Category Archives: Past Blogs/Features
2025 StudentCPT Leadership Conference in Philadelphia, PA
The NASBA Center for the Public Trust (CPT) will host the 2025 StudentCPT Leadership Conference (SLC) in Philadelphia, PA, from June 23-25, 2025. In conjunction with the NASBA Eastern Regional Meeting, up to three student leaders per institution, depending on tier status, will be sponsored to attend the SLC. Peers from across the globe will…
Join the Ethics in Action Video Competition
Have you ever faced an ethical dilemma where the right thing to do was unclear? Ethical dilemmas occur every day in business. In these situations, knowing the right thing to do can be difficult because all choices can have undesirable consequences. The NASBA Center for the Public Trust (CPT) is focused on helping individuals identify…
StudentCPT in the New Year
The new year is upon us and as the spring semester beings, we must remember the role ethics play in both the classroom and professional settings. The purpose of the Student Center for the Public Trust (StudentCPT) is to provide educational meetings and activities to enhance students’ understanding of business ethics. It is important to…
Instructor’s Guide to the Ethical Leadership Certification Program (ELCP)
Are you an educator who is interested in providing ethical leadership training opportunities to your students? The Ethical Leadership Certification Program (ELCP) is an online tool that helps college students identify ethical issues, learn how to respond to ethical dilemmas and enhance their ethical decision-making abilities. This program also helps students build their resumes and…
You’re Invited: The 2025 Golf Classic!
You are invited! The NASBA Center for the Public Trust (CPT) Golf Classic returns to The Hermitage Golf Course in Nashville, TN. Join the CPT on May 13, 2025, for a day of golfing, philanthropy and fun. Proceeds raised from the 2025 Golf Classic will support the CPT’s mission of developing, empowering and promoting ethical…
A Note of Gratitude from the CPT
With the holiday season in full swing, the NASBA Center for the Public Trust (CPT) wanted to take the opportunity to thank everyone who contributed to this year’s annual fundraiser, Ethics Feud: The Battle for Ethical Leaders. The fundraiser event took place during NASBA’s 117th Annual Meeting in Orlando, FL. Two teams comprised of CPT…
The CPT Co-Hosts 19th Annual Audit Conference
The NASBA Center for the Public Trust (CPT) once again partnered with Baruch College Zicklin School of Business to co-host the 19th Annual Ensuring Integrity Audit Conference. More than 165 professionals attended the conference held on December 3, 2024, on Baruch’s Midtown Manhattan (NY) campus. The Ensuring Integrity Conference is a one-day conference where topics…
Lead with Integrity Ethics 101: John Stuart Mill, Utilitarianism
So far, in this series we’ve covered the importance of character and the importance of duty in acting morally. This ethics 101 entry will focus on John Stuart Mill and utilitarianism. The Theory As one might guess, utilitarianism is a theory based on utility and is often colloquially referred to as the complicated calculus of…
Lead with Integrity Ethics 101: Immanuel Kant
The first blog in this series focused on Aristotelian virtue ethics, which can be summed up in saying that it is the character of the actor, developed through time and experience, that fundamentally makes an act moral. This installment will focus on Immanual Kant and how he believed almost the exact opposite. Kant lays out…
Podcast Highlights – Standout Advice
Viable leadership is true and sustainable leadership. You become a viable leader when you act and lead with ethics and integrity. When you prioritize ethics in leadership, the people you interact with will know and understand that you are trying to make the best decisions that impact stakeholders in a positive way. Over the course…