Anonymous donation to support Kelley School of Business ethics program

The Kelley School of Business recently announced an anonymous $250,000 donation will be used to support a new ethics program for undergraduate students.

The funds will be used to create an Ethics Simulation Tool, with accompanying symposium and instructional materials, to asses the development of student’s ethical reasoning before they graduate.

All students in the school’s 5,000-student undergraduate program will go through an eight-week simulation and will not be allowed to graduate without learning about likely ethical dilemmas they will face during their careers.

“The assessment of progress in students’ ethical reasoning is one of the most significant challenges facing business educators today,” said Dean Dan Smith in a press release. “The Kelley School has always placed great emphasis on developing students’ ethical reasoning skills. The new ethics simulation will significantly advance the school in this important area. No other top 20 business school is engaged in such an innovative approach to teaching and evaluating ethical reasoning. We are looking forward to being recognized as a leader in this area.”

The program will be housed within the school’s Department of Business Law and Ethics.
For more information, visit www.bus.indiana.edu.

— Margaret Ely