University of Richmond Jepson School of Leadership Studies Awarded $150K Grant for Ethics Education

UNIVERSITY OF RICHMOND — The University of Richmond’s Jepson School of Leadership Studies has been awarded $150,000 from the Richard D. Donchian Foundation to continue and expand the Jepson School’s multifaceted ethics education initiatives. The Donchian Foundation’s investment will support faculty scholarship as well as student learning over the next three years.

“Ethics is at the heart of the Jepson School of Leadership Studies’ approach to leadership education,” said Sandra Peart, dean of the Jepson School. “We are immensely grateful to the Donchian Foundation for its ongoing support of the school.”

Most of the funding will support summer research stipends for faculty working on ethics projects, enabling faculty to pursue innovative research and present or publish ethics-related work for an external audience.

The funding will also support student participation in ethics-related competitions like the Ethics Bowl and the International Leadership Association Case Competition. These competitions offer students the opportunity to apply their ethical reasoning skills in real-world scenarios, preparing them to be thoughtful and effective leaders.

The grant will additionally support faculty and student travel to ethics-related conferences and help sustain the Ethics Working Group, a cross-disciplinary collective of faculty members who are interested in moral philosophy, political theory, and ethics.

The Jepson School of Leadership Studies is the nation’s first-ever undergraduate school of leadership studies. The study of ethics is one of the school’s signature programs.

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