Ask Ryan Kairalla if he’s glad he chose to study business at UM, and his response is definitely in the affirmative.

“In addition to the outstanding education I received, the school gave me opportunities I may not have had at other places. Whether it was starting a student organization with some of my fellow students, publishing a book on ethics debating, or arranging a human subject experiment for my senior thesis, the School of Business Administration was always willing to support me with its illimitable resources.”

Chairperson of the University of Miami Ethics Society, a member of the team that won the national title at the 2007 National Intercollegiate Ethics Bowl, and author of The Ethics Bowl: Adventures in Reasoning, Ryan somehow found time to be a guardian ad litem for the Eleventh Judicial Circuit of Florida, an advocate for children in the child welfare system. He feels it’s important “to emphasize that School of Business undergraduates also take time to serve their communities.”
Which brings us back to ethics. Ryan will tell you he gained “a sense of corporate social responsibility and ethics that today’s employees must have when conducting themselves in the global marketplace.”

What’s next for Ryan?

 “Anyone who wonders how a business degree from this university will affect their chances of getting into a good law school should know that I was admitted into a top ten program before the end of the fall semester.”

The University of Miami has a philosophy that ethical practices are not just good behavior, they’re good business. Every freshman in the School of Business Administration is required to take a course that emphasizes the primacy of ethical decision making in all aspects of business.