Postgraduate Winner, Laura Holtshausen, with her tutor,
Lutz Preuss from Royal Holloway
Announced on 22nd October 2007,
the winning essays of the Institute of Business Ethics Student
Essay Competition in Business Ethics focus on ethical sourcing
and the social responsibility of businesses to make a profit.
The prize, now in its fifth year, is awarded in association
with the Daily Telegraph and EBEN-UK.
The IBE devised the essay competition to encourage
student interest in the topic and the teaching of business
ethics to those who will form the business community of
the future. This year, with a record number of entries,
the competition was more challenging than ever before.
The Postgraduate category was won by Laura
Holtshausen of Royal Holloway, University of London for
her paper: "What is ethical sourcing? What factors
are likely to influence the success of ethical sourcing
in changing supplier practices?"
The winner of the Undergraduate category was
Sarah Jane Coxon of Nottingham University Business School
for "A critical analysis of the statement: 'The social
responsibility of business is to increase its profits'".
The Director of the Institute of Business
Ethics, Philippa Foster Back OBE, said: "The range
and quality of entries this year shows that business ethics
is being taken increasingly seriously by today's students,
and bodes well for the businesses education in the UK."
The winners and representatives from their
business schools receivec their prizes from Simon Heffer,
Associate Editor of the Daily Telegraph, at an awards ceremony
held at the Institute of Business Ethics. 24 Greencoat Place,
London SW1P 1BE on Monday 22nd October.
For further information, or to attend the
awards ceremony, please contact Katherine Bradshaw on 0207
798 6040 info@ibe.org.uk.
