Business Ethics

Guidelines and Policies for the Kerr Award

Format of the essay

• The paper may be submitted electronically or in hard copy.
• There are no restrictions on length.

Criteria for judging

• The topic is important and timely.
• The paper is written clearly, in a professionally appropriate style.
• The writer's positions are thoroughly supported with appropriate argument and evidence.
• The argumentation is cogent and clear. 
• Facts and law are thoroughly researched and documented.
• The paper goes beyond facts and law to address the underlying value questions.
• The paper represents the author's own work.

Jury

The papers will be judged by a committee composed of three Business School faculty members (from both 
tenured and non-tenured ranks) and one Ph.D. student. A majority decision of the judges will be 
final.

Timetable

• The competition will be formally announced each year in early December, prior to the end of 
  Mini 2. 
• Papers will be due no later than Friday of the first week following spring break.  

Award

MBA Prize

• The award is $1000.
• If the winner is a graduating student, the award will be given at Commencement. 
• If the winner is a returning student, then the award will be announced at Commencement 
  and given in the fall. 
• The winner's name will be added to the plaque displayed in the trophy case outside the 
  Commons.

BSBA Prize

• The award is $1000.
• If the winner is a graduating student, the award will be given at Commencement. 
• If the winner is a returning student, then the award will be given in late April and announced 
  at Commencement. 
• The winner's name will be added to the plaque displayed in the trophy case in the
  undergraduate wing of GSIA, across from room 137.