Race
&
Business Ethics
Johannesburg
Paul T. Harper, PhD
Pitt Business Associate Dean of Inclusion, Engagement & International Affairs
University of Pittsburgh
pth6@pitt.edu
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RBE South Africa Course Structure
3 credit course
6-week Summer I term
2 weeks in Johannesburg, South Africa
May 2-13 in-country
3 x 2.5-hour post-trip lecture sessions
1 session per week
630-900pm EST
Synchronous via zoom
Mixture of RBE-Pittsburgh [BUSENV1757] topics and assignments
Final presentations
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Learning Objectives:
Leveraging Place-Based learning model to enhance student knowledge and sensitivity to issues of diverse racial identity and cultural traditions
Providing a transformative cohort experience for student leaders
Deepening students’ capacity for cross cultural leadership development
Presenting both the historical and emerging challenges that business leaders must navigate
Extending the successful insights of the Pittsburgh-based version of the course [BUSENV1757] into the Global Context
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Place-based course design
Why?
Creating the context for intellectual openness, vulnerability, and humility
Experiencing the brute reality of contested histories
Holding leaders accountable to the past, present and future
Why Johannesburg, South Africa?
Racial Consciousness
Truth and Reconciliation Commission
Attitudes of the Freeborns
University Partnerships
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Highlight Experiences may include:
Conversations with civil rights leaders relating to intercultural dialogue and conflict resolution
Lecture(s) by local business ethics professors
Corporate visits and networking with South African business professionals from across different sectors
Touring significant political, cultural sites, including:
Mandela House, Apartheid Museum, Hector Peiterson Museum, Victoria Yards, and Constitution Hill
Visit to Nando’s Headquarters
Safari in Pilanesberg State Park
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Satisfies CBA Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion course requirement
Satisfies a portion of the elective requirements for the CBA major in Human Resources Management
Satisfies a portion of the elective requirements for the CBA Certificate Program in Leadership & Ethics
Satisfies a portion of the CBA Humanities course elective requirement
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Financial Information
Total Costs of program
$5800 in state
$6000 out-of-state
Estimated additional costs
$2500 (approx.) airfare and personal expenses
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Available Scholarship Support (competitive)
$1000 Intercultural Project Scholarship
Nationality Room scholarships
Deadline: Dec 1, 2023
$5000 Wendell Wray Award
$1000 Betty Tillman Award
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Enrollment Restrictions
Interested students cannot have taken CBA Race & Business Ethics BUSENV1757 (or be currently enrolled)
Registration status at by Summer Term 2024 must be rising 2nd Year
No school-based restriction, e.g., open to all PITT undergraduate students who satisfy the first two requirements
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Apply today @ https://abroad.pitt.edu/RaceandEthics
For Program & Scholarship information
Prof Paul T. Harper: pth6@pitt.edu
For cost and financial aid info
Phil Hnatkovich: phil.hnatkovich@pitt.edu
My Motivations
In this short video, Prof. Harper reveals his motivations for designing and teaching the new Race & Business Ethics summer study abroad course.
My Story, My Song
In this short video, Prof. Harper discusses relevant points in his biography.
Related Discussion Themes
In the short video, Prof. Harper discusses course themes and content JoburgRBE has in common with the Pittsburgh-based version of the course offered during the school year.
Stakeholder Perspective on JoburgRBE
In this video, Carlton Scott discusses the history of Pittsburg's Intercultural House and how the Africa Business Initiative programs fit the ICHs profile for support.
Intercultural Dialogue Matters!
Carlton Scott, Exec Director of The Intercultural House a Pittsburgh-based Foundation that financially supports the Race and Business Ethics Johannesburg Study Abroad course, discussing the value proposition for the student.
Jen’s Africa Journey
Jen Petrie-Wyman, Associate Director of Strategic Initiatives at Pitt Business, is serving as the staff leader for JoBurgRBE. In this video she discusses what attracted her to the course and shares her thoughts about her previous trips to the Continent.
The Timeliness of Race & Business Ethics
Jen Petrie-Wyman, Associate Director of Strategic Initiatives at Pitt Business, shares her reflections on Race & Business Ethics during its first semester in the Fall of 2020. The course creation was motivated by the murder of George Floyd Jr. in May, 2020.