University of Zimbabwe Wins Ethics Contest

University of Zimbabwe

University of Zimbabwe students last week won this year's Ethics and Transparency initiative competition held in Harare. The UZ team beat 8 other universities which participated namely Africa University, Bindura University of Science Education, Chinhoyi University of Technology, Harare Institute of Technology, Midlands State University, National University of Science and Technology, Solusi University, University of Zimbabwe and Women's University in Africa.

The team, which is also the reigning BOOST-Enactus National Champions walked away with a Canon 550D Camcorder.

The team's president Mr Garikai Hoto said the competition was a stepping stone towards instilling an element of responsibility among the students since they are the leaders of tomorrow.

"The competition was stiff and it managed to instil a mentality of responsibility and the will power among the students to keep developing the communities that they hail from and to us it was a welcome development.

"The competition might not have looked serious but it managed to bring out the potential in many students and we would like to express our sincere gratitude to the organisers of the competition," he said.

"We have been able to go out to the communities to address the themes of corporate governance and business ethics especially in SME's and other small businesses in our capacity as students."

The BOOST programme director Ms Tanatsa Mparadzi applauded the dedication shown by the students towards addressing good business ethics and corporate social responsibility in their communities.

"Great thanks and acknowledgement go to Delta Corporation for making the initiative and the competition possible. The BOOST-Enactus teams and the BOOST team have great appreciation for the support from the Delta team.

"They have been phenomenal in their support throughout the initiative and for their assistance and hard work leading towards the competition," she said

She added that besides winning prizes, the students had learnt some lessons.

"The true purpose of the competition will carry on through the work that the BOOST-SIFE teams do in their respective communities and projects, that is, empowering those in need around them," she said.

Other winners included Bindura University of Science Education, which was second and won the thematic award given to the team that understood and applied the theme well. They won a HP Laser Jet-Pro printer and Midlands State University who were third walked away witha a Lenovo laptop.

The theme for the 2013 competition was "Ethics and Corporate Governance". For the first time the universities were required to conduct research on Delta products focusing on an area of their choice. The aim of the research paper was for the students to gain a better understanding of Delta as an organisation. For the research papers Women's University in Africa had the best paper and they won a Lenovo laptop.