Ethics and Compliance

Preparing Students to be Principled Leaders

The University of Miami School of Business Administration takes a leadership role in ethics education through its innovative academic programs, extracurricular activities, community outreach and research agenda. A pillar of the School’s mission is to prepare students to be “principled leaders” who can effectively meet the ethical challenges they will face in the workplace. The School also provides guidance to the business community as it faces a changing and complex legal and compliance environment.

Improving Decision-Making Skills

The School provides a variety of opportunities for both undergraduate and graduate business students to develop and improve their ethical decision-making skills. The School’s Business Ethics Program, directed by Anita Cava, professor of business law and co-director of University of Miami Ethics Programs, organizes the University of Miami Ethics Bowl at the School of Business, the Compliance Boot Camp, and collaborates with other entities within the School to bring speakers to campus, among other initiatives.

Opportunities Inside and Outside the Classroom

Ethics Competitions

The School hosts and annual Ethics Bowl and an annual Bioethics Bowl.

Health Care Compliance

An executive education program trains Latin American compliance professionals.

MBA Consulting

A summer internship program links MBAs with area nonprofits.

Always Lessons to be Learned from Current Events

Through these and the School’s academic programs, students learn to appreciate the notion that a corporate enterprise is part of the larger social fabric, and that ethical business practices and tangible relations with the community are essential features of a corporate strategy for success. As Anita Cava, professor of business law an director of the Ethics Programs explains, the teaching is always fresh with lessons learned from current events.