October 2005

Features
Fox Undergraduate RMI Program Ranks in Top 10, IB Program in Top 20
Rajiv D. Banker Appointed Stanley Merves Chair of Accounting and Information Technology
Comcast Founder to be Honored at 9th Annual Musser Awards • November 2
MBA Redesign Incorporates Real Learning
New Ethics Curriculum Launched
Research
In Business, It Pays to be a “Good Guy,” Shows the Research of Professor David Reeb
Era of Choice is Subject of Ed Rosenthal's New Book
Leadership
Leadership Academy Lets High School Students Experience Fox Business School
Boot Camp Prepares Fox MBAs for Leadership
Entrepreneurship
October 28 • Entrepreneurship In the Arts: From Talent to Venture
November 15 • The Real Deal: Funding Strategies for Early Stage Biotechnology Companies
Healthcare
November 11 • The Impact of Pharmaceutical Advances on Healthcare Delivery
Alumni
Fun for all at the Fifth Annual Fete Along the Beach!
Corporate Speaker Series Welcomes Joe Petro '66
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Fox Undergraduate RMI Program Ranks in Top 10, IB Program in Top 20
The undergraduate risk management and insurance (RMI) program of Temple University’s Fox School of Business and Management has been ranked No. 7 in the nation and the school’s international business (IB) program has been ranked No. 16 out of more than 400 programs in the nation by U.S. News and World Report.
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Rajiv D. Banker Appointed Stanley Merves Chair of Accounting and Information Technology
The Fox School announces the appointment of Rajiv D. Banker as the Stanley Merves Chair of Accounting and Information Technology.

Banker will be the first Fox School professor to hold this prestigious chair, which was endowed by Stanley Merves (Fox ’51), CEO of America Collex. Merves is also one of the founding shareholders of The Franklin Mint, where he introduced innovative accounting standards for accurately and fairly reporting a company’s position to its investors.
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Comcast Founder to be Honored at 9th Annual Musser Awards • November 2
Ralph J. Roberts, founder of Comcast Corporation will receive the ninth annual Musser Award for Excellence in Leadership on November 2 at an awards dinner and ceremony presented by Temple’s Fox School of Business and Management.

Roberts was selected for The Fox School’s most prestigious award because of his outstanding entrepreneurial vision, business success and humanitarian endeavors.
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MBA Redesign Incorporates Real Learning
Globalization, rapid advances in information technology and entrepreneurship. At breakneck speed, these trends are helping to shape our global economy. In response, The Fox School of Business and Management has significantly revised its nationally ranked full- and part-time MBA programs by redesigning courses, increasing the rigor, adding real-world learning and incorporating an emphasis on leadership, teamwork and communication skills.
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New Ethics Curriculum Launched
Meet Brian, a young, mildly successful middle manager at a private equity firm. Fresh-faced and eager to succeed, Brian is one day asked to hide some non-business expenses incurred by his boss from the firm’s auditors. On one hand, Brian weighs the ethical and legal concerns. On the other, he weighs the promises given him of benefits and advancement if he plays ball.

These were the questions posed to business students on Aug. 30 when The Fox School of Business kicked off its new ethics curriculum.
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