Doing the Right Thing
Originally published in the San Jose Mercury News on Feb. 13, 2011.
By Sal Pizarro
Congratulations to San Jose State, which qualified a team for the National Ethics Bowl on March 3 in Cincinnati.
The competition challenges students to analyze ethical problems drawn from real-life and real-work experiences. The Spartans team, coached by philosophy professor Rita Manning, includes political-science students Cassandra Agbayani and James Gold and philosophy students Hiram Alvarez, Aaron Adams, Fiza Najeeb and Duy Nguyen.
The issue they’re tackling right now, though, is how to pay for the trip to Ohio. The team is about $5,000 short and is reaching out to the community for help. If you’re interested in donating, contact Manning at rita.manning@sjsu.edu.
At least you know the money will be put to good use.
It wouldn’t be very ethical of them to do otherwise.