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Prairie View A&M SIFE team addresses business ethics

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Issue date: 10/12/05 Section: Campus
The Prairie View A&M University SIFE team will take the issue of business ethics out of the boardroom and into the university community during SIFE National Business Ethics Month in October.

Throughout October, the Prairie View A&M SIFE team will join more than 900 other SIFE teams across the nation to spread the message that ethical decision-making is a key component to long-term success for individuals, businesses and the economy.

The SIFE teams will sponsor seminars addressing the issues of ethics with speakers representing professional business and social organizations.

The first seminar will look at Student Ethics: Copyrighted Material and Taking Exams" on Oct. 18 at 6:30 p.m. in Room 1A110 of Hobart Taylor Hall. On Oct. 31 the team's seminar is "Business Ethics in a Global Economy" at 6:30 p.m. also in Room 1A110. Tentative speakers include Dr. Henri Bailey, professor of marketing at Prairie View A&M's College of Business and Mr. Tieman H. Dippel, Jr., Chairman of Brenham Bancshares, Inc., and author of two books: The New Legacy, and The Language of Conscience, which addresses ethics and morality.

The speakers will address the ethical and unethical business practices and its impact on the world economy. The attendees will receive information on ethics that can be used in their daily personal and professional lives. Lynn Smith, a junior electrical engineering major, is the event coordinator.

Founded in 1975 and active on more than 1,500 college and university campuses in 37 countries, SIFE is a nonprofit organization that works in partnership with business and higher education to provide college students the opportunity to make a difference and to develop leadership, teamwork and communication skills through learning, practicing and teaching the principles of free enterprise.

The PVAMU SIFE team was chartered at the university in 1986 and has made a significant impact on the campus through its many progressive programs.
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