DePaulia (DePaul University, Chicago, IL), 1984-04-06

              18 to be awarded Graduating student leaders will be honored at the June 3 Senior Leadership Awards ceremony, sponsored by Alumni Relations and the Student Affairs division. "THE PURPOSE OF THE awards is to recognize excellence in leadership," said Chris Grgurich, associate director of university centers and student activities. "[We want to] recognize the time and effort that these students have put into student life and their organizations." Grgurich isthecoordinatorofthe "1984" analyzed By Rick Prouty George Orwell's novel 1984 will be the subject of the colloquium sponsored by The DePaul Master of Arts in Liberal Studies Program beginning Wednesday, April 11, and continuing for four successive Wednesdays. "WE WILL SURVEY THE ENtire Orwell cannon," said John Price, acting chairman of the English and communications department and the event's organizer. "Nineteen Eighty-Four doesn't make sense when not looked at in context." awards ceremony for the student affairs division. The awards are open to seniors who have at least a 2.0 GPA, and have shown outstanding leadership ability. A total of 18 students will be recognized as senior student leaders, two of whom will be named outstanding senior leaders. According to last year's description of the awards listed in the convocation program, the two outstanding leaders "epitomized the qualities of leadership during their tenure at DePaul." Volume 62 Number 18 DePaul University's official student newspaper PAC ATTACK: What seems to be a character from a popular video game is actually university sculpture located on the east end of campus. Orwell colloquium topic The colloquium will consider Or-' well as both a political thinker and as a writer of speculative fiction. "Attention is being drawn to Orwell as an important political voice," said Price. "We will try to identify the important political and social problems Orwell dealt with. He was a political thinker with a coherent body of thought." In addition to the political context of Orwell's work, the colloquium will examine the literary tradition of speculative fiction that Orwell worked in. Examples of speculative fiction include Plato's Senior leadership awards recognize efforts The selection process begins with the review of applications submitted by potential awardees. Personal references and the quality of the student's leadership will also be considered. THIS IS THE SECOND YEAR that the award will be presented to students. Grgurich proposed the idea for the awards last year, and the criteria for the awards were then submitted to the university directors. Grgurich stated that the awards were important because "[I] don't think [students] have The DePaulia DePaul forms business ethics institute Photo/Michele Ewers, assistant photo editor Republic and some of the work of Aldous Huxley. "Orwell paradies many of the aspects of the tradition," Price said. The four part colloquium begins on April 11 with "Orwell's Politics and Language: Preparations for Nineteen Eighty-Four." Charles M. Barber of the history department of Northeastern Illinois University will give a lecture on the subject, with Dr. J. Harry Wray, associate professor of DePaul's political science department, responding to Barber's lecture. THE SECOND PART, TO BE Continued on page 3 been recognized in the past." She added that the awards were one way for the university to show its appreciation for its student leaders.Vaughn Dann, director of alumni relations, played down her department's role in the award ceremonies. Dann stated that she helped the program "get started," but that Grgurich did the rest. Dann did state, however, that "What we [alumni relations] wanted was for the alumni office to become more invovled in activities By Mary Litsikas Chicago area executives, along with Commerce and Liberal Arts faculty, will pool their resources and knowledge in the university's newly formed Institute for Business Ethics. THROUGH THE INSTITUTE, A national and regional center for activities in business ethics will be available to professors, students, and business people. "The institute was established to develop interests and projects for faculty at DePaul in Commerce and Liberal Arts and Sciences," said Dr. Robert Cooke, assistant professor of philosophy and director of the institute. "Also, to coordinate these projects with faculty, students, and executives in the Chicago area. Finally, to coordinate projects with educational, labor, and business leaders throughout the U.S." "My hope, as director of the institute, is to bring recognition to DePaul leadership in the area of business ethics, to involve a growing number of faculty and students-both within DePaul and Chicago--in the growing field of business ethics, and to provide leadership and support to that segment of the business community interested in business ethics," said Cooke. The institute is the product of the Commerce, Philosophy, and Religious Studies Committee. This committee was organized by Br. Leo V. Ryan, CSV, dean of the College of Commerce, in 1980. THE COMMITTEE WAS Established to develop a course on business ethics, to look into the feasability of establishing an ethics institute, and to put together a proposal for an institute which would be presented to Rev. John T. Richardson, C.M., university president, and Dr. Patricia Ewers, vice president, dean of faculties. A proposal for the institute was accepted in the latter pact of 1983 by Fr. Richardson and Ewers. The institute took effect Jan. 1, 1984 and was officially announced in March. A policy committee for the institute has been established but has not completed any formal policies yet, said John Leahy, associate professor of religious studies and a member of the committee. Although the committee was assigned to research the feasibility of forming an institute, on business ethics, the actual concept for the institute, Cooke said, grew out of the needs that the committee felt the university had to meet. THE INSTITUTE WAS ES tablished at DePaul because of the committee's belief that since De- which would bring alumni and students together." The recipients of the awardees will receive a gold-plated pin of DePaul's tree of knowledge along with a certificate. The two outstanding leaders will receive certificates and pins, but will also receive a specially designed sketch depicting the university and the four aspects of college lifespiritual, intellectual, physical, and social. The ceremony will be held in the Stuart Center on June 3. Paul is one of the country's largest business schools and will probably maintain of one the most extensive business ethics programs in the country, the two should be coordinated.A major reason for the institute's existence is the fact that businesses are becoming aware of the need to deal directly with ethical issues. "People are beginning to realize that being ethical is good business. They've also seen that a person can be in business, have integrity, and behave ethically," said David Banner, policy committee member and associate professor of management.Providing the business world with a place to turn when it faces obstacles concerning ethical issues is one function the institute hopes to provide for Chicago and national businesses according to F. Byron Nahser, also a member of the institute's policy committee, and president of Frank C. Nahser Advertising in Chicago. "IT LOOKS LIKE WE COULD help people on a national level," said Leahy. "[But] first we have got to get our own act [on business ethics] together in the university." The establishment of the committee helped to solve this problem, he added. "I feel that DePaul's institute will be one of the leading institutes of its kind in the country," said Banner. "One of the most important [accomplishments] was to put together a course [on business ethics] taught by people in LA&S and accepted by the American Association of Colligate Schools of Business. We had to have a real sensitivity in this," said Leahy. According to Cooke, approximately five other major institutes in the U.S. specialize in business ethics. DePaul's institute will communicate with these five centers and also with other centers focusing on varying aspects of ethics. THE INSTITUTE WILL PUBlicize.itself through use of press releases, workshops, and seminars, said Cooke. "I feel ethics is too good to be left to the ethicist alone. We've got to reach out and touch the lives of everyone involved in business. I hope to see the day when ethics is as important as financial knowledge," said Patrick Keleher, policy committee member and manager of college relations for Illinois Bell Telephone Company. A shift in focus from quantitative to qualitative judgements in the business community also played a key role in beginning the institute, Br. Ryan stated. "There's a strong movement in management educa- Continued on page 4