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Students Showcase Ethical Decision-making at the Team Challenge
Students from all six Freehold Regional High School District schools and Allentown High School tackled real life issues while analyzing the ethical implications of their actions during the 2015 Team Challenge event on December 4th.
The purpose of the Team Challenge, hosted by the Greater Monmouth Chamber of Commerce, is to provide local high school students with hands-on experience in team building, creative problem solving and dealing with the ethical decision-making process within the context of real world business problems. Using the Markkula Center for Applied Ethics framework from Santa Clara University, teams from the high schools explored business issues that have complex ethical implications. Over a period of several weeks, the teams worked together to develop solutions that show their understanding of the issues, demonstrate their use of the Markkula decision-making framework in working through the conflicts and illustrate evidence of their teamwork and presentation skills. During the December 4th event, each team presented their findings and solutions to a panel of judges from within the business community.
For the second year in a row, students from Colts Neck High School captured first place. Their team, guided by teachers Cindy Bravaco and Robin Soriano, included Jordan Albom, Daria Ben-Ezra, Gianna Bravaco, Matthew Cappelluti, Maxwell Freeman, Jordan Masia, Emma Pergola, Justin Polkowitz, Natalie Shultis, Catia Twal and Madeleine Warendorf.
Marlboro High School’s team, guided by teachers Biagio Lubrano and Patrick Scinto, won second place. The team included Gabriel Argush, Aditi Balachandran, Ian Baum, Matthew Jones, Zachary Labkovski, Christy Lee, Philip Luo, Rohan Parikh, Anjili Patel, Avni Patel, Alan Shenkerman and Rachel Zhou.
Freehold Township High School’s team, guided by teachers Linda Bonaly and Dan Cooper, came in third place. The team included Neilank Avani, Tiffany DeMonte, Tierney Egan, Gabriel Goldsmith, Aliceya Jerome, Christian Pascoal, John Ross, Mario Sirico and Vanessa Varlack.
Prior to the competition, the Greater Monmouth Chamber of Commerce conducts a teacher-training session to prepare the teachers to facilitate the preliminary competition process with the students. They also conduct a student orientation where they provide students with an overview of the challenge and provide training on the ethical decision-making process as it pertains to each group’s business issues.
The program prepares students to effectively enter the workforce by placing them in an environment in which teamwork and creative interdependence is required, where they get to develop their communication skills and where they learn a process for ethical decision-making which will benefit them as they assume leadership positions at work and within their communities.
The purpose of the Team Challenge, hosted by the Greater Monmouth Chamber of Commerce, is to provide local high school students with hands-on experience in team building, creative problem solving and dealing with the ethical decision-making process within the context of real world business problems. Using the Markkula Center for Applied Ethics framework from Santa Clara University, teams from the high schools explored business issues that have complex ethical implications. Over a period of several weeks, the teams worked together to develop solutions that show their understanding of the issues, demonstrate their use of the Markkula decision-making framework in working through the conflicts and illustrate evidence of their teamwork and presentation skills. During the December 4th event, each team presented their findings and solutions to a panel of judges from within the business community.
For the second year in a row, students from Colts Neck High School captured first place. Their team, guided by teachers Cindy Bravaco and Robin Soriano, included Jordan Albom, Daria Ben-Ezra, Gianna Bravaco, Matthew Cappelluti, Maxwell Freeman, Jordan Masia, Emma Pergola, Justin Polkowitz, Natalie Shultis, Catia Twal and Madeleine Warendorf.
Marlboro High School’s team, guided by teachers Biagio Lubrano and Patrick Scinto, won second place. The team included Gabriel Argush, Aditi Balachandran, Ian Baum, Matthew Jones, Zachary Labkovski, Christy Lee, Philip Luo, Rohan Parikh, Anjili Patel, Avni Patel, Alan Shenkerman and Rachel Zhou.
Freehold Township High School’s team, guided by teachers Linda Bonaly and Dan Cooper, came in third place. The team included Neilank Avani, Tiffany DeMonte, Tierney Egan, Gabriel Goldsmith, Aliceya Jerome, Christian Pascoal, John Ross, Mario Sirico and Vanessa Varlack.
Prior to the competition, the Greater Monmouth Chamber of Commerce conducts a teacher-training session to prepare the teachers to facilitate the preliminary competition process with the students. They also conduct a student orientation where they provide students with an overview of the challenge and provide training on the ethical decision-making process as it pertains to each group’s business issues.
The program prepares students to effectively enter the workforce by placing them in an environment in which teamwork and creative interdependence is required, where they get to develop their communication skills and where they learn a process for ethical decision-making which will benefit them as they assume leadership positions at work and within their communities.