Educational Initiatives
Ethics at The Beach
Each year, the Ukleja Center partners with student leaders in the Law Society and Associated Business Students Organization Council to offer an Ethics at The Beach seminar. The seminar is offered at no cost to students thanks to sponsorship from County of Los Angeles Supervisor Don Knabe, Target, and Associated Students Incorporated of CSULB.
The most recent Ethics at The Beach student seminar was offered on November 4, 2011. The workshop focused on the Power of Ethical Leadership with a keynote presentation by Dr. Vicki Halsey of The Ken Blanchard Companies. It also featured a panel discussion on Ethical Leadership, Behavior and Consequences: Real Life Results. Panelists included Damon Dunn, Co-Founder and Partner of Tricor Corporation; Sandra Evers-Manly, Vice President, Corporate Responsibility for Northrop Grumman; and Patrick McClenahan, President and CEO of 2015 Special Olympics World Games.
For more information or to register for the next seminar, please contact Jane Roeder at jroeder@csulb.edu or (562) 985-8600.
Ethics Across the Curriculum
One of the goals of the Ukleja Center is to encourage the multidisciplinary integration of ethics into the university curriculum. The Ukleja Center for Ethical Leadership offers an annual Ethics Across the Curriculum initiative that financially supports the infusion of ethics and ethical leadership in undergraduate and graduate courses throughout the university. CSULB faculty members are invited to apply for teaching stipends each fall.
Student Leadership Institute
Students Volunteer at Camp Ronald McDonald for Good Times
The Ukleja Center for Ethical Leadership launched its core educational program in 2006. The Student Leadership Institute is designed to equip students with the transformational power of ethical leadership. Class participants have an opportunity to explore ethical issues related to business, government, education, media, health care, athletics, and other professional fields. The program enables participants to discover their core values and build a strong ethical foundation upon which future decisions can be made. Teamwork, community service, and networking with guest speakers are an integral part of the program, which is held both on and off campus.
Community service projects have included:
- Volunteering at the California Youth Authority to provide inmates with training on college applications and job interviewing skills upon their release
- Volunteering at Camp Ronald McDonald for Good Times by creating workshops for young cancer patients at this family camp