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Oct. 12, 2007
RIPON, Wis. – Ripon College's Ethical Leadership Program recently initiated a new program of case-study seminars for professional and business leaders. Dubbed "Ethical Leadership Institutes," the programs are designed to bring top professionals from business, law, medicine, and other fields together with Ripon College students for a day of study and discussion of selected case studies.
On Monday, Oct. 8, a group of 18 executives from the Milwaukee area were paired with Ethical Leadership Gold Level students, students from SIFE (Students in Free Enterprise), and others for a day of intensive examination of instances in which major corporations faced significant issues in ethical leadership. Guided by faculty facilitators, the participants sought to define the issues, consider alternatives, and seek best practices.
Thomas Hefty, president of the Kern Family Foundation, and former head of Cobalt Corporation and Wisconsin Blue Cross Blue Shield presented the luncheon keynote.
“Ethical business is good business,” Hefty emphasized. “The central question in ethics isn’t about making a mistake or a bad decision; it’s about what you do after the mistake is made.”
Ethical Leadership Program Executive Director David Seligman said the day was a huge success.
"Many of the executives were visiting Ripon College for the first time. Their interactions with each other and with Ripon College students provided some of the best that a liberal arts education has to offer," he said.
Seligman added that he hoped host several such institutes each year in addition to the continuing program of Case Studies Seminars that bring a single senior professional to campus for a day of discussions with students.
For more information about the Ethical Leadership Program at Ripon College, contact Cody Pinkston at pinkstonc@ripon.edu or 920-748-8365.
About Ripon College
Ripon College, founded in 1851, prepares students of diverse interests for lives of productive, socially responsible citizenship. Ripon’s liberal arts curriculum and residential campus create an intimate learning community in which students experience a richly personalized education. Ripon has consistently been recognized as a “best value” and “Best 366 College” by The Princeton Review, a “Best Buy in College Education” by Barron’s, a “Best Liberal-Arts College” by Washington Monthly, and is listed among the 160 best schools in the nation by Colleges of Distinction.
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