{"id":1285,"date":"2020-06-15T07:04:14","date_gmt":"2020-06-15T11:04:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/me.business.holycross.edu\/?p=1285"},"modified":"2020-06-15T07:04:14","modified_gmt":"2020-06-15T11:04:14","slug":"new-business-ethics-and-society-minor-announces-first-class-of-students","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.holycross.edu\/business\/2020\/06\/15\/new-business-ethics-and-society-minor-announces-first-class-of-students\/","title":{"rendered":"Business, Ethics &amp; Society Minor Announces First Class of Students"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.holycross.edu\/business\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2020\/06\/BES-Class-Final.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1297\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.holycross.edu\/business\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2020\/06\/BES-Class-Final.png\" alt=\"Congratulations list of student names\" width=\"1528\" height=\"1538\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">We\u2019ve just hit a big milestone for the <span style=\"color: #0000ff\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff\" href=\"https:\/\/www.holycross.edu\/academics\/programs\/business-ethics-and-society\">minor in <em>Business, Ethics &amp; Society<\/em><\/a>\u00a0(BES)<\/span>, and unlike much else that\u2019s going on in the world, it\u2019s good news!\u00a0 So I\u2019m interrupting your summer to tell you about it.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">As you probably know, BES isn\u2019t a traditional business minor.\u00a0 While it certainly includes plenty of practical components, it\u2019s about much more than learning how to \u201cdo business\u201d or how to get a job in business.\u00a0 BES is about what it <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">means<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> to do business, and what it might look like to do it <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">well <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">&#8212; for each of us individuals, and for all of us together.\u00a0 To be able to develop your own ideas about that, you have to know things about business, and about society, and about doing well.\u00a0 What does it look like, and what does it take, for each of us and all of us to \u201cdo well\u201d?\u00a0 To flourish?\u00a0 And what can business contribute?\u00a0 It\u2019s a demanding course of study and a selective process, but I am delighted to announce that we have just admitted our first students.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">I am proud to introduce our first cohort, from the Class of 2022! Read on to see a list of names and projects.\u00a0<\/span><!--more--><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Christina Casey &#8217;22:\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Political Science major<br \/>\n<\/span>BES minor project: f<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">emale leadership in the workplace<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Paige Davis &#8217;22:<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u00a0Economics<\/span>\u00a0major<br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">BES minor project: what defines an ethical corporation<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Michaela Faris &#8217;22:\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Psychology<\/span>\u00a0major<br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">BES minor project: balancing corporate profit and employee\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">wellbeing<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Michaela Halloran &#8217;22:\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Psychology<\/span>\u00a0major<br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">BES minor project: utilizing the tools of capitalism for the\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">common good<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Jacqueline McCarthy &#8217;22: English<\/span>\u00a0major<br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">BES minor project: economic policy in the global capitalist\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">economy<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Meg O&#8217;Melveney &#8217;22:\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Accounting major<br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">BES minor project: the economics of corporate social r<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">esponsibility<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Molly Skoglund &#8217;22:\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Economics major<br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 1rem\">BES minor project: immoral business decisions<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">David Sullivan &#8217;22:\u00a0 <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Political Science and Education double major<br \/>\nBES minor project: TBD<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">I hope this little peek inside the program encourages some of you to pursue your interest in a BES minor.\u00a0 As I said, it\u2019s challenging, but look at the cool stuff you can do!\u00a0 But for those of you with a slightly different interest in business, you might want to look into the <span style=\"color: #0000ff\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff\" href=\"http:\/\/holycross.edu\/business\/certificates\">Business Certificate Programs<\/a><\/span> offered by t<span style=\"color: #333333\">he\u00a0Ciocca Center<\/span>. Our Director of Certificate Programs, Professor David Chu, would be happy to discuss them with you.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">In any event, that\u2019s what our first cohort looks like.\u00a0 Reach out and congratulate them!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Kendy Hess<br \/>\nAdvisor, Minor in Business, Ethics, and Society<br \/>\nBrake-Smith Associate Professor in Social Philosophy and Ethics<br \/>\nCollege of the Holy Cross<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We\u2019ve just hit a big milestone for the minor in Business, Ethics &amp; Society\u00a0(BES), and unlike much else that\u2019s going on in the world, it\u2019s good news!\u00a0 So I\u2019m interrupting your summer to tell you about it. As you probably know, BES isn\u2019t a traditional business minor.\u00a0 While it certainly includes plenty of practical components, &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.holycross.edu\/business\/2020\/06\/15\/new-business-ethics-and-society-minor-announces-first-class-of-students\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Business, Ethics &amp; Society Minor Announces First Class of Students&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[24,55,87,164,221,227,279,316,388,435,449],"class_list":["post-1285","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-announcement","tag-busines","tag-class","tag-ethics","tag-hess","tag-holy-cross","tag-kendy","tag-minor","tag-projects","tag-society","tag-students"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.holycross.edu\/business\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1285","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.holycross.edu\/business\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.holycross.edu\/business\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.holycross.edu\/business\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.holycross.edu\/business\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1285"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.holycross.edu\/business\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1285\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.holycross.edu\/business\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1285"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.holycross.edu\/business\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1285"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.holycross.edu\/business\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1285"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}