International Business Fellows Colloquium

(1.5 Credit Hours) · Undergraduate

The International Business Fellows is being offered for the third time as a course affiliated with and organized by the Business Ethics and Society Program at the Mendoza College of Business. This course recognizes a select number of undergraduate students who are interested in global affairs, want to explore the nature of honorable business within our globalized world, and who seek to explore the ethical and professional challenges and opportunities for pursuing business as a force for good in the international context(s). International Business Fellows will be encouraged to participate in the activities of the Business Ethics and Society program beyond the Colloquium. In addition, International Business Fellows are expected to enroll each semester in the 1.5 credit International Business Fellows Colloquium, which meets once weekly and provides an opportunity for small-group discussion, close interaction with distinguished faculty and/or business leaders, as well as dinner. As a conclusion to the last two offerings of this course, the participants of the Colloquium were given the opportunity to participate in an international immersion experience to Poland. The trip made possible for students to interact with business leaders and politicians, and explore the challenges and opportunities of business in one of Europe’s fastest growing economies, as well as exploring business in a post-communist free market economy within the context of Catholic Social Thought and the influence of Pope St. John Paul II. While there is no guarantee that participants of this colloquium would be able to once again travel for such an experience, we are actively exploring this possibility and hope to offer it as an option as details emerge. The immersion experience will be contingent upon funding.