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CBA forms program to educate on ethics ■ Faculty members hope to make business values more concrete through research, speakers and courses in the college. By Chad Ellsworth Staff writer Amid cries of unethical treatment and questionable activity in a society dominated by big business, the College of Business Administration is creating a program to help instill sound values. The Program in Business, Ethics and Society will address ethical issues on the University of Nebraska Lincoln campus and in the business world. It will also benefit students in their understanding of corporate America, organizers said. “If they analyze these (issues) in their college environment and under stand the impact of ethical decisions, that might help them have a step up on the ladder of success in the busi ness world,” said Janice Lawrence, associate professor of accountancy and co-director of the program. “It’s one thing to have a value sys tem in abstract. It’s another thing to actually apply it.” Students can apply the ethical concepts they learn in the program while working on a project, exchang ing information with recruiters or in everyday relations with fellow stu dents, Lawrence said. Lawrence is directing the pro gram with Doug May, associate pro fessor of management. Graduate stu dents Kevin Pauli and Loy Watley are assisting them. The program will be implement ed in three stages, which will include curriculum development at the grad uate and undergraduate levels. The program kicked off this year with a universitywide honors course and ethics modules in other courses. Discipline-specific modules will be implemented within different departments of CBA next year, May said. And in the third year, he said, the program will start supporting ethics related research within a business context. There are 24 students currently enrolled in the honors course taught by May. Business majors are not the only students in the course, he said. May said he hopes the program will spark interest in ethics programs throughout the university. “One of our goals for the spring semester is to get everyone in the other colleges on campus who’s inter ested in ethics together to discuss these issues,” he said. “Most of our domain is in the area of business, but we want to get other colleges involved.” The pilot program was made pos sible by the support of James Stuart Sr. of Lincoln. Stuart is a former director of the National Bank of Commerce, and still serves as a coun selor to the bank’s board. The program will also reach out to students of Nebraska high schools through a series of speakers. “We want to teach them ethical differences across cultures and how it affects business,” Lawrence said. The program is aimed at benefit ing both students and the Nebraska business community, he said. “Teaching ethics in the classroom is all well and good,” Lawrence said, “but when the rubber hits the road, when the students are out in the busi ness world, that’s when we’re going to see the impact of the program. “The students we’re working with now will become the future leaders of Nebraska.” 728 Q St I HAYMARKET 475-8683 Sports Bar & Grill Wild Wednesday W/ DJ-Foot Free Tacos 5-7 w/ Drink Purchase..$5.00 Cover, $.01 Wells & Busch LT Draws Don’t Hide it, Divide It!! Rest Assured. Be Insured. Your University Health Center, -together with GM Southwest of Dallas,TX, offers UNL students a com - prehensive and affordable medical in surance plan specifically designed to sui undergraduate and graduate students. 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The two boys, ages 10 and 12, eventually triggered an alarm before making off with about $700 in mer chandise. “When they came out of hiding, they tripped the alarm inside the store,” Podlesak said. “The alarm then alerted the store manager and the police.” When the police arrived, they searched the outside of the building and found all of the doors to be secure, so they entered the store. While the police and the store man ager were searching the building, afire exit alarm sounded, and the two boys were seen trying to escape with the merchandise in duffel bags. The police followed, caught the 10 year-old and handcuffed him to a pole while they proceeded to search for the other suspect. After catching the 12-year-old sus pect, the police returned to the pole where they had handcuffed the 10 year-old, and found that the 4-foot-11, 75-pound boy was gone. “(The police officers) had hand cuffed his arms together around the post, but he slipped the cuffs and took off,” Beggs said. 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