Business ethics have never been more important than today. Our students need a strong understanding of ethical decision-making to prepare for their professional careers. By teaching them how to recognize ethical problems and how to respond to them ethically and professionally, we are preparing them for whatever they'll encounter in the business world, regardless of whether it involves cutting edge technology or basic issues of business honesty and integrity. New technologies like Artificial Intelligence are emerging every day. With them come ethical questions that have never been considered before. With a strong foundation of ethical decision making, our students can adapt and respond to whatever they encounter.
Our BELIEF program provides that foundation. Through workshops, speakers from the business community, instruction on the BELIEF Decision-Making Framework, intercollegiate ethics case competitions and more, BELIEF prepares our students to recognize ethical problems and respond to them ethically and professionally. We need your help to fund these activities. Intercollegiate ethics case competitions are transformational experiences for our students and there are travel costs associated with them. Please help us continue offering these experiences, and contact Neil Doughty (ndoughty1@niu.edu) if you would like to discuss other ways to support BELIEF.
