Clover High Wins York County Ethics Bowl

April 7, 2008

ROCK HILL, S.C. - Clover High School won the third annual York County Ethics Bowl competition April 4 at Winthrop University.

The event was sponsored by the Students in Free Enterprise Chapter and members of the Management 428 class in Winthrop’s College of Business Administration led by Keith Benson, associate professor of business. Members of the Clover team – Pa Chang, Lauren Hohler, Flint Holbrook, Taylor O'Dell, Kaitlin Pubentz, Amy Sayers, Ethan Wallace – were presented the Weyerhaeuser Cup. Their advisor is Antwon Sutton.

Students were given a scenario ahead of time involving an electronics company that is considering moving its operations to a less-developed country. The students provided possible solutions, and then offered the optimal solutions which met ethical, consumer and business concerns.

Also competing were teams from South Pointe High School and Rock Hill High School. Five judges from Winthrop, area businesses and agencies decided the competition.