Dear Friends,
Please see below for information about the biathlon.
The World’s Most Intellectually Daunting Biathlon From 1996 to 2007, IBECC included an optional academic/athletic biathlon connected with the LMU 5K/10K Run for the Bay. The point of the run was to do some tangible good for other people (we donated the proceeds of the race to a local charity), to help students learn about the connection between mind and body, and to honor LMU’s commitment to the “education of the whole person.” Winners of the biathlon were determined by combining the presentation score with the team’s performance in the run. This has always been the most unpredictable part of IBECC because, based on their performance on the presentation, even teams of walkers can do well in the biathlon. Once the competition migrated to different locations, the biathlon became impractical. However, holding IBECC in Cambridge gives us an opportunity to bring back a version of this event. In the spirit of our original LMU Run for the Bay, we hope that students participating in the biathlon will help us raise money for a local charity. This year, funds will go to the Hopkinton Center for the Arts http://hopartscenter.org/. Believing that he should never ask students to do something he isn’t willing to do himself, Professor Thomas White, founder and director of IBECC, is running the 2016 Boston Marathon two days before IBECC to raise funds for the HCA. Accordingly, we’re asking each runner or walker to ask a few friends (5 would be ideal) to donate $5 for each of the four miles ($20) he or she will cover. To qualify for a biathlon award, a team must raise at least $200.
(Donations can be made through https://www.crowdrise.com/ibecc2016biathlonforthehopkintoncenterforthearts1/fundraiser/thomaswhite2)
In addition to the biathlon awards, described below, there will be a prize of $100 per member for the team that raises the most. Donations must be received by Wednesday, April 13. When donations are made, please send an email to donations@ibecc.net with the amount and team to be credited. (A page reporting on team donations is in the process of being designed.)
There will be two ways for a team to be eligible for the biathlon awards,
Run/Walk division.
First, at least two members of a team run or walk a four-mile, out-and-back route that goes along the Charles River. (See https://theibecc.net/2016-competition/biathlon/ for a map of the course.) This will be conducted as a time trial throughout Thursday, April 21, and Friday morning, April 22. (That is, you’ll be running against the clock.) Once we set the schedule for the presentations, students will sign up for starting times for the time trial. Runners/walkers will be loaned a GPS watch, which will record time and distance. Scores will be based on finishing place in gender. If more than two team members do the time trial, we’ll use the top two scores. These will be combined, and, in order to encourage maximum participation, adjusted according to the percentage of the team that participates. Teams will then be ranked to give us a run/walk team score. The run/walk team score will be combined with the presentation score for a “run/walk biathlon score.” (See https://theibecc.net/2016-competition/biathlon/biathlon-scoring-illustrated/ for an illustration of the scoring). If anyone on the team is physically unable to do this, the team will not be penalized. The 4-mile course is technically wheelchair accessible, but note that it has a steep ramp and some uneven surfaces.)
Tourist division
Teams may also qualify for a “tourist” division of the biathlon by covering at least 8,000 steps between Wednesday evening and Friday noon. (We’ll lend you a pedometer.) This is the equivalent of 4 miles and can be easily accomplished by sightseeing in Boston and Cambridge. At least two team members must participate. In order to encourage maximum participation, the team score in this division will be determined by total number of steps of the top two members of the team multiplied by the percentage of people on the team who participated. Teams will then be ranked to give us a tourist team score. The tourist team score will be combined with the presentation score for a “tourist biathlon score.” Biathlon awards. All participants in the run/walk division will receive a T-shirt and hydration pack. Members of the two teams with the highest “Biathlon run/walk scores,” and the five men and five women with the fastest run/walk times will receive awards. Prizes will also go to the members of an additional two teams chosen at random.
All participants in the tourist division will receive a T-shirt. Members of the top two “tourist” division teams will receive awards.
Please register for the biathlon at https://ibecc.wufoo.com/forms/2016-ibecc-biathlon-registration/.
Thank you, and please let us know if you have any questions!
Best,
Thomas White, Ph.D.
Conrad Hilton Chair in Business Ethics
IBECC Founder
Center for Ethics and Business
Loyola Marymount University
twhite@ibecc.net
310-338-4523
Kirsten Scanlin
Director, IBECC Operations
Senior Associate Director, Center for Ethics and Business Center for Ethics and Business Loyola Marymount University
Kirsten.scanlin@lmu.edu
310-338-2321
International Business Ethics Case Competition (IBECC)
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