Consortium Summit, the Southern Colorado Ethics Summit is designed to be an immersive and relevant educational experience that promotes and demonstrates the value of principle-based ethics.

Ethics Bowl is a competition where teams from various colleges and universities debate and discuss complex, real-world ethical challenges in an attempt to determine what we ought to do about them. Teams are judged on how well they take account of all the ethical issues at stake in the relevant case, how well they respond to the opposing team’s points, and how well their manner and discussion are conducive to constructive (rather than destructive) ethical debate.

Student Engagement Funds

Student Engagement Funds

Student Engagement Funds

The DFEI Collegiate Program at UCCS College of Business specializes in specific areas of ethics to provide students, educators and community members with practical tools for identifying and addressing ethical considerations in specific industries or context.

Upcoming Events

We offer ethics competitions, seminars and workshops that increase professionalism, enhance knowledge of ethical issues and learn principles for making ethical decisions. Students, educators and the community are encouraged to attend.