Call for Applications: FASPE Business Study Program

The Fellowships at Auschwitz for the Study of Professional Ethics (FASPE) is seeking applications for its Business Study Program. This program in professional ethics and ethical leadership challenges fellows to critically examine constructs, current developments, and issues that raise ethical concerns in their professions.

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Program Overview

FASPE Business Fellows explore the motivations and conduct of businesses and executives that enabled and executed Nazi policies. The program uses these historical examples to help fellows understand their roles and responsibilities as influential individuals in their communities and to confront current ethical issues in business.

Each year, FASPE Business awards fellowships to 13 to 16 graduate business students and early-career professionals. Fellows spend two weeks in Berlin and Poland, visiting key Nazi historical sites and participating in daily seminars led by specialized faculty. The program combines historical context with academic rigor and offers numerous opportunities for creative exchange.

The program was developed in consultation with the University of Virginia Darden School of Business and the FH Wien University of Applied Sciences for Management & Communication in Vienna.

Program Topics

Topics examined include:

• The complicity of German businesses and executives in Nazi policies
• Legal compliance and corporate social responsibility vs. ethical behavior
• The meaning of ethics in business without a code of conduct
• The ethics of technological and business innovations
• Navigating multiple loyalties to stakeholders
• Ensuring motivations align with personal and institutional morals
• Tactics to address ethical issues within corporate institutions

Cost Covered

FASPE covers all program costs, including:

• Roundtrip economy-class airfare from the US to Europe
• All transportation for group travel and activities in Germany and Poland
• All admission fees
• All program materials
• All hotel costs
• All group meal costs
• Pocket money for non-group meals

Eligibility Criteria

Applicants must be actively pursuing a career in business and fit one of the following categories:

• Enrolled in an MBA or MSc program with up to 5 years of prior experience
• Completed an MBA or related graduate degree and be working as a business professional with up to 5 years of experience
• Completed an undergraduate degree and be working as a business professional with up to 5 years of experience

FASPE seeks fellows with diverse interests and backgrounds, including those in various business sectors, non-profits, start-ups, and consulting. Candidates should be at a formative stage of their professional lives, open-minded, self-reflective, demonstrate leadership potential, and have the ability to contribute to the program and alumni community.

FASPE values inclusivity and welcomes applicants of all backgrounds and gender identities. Language requirements include a high level of fluency in English; knowledge of German or Polish is not necessary.

For more information, visit FASPE Business Study Program.

Donor Name: Fellowships at Auschwitz for the Study of Professional Ethics (FASPE)

Grant Size: Not Available

Publish Date: 02-Sept-2024

Deadline Date: 02-Jan-2025