Top Corporate & Community Leaders meet Students from OICF Colleges in 2010 Ethics Bowl

Published on Feb 01 2010 in Ethics Bowl by Brent Wilder

The Oregon Independent College Foundation (OICF) and Regence BlueCross BlueShield present the 5th Annual Ethics Bowl program on February 26-27, 2010.  The program will begin with an opening gala featuring a business ethics debate with leaders from six Oregon companies at the Leftbank Annex.  The following day, the University of Portland will host student teams from Oregon’s leading independent colleges and universities in a competition and debate on a variety of case studies highlighting contemporary society dilemmas.

The Ethics Bowl will open with the CEO’s Great Debate on February 26.  Mohan Nair, Chair of the OICF Board of Trustees & Executive Vice President and Chief Marketing Executive at Regence BlueCross BlueShield will serve as Moderator of the Great Debate, which will include the following senior executives: Mark Ganz, President & CEO, Regence BlueCross BlueShield; Chandra Brown, Vice President, Oregon Iron Works & President, United Streetcar; Jake Nichol, President/CEO, Leatherman Tool Group; Steve Clark, Publisher/President, Pamplin Media Group; Catherine Mater, President, Mater Engineering & Senior Fellow, Pinchot Institute for Conservation; and Luis Machuca, President/CEO, Kryptiq Corporation.  Student team debates will begin on February 27 at 9:00 AM on the campus of the University of Portland.  The winning team will be announced at approximately 4:30 PM the same day.

The OICF Ethics Bowl matches student teams from the OICF colleges in case study debate over a variety of contemporary and complex ethically-based situations.  “The Ethics Bowl will challenge students and business leaders alike to offer thoughtful solutions to real-world ethical dilemmas,” said Kevin Matheny, OICF President/CEO. “With headlines in the media continuing to reflect poor ethical decision making in today’s society, it’s important to gather Oregon students, business executives and community leaders together to discuss the significance of applied ethics in our lives.”

Teams of three to five students from the 10 OICF colleges will compete head-to-head and be judged be judged by panels of distinguished corporate and community leaders from across the Northwest.  Many prominent leaders from business, law, finance, nonprofit and other fields will listen to team presentation and offer reactions to students.  A team from the University of Portland won last year’s Ethics Bowl and a team from Willamette University was the runner-up.

“In the business world, every day we’re faced with choices that have ethical implications for our customers, our colleagues and the communities we serve,” said Mohan Nair, Executive Vice President & Chief Marketing Executive, Regence BlueCross BlueShield. “The Ethics Bowl provides an opportunity for business leaders and students to highlight and discuss such issues.”

Title Sponsor for the Ethics Bowl is: Regence BlueCross BlueShield (Portland, Ore).  Presenting Sponsors are: Maybelle Clark Macdonald Fund (Portland, Ore.) and The Wollenberg Foundation (Menlo Park, Cal.).  CEO Sponsor is:  Bon Appétit Management Company (Palo Alto, Cal.).  Managing Partner Sponsor is: the Portland Business Journal (Portland, Ore.).

Since 1950, the Oregon Independent College Foundation has served as a fundraising and programmatic consortium of Oregon’s ten leading private colleges and universities.  Current OICF include connecting priorities include connecting students with professional workforce development opportunities, increasing diversity on the member college campuses, and programs that showcase the colleges’ focus on ethics and leadership development. OICF members include: Concordia University, George Fox University, Lewis & Clark College, Linfield College, Marylhurst University, Pacific University, Reed College, University of Portland, Warner Pacific College and Willamette University.

Oregon Independent College Foundation

2010 Ethics Bowl Schedule of Events

Hosted by University of Portland

Friday, February 26      Leftbank Annex (101 N. Weidler – Portland)

6:00 p.m. Opening Reception

7:30 p.m. Opening Event/Great Debate INTERVIEW/PHOTOS

Saturday, February 27       All events in Franz Hall & & The Commons, University of Portland

7:30 a.m. – 8:30 a.m. Judges Orientation #1 & Breakfast

8:30 a.m. – 8:45 a.m. Opening Plenary Session for Attendees

9:00 a.m. – 10:10 a.m. Round One of Competition

Five concurrent matches of 10 teams

10:10 a.m. – 10:20 a.m. Break INTERVIEW/PHOTOS

10:20 a.m. – 11:30 a.m. Round Two of Competition

Five concurrent matches of 10 teams

11:30 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. Lunch Break INTERVIEW/PHOTOS

Judges Orientation #2

12:00 p.m. – 12:50 p.m. Lunch Break Continued/Surprise Case Preparation

Each team will receive one surprise case for presentation in Round 3 (i.e., where they will be the initial responding team) and second case for review (i.e., where they will provide a reaction).  Cases will be randomly assigned to each team prior to the Ethics Bowl.  Thus, when the surprise cases are handed out, each team will clearly know their roles for Round 3.

11:45 a.m. – 12:45 p.m. Judges Orientation #2 & Lunch

12:50 p.m. – 2:00 p.m. Round Three of Competition

Surprise Cases – Five concurrent matches of 10 teams

2:00 p.m. – 2:10 p.m. Break INTERVIEW/PHOTOS

2:10 p.m. – 3:20 p.m. Round Four of Competition

Five concurrent matches of 10 teams

3:20 p.m. – 3:30 p.m. Break INTERVIEW/PHOTOS

3:30 p.m. – 4:40 p.m. Final Round of Competition

Top two teams from Rounds 1-4. Finalists will be determined using two criteria:

1)    The respective number of “wins and losses” (based on point totals) in Rounds 1-4.

2)    The cumulative number of scoring points that each team has earned in Rounds 1-4.

4:45 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. Awards and Closing Remarks

5:00 p.m. – 6:00 p.m. Post event reception & Team Recognition        INTERVIEW/PHOTOS

Oregon Independent College Foundation

2010 Ethics Bowl Leadership & Match Judges & Moderators (as of January 28, 2010)

Ethics Bowl Leadership

Mohan Nair, Executive Vice President & Chief Marketing Executive, Regence BlueCross BlueShield (Chair)

Robin Baker, President, George Fox University

Joseph Baumann, Managing Consultant – Institutional Relationships, TIAA-CREF

Richard F. Liebman, Partner, Barran Liebman LLP

Dennis Rawlinson, Partner, Miller Nash LLP

Shari Scales, Vice President of Advancement, George Fox University

Mark Swenson, Regional Vice President, Bon Appétit Management Company

Mike Van Orman, Vice President, U.S. Bank of Oregon

Ethics Bowl Judges

Jennifer Allison, Assistant General Counsel and Director of Corporate Compliance, EthicsPoint

Peter Aparico, Investment Manager, Schnitzer West (Moderator)

Herbert Aschkenasy, President, Oregon Freeze Dry

KayLynne Bauman, Project Manager, Witherspoon & Heath (Moderator)

Joseph Baumann, Managing Consultant – Institutional Relationships, TIAA-CREF

George Brown, M.D., President & CEO, Legacy Health System

Roger Busse, President & Chief Operating Officer, Pacific Continental Bank

Don Coulman, Attorney, Invention Law Group P.C.

Tyler Cox, Marketing Consumer Analyst, Regence BlueCross BlueShield (Moderator)

Lucerne Currie, Director of Accounting, Electro Scientific Industries, Inc.

Mark Cushing, Attorney, Tonkon Torp LLP

Steve Deacon. Chief Executive Officer, S. D. Deacon Corp.

Tiah DeGrofft, Foundation Administrator, Wildhorse Foundation

Jay Dudley, VP, General Counsel & Corporate Compliance Officer, Portland General Electric

Fr. Rick Ganz, SJ, Jesuit of the Oregon Province, Special Counsel to the President, Marylhurst University

Lonnie Iholts, President, Siuslaw Bank

Jerry Ketel, President, Leopold Ketel & Partners

Nick Konidaris, President & CEO, Electro Scientific Industries, Inc.

Melissa Mackie, Talent Acquisition and College Relations, Regence BlueCross BlueShield (Moderator)

Cinthia Manuel, Loyalty Program Manager, Regence BlueCross BlueShield (Moderator)

Mohan Nair, Executive Vice President, Regence BlueCross BlueShield

Kathy Oliver, Executive Director, Outside In

Callie Papas, Vice President and Chief Compliance Officer, Schnitzer Steel Industries

Michael Paul, Co-Founder, Commercial Asset Preservation

Peggy Privratsky, Pharmacy Recruiting Manager, Bi-Mart

Terry Shanley, CEO, SMART

Jeff Sponaugle, Chief Technology Officer, Kryptiq Corporation

Jodi Walder-Biesanz, Senior Strategic Marketing Manager, Portland Energy Conservation, Inc.

Jacqueline Yerby, Assistant Vice President for Ethics and Compliance, Regence BlueCross BlueShield

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