The USC Ethics Cup Competition aims to recognize the best written work on ethics by undergraduate USC students. Papers can be a discussion of a current ethical issue, or a critical case analysis of recent ethics violations in a professional field (engineering, business, health sciences, law, politics, etc.).

The contest will award a cash prize to an overall winner, as well as winners in the following categories:

• Organization(al) Ethics: Ethical issues focused on the functioning of any organization (business, government, social, etc.)
• Ethics Across Borders: Moral problems with an international focus
• Professional Ethics: Examination of the ethical component of a profession, or of a specific ethical problem faced by members of the profession
• Social Justice: Critical analysis of a moral issue of primarily social significance

SUBMISSION INSTRUCTIONS:

• Format: MS-Word document (.doc or .docx)
• Proper in-text referencing (MLA or APA) and a Works Cited page
• A title
• Include the following information in the body of the email:
  • Your full name, email, cell phone number, and USC student ID number
  • Your Major/Minor and year
  • The contest category you believe is most appropriate for your essay
  • A title
  • A permission to publish statement: in case you win, your paper will be featured on this website (you also will receive a cash prize!)

Winners will be announced as part of the Undergraduate Writers' Conference Awards Banquet March 28, 2012.

SUBMISSION DEADLINE: March 7, 2012, 5 PM

To submit your essay email usclevan@usc.edu

Please be sure that no identifying information is included on your submitted essay.