Melvoin Student Ethics Symposium
Seventh Annual Melvoin Student Ethics Symposium
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Accounting students Amber Hackman, Ryan Chmura and Delwyn Liang, all juniors in the School’s Strobel Honors Program, participated on the strength of essays submitted in the Fall ’08 Melvoin Student Essay Contest. The winning essays were competitively presented at the Student Ethics Symposium, the students vying for the $3000 in Melvoin Ethics Prizes, sponsored by the Charles & Selma Melvoin Fund.
The three student presentations were, as usual, very high quality, and free-wheeling and far-ranging discussion followed. After significant deliberation, in a very close decision the judges awarded the top prize to Hackman, and declared Chmura and Liang tied for second place.
Judges this year were Gerald Ginsburg, Managing Director, RSM McGladrey and a member of the Ledger & Quill Board, who has served as judge several times; Accounting Instructor and
The Melvoin Student Ethics Essay Contest and Student Symposium are sponsored by the Charles & Selma Melvoin Fund in the School. Established in 1988, the Fund is named in memory of Charles Melvoin, a founding partner of accounting firm Altschuler, Melvoin & Glasser and former DePaul accounting faculty member. Melvoin’s professional interest in the development of a strong ethical sense and superior communications skills in accounting students is reflected in the essay and symposium topic and format. The timeliness of these emphases cannot be overstated. The Melvoin Fund also provides annual Melvoin scholarships for outstanding accounting students.
In 2003, Hugo Melvoin and Marilyn Melvoin-Richman were named Ledger & Quill Lifetime Associates for their support of the
Our congratulations to our student participants, our thanks to our distinguished judges, and our continued appreciation to the Melvoin Family for its support of the Melvoin Student Ethics Essay Contest and Symposium. They have all done good, and well.
Sixth Annual Melvoin Student Ethics Symposium Held
The sixth annual Charles & Selma Melvoin Student Ethics Symposium was held Tuesday, April 29, 2008, in the DePaul Conference Center. The student participants presented their papers before an impressive panel of judges and an audience of students, faculty, firm representatives and alumni, and defended their positions in sometimes difficult cross-examination.
Accounting students Noor Raza, Andrea Kunkel, and Dominick La Spisa were selected on the strength of essays submitted in the Fall ’07 Melvoin Student Essay Contest. The winning essays were competitively presented at the Student Ethics Symposium, the students vying for the $3000 in Melvoin Ethics Prizes, sponsored by the Charles & Selma Melvoin Fund.
The three student presentations were, as usual, very high quality, and free-wheeling and far-ranging discussion followed. After significant deliberation, the judges awarded the top prize to Noor Raza.
Judges this year were Gerald Ginsburg, Managing Director, RSM McGladrey and a member of the Ledger & Quill Board who has served as judge several times; Ernst & Young Alumni Distinguished Professor Belverd E. Needles of the School of Accountancy and MIS; and sponsor of the Symposium, retired attorney and active philanthropist Hugo Melvoin. Paul Nockels, also from RSM McGladrey and the Ledger & Quill Board, assisted in this year’s judging.
The Melvoin Student Ethics Essay Contest and Student Symposium are sponsored by the Charles & Selma Melvoin Fund in the School. Established in 1988, the Fund is named in memory of Charles Melvoin, a founding partner of accounting firm Altschuler, Melvoin & Glasser and former DePaul accounting faculty member. Melvoin’s professional interest in the development of a strong ethical sense and superior communications skills in accounting students is reflected in the essay and symposium topic and format. The timeliness of these emphases cannot be overstated. The Melvoin Fund also provides annual scholarships for outstanding accounting students.
In 2003, Hugo Melvoin and Marilyn Melvoin-Richman were named Ledger & Quill Lifetime Associates for their support of the School of Accountancy and MIS and DePaul University.
Our congratulations to all student participants, our thanks to our distinguished judges, and our continued appreciation to the Melvoin Family for its support of the Melvoin Student Ethics Essay Contest and Symposium. They have all done good, and well.
Fifth Annual Melvoin Student Ethics Symposium
The fifth annual Charles & Selma Melvoin Student Ethics Symposium was held Wednesday, April 18, 2007, in the DePaul Conference Center. The student participants presented their papers before an impressive panel of judges and an audience of students, faculty, firm representatives and alumni, and defended their positions in sometimes difficult cross-examination.
Strobel Scholars Program accounting majors Natalie Garcia, Jennifer Paruch and Patrick Phillips were selected on the strength of essays submitted in the Fall ’06 Melvoin Student Essay Contest. The winning essays were competitively presented at the Symposium, the students vying for the $3000 in Melvoin Ethics Prizes. After significant deliberation, the judges awarded the top prize to Phillips.
The presentations showed both rigor and grace: Garcia’s tightly-focused and coolly logical analysis of agency theory clearly demonstrated that it imposes no obligation for employee loyalty in cases of corporate wrongdoing. Paruch focused on the ethical basis of corporate responsibility and citizenship and stakeholder theory, focusing on (and finding wanting) a well-known large retailer. Top prize awardee Phillips presented a sweeping overview of the historical foundations of personal (and thus business) ethics. As usual, free-wheeling and far-ranging discussion followed.
Judges this year were Gerald Ginsburg, Managing Director, RSM McGladrey and a member of the Ledger & Quill Board, and long-time accounting educator Prof. Edwin Cohen. Due to the complexity and overall high quality of the presentations, the judges also consulted with Prof. Elizabeth Murphy. Participating again was Prof. James Halstead, chair of DePaul’s Religious Studies Department, whose expertise was invaluable this year in that two of the presentations explored, with surprising sophistication, the philosophical basis of both individual and corporate ethics.
The Melvoin Student Ethics Essay Contest and Student Symposium are sponsored by the Charles & Selma Melvoin Fund in the School. Established in 1988, the Fund is named in memory of Charles Melvoin, a founding partner of accounting firm Altschuler, Melvoin & Glasser and former DePaul accounting faculty member. Melvoin’s professional interest in the development of a strong ethical sense and superior communications skills in accounting students is reflected in the essay and symposium topic and format. The timeliness of these emphases cannot be overstated. The Melvoin Fund also provides annual scholarships for outstanding accounting students.
In 2003, Hugo Melvoin and Marilyn Melvoin-Richman were named Ledger & Quill Lifetime Associates for their support of the School of Accountancy and MIS and DePaul University.
Ledger & Quill is a proud co-sponsor of the Melvoin Student Ethics Symposium, and also congratulates L&Q Student Leadership Award recipients Natalie Garcia and Jennifer Paruch, and L&Q scholarship holder Patrick Phillips.
Fourth Annual Charles & Selma Melvoin Student Ethics Symposium: A Report
Urging accountants to consider themselves “vigilantes for the public good,” three DePaul students argued persuasively at the School of Accountancy’s annual Melvoin Student Ethics Symposium that the accounting profession needs to be still more aggressively pro-active in uncovering corporate fraud, needs higher standards in practice, but above all needs higher expectations as regards the accountant’s professional obligations and responsibilities.
The fourth annual Charles & Selma Melvoin Student Ethics Symposium was held Wednesday, April 26, 2006, in the DePaul Conference Center. The student participants presented their papers before an impressive panel of judges and an audience of students, faculty, firm representatives and alumni, and defended their positions in sometimes difficult cross-examination.
The presenters--Accounting majors Anna Marszalek, Tanya Tisljar and Kathryn Wayman--were selected on the strength of essays submitted in the Fall ’05 Melvoin Student Essay Contest. The winning essays were competitively presented at the Symposium, the students vying for the $3000 in Melvoin Ethics Prizes. After some deliberation, the judges awarded the top prize to Marszalek.
Judges participating included Gerald Ginsburg, Managing Director, RSM McGladrey and a member of the Ledger & Quill Board; Tyson May, Manager with Deloitte, a leading professional services firm; and Hugo Melvoin, retired attorney, active philanthropist, and initiator of the program. Also participating this year was Prof. James Halstead, OSA, chair of DePaul’s Religious Studies Department, whose nettlesome questions both challenged the student presenters and enlivened the discussion.
The Melvoin Student Ethics Essay Contest and Student Symposium are sponsored by the Charles & Selma Melvoin Fund in the School. Established in 1988, the Fund is named in memory of Charles Melvoin, a founding partner of accounting firm Altschuler, Melvoin & Glasser and former DePaul accounting faculty member. Melvoin’s professional interest in the development of a strong ethical sense and superior communications skills in accounting students is reflected in the essay and symposium topic and format. The timeliness of these emphases cannot be overstated. The Melvoin Fund also provides annual scholarships for outstanding accounting students.
In 2003, Hugo Melvoin and Marilyn Melvoin-Richman were named Ledger & Quill Lifetime Associates for their support of the School of Accountancy and MIS and DePaul University.