2023
Host: Loyola Marymount University, Los Angeles (competition held online April 10-14).
UM Teams and Topics: The UM Ethics Society fielded two teams in the International Business Ethics and Sustainability Case (IBESCC) Competition. The "Madini Consulting" graduate student team won the 90-second business sustainability competition. Both the graduate and undergraduate teams presented on "use of mineral components like cobalt in Apple’s products, and the efforts to move away from diesel in heavy-duty trucks from legal, ethical, financial, and sustainable perspectives."
UM Herbert Business School report
IBESCC Website
2023 UM Undergraduate Team: Armeen Khazraee, André Benicio, Joaquín Martínez, and Sydney Rothka
2022
Host: Loyola Marymount University, Los Angeles (competition held online April 6-8).
UM Teams and Topics The UM Ethics Society fielded two teams in the International Business Ethics and Sustainability Case (IBESCC) Competition. The "Tethys Consulting" team won first place in the 25-minute, 10-minute and 90-second presentations on the topic of sustainable and economically viable water sourcing. The "Phoenix Group" won first place in the 25-minute competition, second place in the 10-minute event and second place in the 90-second presentation on on financial and ethical benefits of a waste disposal method.
UM Herbert Business School report
IBESCC Website
UM's winning debaters: Joaquin Martinez, Snigdha Sama, Jack Brixius, Lauren Colaco, Margarita Sinko, Danielle Ojeda, Rohan Tharaney, Hanah Raveh and Alec Studnik.
2021
Host: Loyola Marymount University, Los Angeles (competition held online April 8-9).
UM Teams and Topics: The UM Ethics Society fielded two teams in the International Business Ethics and Sustainability Case (IBESCC) Competition: The Amet Consulting team, led by Deven Reyes, Daniel Menendez, Jaimee Getty, Aidan Flint and Gabriella Pergament, and the Vulcan Solutions team, led by Ali Mirza, Margarita Sinko, Hanna Raveh and Alec Studnik. Amet Consulting earned first place in its division in two presentation categories on the topic “Ruse or Reality: Tesla’s Road to a Sustainable Future" for the 25-minute presentation and the 10-minute presentation. Vulcan Solutions tied for first place in its division in the 25-minute presentation on the topic “Building with Zero.”
UM Herbert Business School report
IBESCC Website
2020
Host: Loyola Marymount University, Los Angeles (this year's competition was online)
UM Teams: The UM Ethics Society fielded two teams in the International Business Ethics and Sustainability Case Competition and each placed 1st in its division in the "10-Minute Case Competition." Team 1 was led by the Ethics Society Vice President, Patrick Bauer, and included three other students from the Miami Herbert Business School: Katharina Auster, Daniel Menendez Lopez, and Gerianna Villanueva. UM Team 2 was led by the Society’s Debate Chair, Ali Mirza, and comprised Alec Studnik, Lauren Colaco, and Carina Landgraf.
Presentation Topics: Speed, Security, and Espionage: Cisco Challenges Huawei in the Race to 5G" and "Climate Activism and Sustainable Supply Chains"
IBESCC Website
2019
Host: Loyola Marymount University, Los Angeles
UM team placed 1st in 90-second round
Presentation Topic: "Pacemakers: The Heart of the Problem?"
IBESCC Website
2019 UM Team: Christina Jayaraj, Shravya Jasti, Ali Mirza, Patrick Bauer
2018
Venue: Boston
Presentaion Topic: "Smartphone: Servant or Master?"
UM Team: Patrick Bauer, Akshata Gunda, Emilio Hospedales, and Sagar Sharma
IBESCC Website
2017
Venue: Santa Monica
UM team: placed 2nd in 90-second competition
Presentation Topic: "Big Pharma, Big Karma: Price-gouging in the Epi-Pen industry"
IBESCC Website
