Special to the American
Junior Achievement Worldwide® and Deloitte have awarded the 2009 Excellence through Ethics Scholarship, valued at $5,000, to Brooke Miller of Hazelwood West High School.
The fifth annual essay contest asked high school seniors “to apply their knowledge of ethical decision making and share their views on the importance of ethics in business” by providing a solution to an ethical dilemma presented in a situational question. The situation involved a high school student who caddied for a prominent doctor at a prestigious golf tournament. The caddy saw the doctor’s ball move during a practice swing, but the additional stroke was not counted by the doctor, which is required by the rules. The caddy, who wants a letter of recommendation for college from the doctor, must choose whether and how to reveal what he saw but knows that it could cause the doctor to lose the tournament.
The essays were judged by members of the Junior Achievement Blue Ribbon Panel on Ethics, comprised of corporate ethics officers and university professors, on how well the student analyzed the situation, the presentation of a well-supported argument and how thoughtful they were in articulating the importance of ethics in business.
In her essay, Miller recommended the caddy speak privately with the doctor to ask if he had seen the ball move, hoping that he would notify the officials. If the doctor refused, she suggested the caddy alert the officials and observed that “she would not want a recommendation letter from a dishonest individual.”
The essay contest and scholarship are part of a $2 million effort by Junior Achievement Worldwide and Deloitte to “help raise awareness around the need for youth ethics education, and to provide young people with tools to help them make ethical decisions.”
Miller applied to Saint Louis University and Washington University in St. Louis and plans to enroll in pre-medicine.
SIUE’s Annual Nursing Research Conference set for April 10
Carol Picard – who is immediate past president of Sigma Theta Tau International, the nursing honor society – will be the keynote speaker at SIUE School of Nursing’s Annual Martha Welch Nursing Research Conference noon to 5 p.m. Friday, April 10 in SIUE’s Morris University Center. Registration must be submitted by April 3.
This year’s theme is, “Partnerships: Weaving the Threads of Collaboration into Nursing Research, Practice and Education.”
Picard is a clinical specialist in psychiatric nursing, in practice for the past 33 years. As a poet and dancer, Picard brings the arts to the arena of healing for patients and students. She has choreographed dances on the subject of healing and led workshops on movement and wholeness.
The conference, co-sponsored by SIUE’s Epsilon Eta Chapter of Sigma Theta Tau, is being offered for 3.0 contact hours by the SIUE School of Nursing. Registration is $35; Sigma Theta Tau members, $25; SIUE students, $5. Registration forms are available at www.siue.edu/nursing/organizations/stt/index.shtml Telephone registration will be accepted; call (618) 650-2663 for more information.
