International Business Ethics Case Competition
The graduate (top) and undergraduate teams had strong showings at the International Business Ethics Case Competition.

Warrington teams thrive at ethics case competition

GAINESVILLE, Fla. – Warrington undergraduate and graduate teams recorded first-place finishes at the International Business Ethics Case Competition April 19-21 at the J.W. Marriott Hotel and Spa in Santa Monica, Calif.

“It has been a pleasure working with these students, and they all did an excellent job representing the University of Florida and the Warrington College of Business,” said Dr. Michelle Darnell, Senior Lecturer in Management and co-Director of the Poe Business Ethics Center. “Warrington continues to strengthen its reputation of developing high-performing students committed to ethical behavior in business.”

The graduate team, made up of Jenna-Leigh Hoffman, Jordan Mullings, Rachel Reiss, Samantha Robinson and Craig Schaefer, won first place in the 10-minute competition and second place in the 90-second competition in the graduate division with their topic “The Business of Prisons: Can Incarceration and Rehabilitation Co-Exist?”

The competition also involved a running event, and Hoffman and Schaefer combined to finish in third place for the four-mile time trial. This was the first year that Warrington sent a graduate team to this competition.

The undergraduate team, made up of Mark Elliott, Jared LeVine, Alex Maller, Jenny Martinez and Taylor Ziegler, won first place in the 25-minute competition and second place in the 10-minute competition in the undergraduate division with their topic “Alexa, is it Ethical that You’re Always Listening?”