The Student Ethics Competition is jointly sponsored by IEEE Region 5 and the IEEE Ethics and Member Conduct Committee (EMCC). It encourages the study and awareness of professional ethics. Each team must analyze a hypothetical ethical case, prepare and deliver an analysis in a PowerPoint presentation (8-12 minutes), and defend their analysis and recommendations during a Q&A period (5 minute). The analysis and recommendations must be based on the IEEE Code of Ethics.
Eligibility
IEEE Undergraduate and Graduate students, with a current IEEE membership, at universities throughout IEEE Region 5 are invited to compete.
- Team Size: 2 students
- Maximum number of teams: 10
The teams must submit their Intent to Compete form by the deadline to be eligible to compete.
Teams are selected from the submitted pool on a first come first served basis. Selected teams will be notified to register for the R5 conference and participate in the competition. Team substitutions are at the discretion of the competition chair.
The first team from each school to submit an Intent to Compete form will be given preference and subsequent teams submitting an Intent to Compete form from that school will be waitlisted.
If after submitting your team’s Intent to Compete, your team decides it will not be able to compete, please inform the Competition’s Chair as soon as possible so that the next waitlisted team can be accepted into the competition.
Rules & Guidelines
Instructions will be sent out to all accepted and registered teams one week before the competition. The Student Ethics Competition will be conducted and judged according to the IEEE EMCC guidelines (PDF). All teams will receive the same case and a copy of the IEEE Code of Ethics. For examples, see Sample Ethics Cases (PDF). The tentative event day schedule is given below:
- Orientation – 9:00 am
- Preparation – 9:15 to 11:15 am (no outside resources allowed, computer provided)
- Lunch – after Team Preparation Period
- Presentations – 12:00 noon to 3:00 pm (Teams may observe other presentation after their presentation)
The presentations will be open to conference attendees, but only judges may ask questions. The decisions of the judges are final.
Student Registration
If you are interested in competing as a Team:
- You must complete the Intent to Compete form to declare your intention to participate by the Intent to Compete Deadline.
- If you are notified that your team has been accepted to attend the R5 Student Competitions in person, your team members must Register for the conference by the Student Competition Registration Deadline or your team may be removed from the competition and any waitlisted teams will be given the opportunity to compete in your place.
See Registration for information on the registration fees.
Contact
We use Discord as our primary means of communicating updates about individual competitions. Click on the button below to join the R5 Discord Server. Inside the server you can find channels for all the competitions. The competition chairs and volunteers are members of the channel, and will respond to any questions you might have.
We strongly recommend the participants to be part of the Discord server, as all the updates regarding individual competitions will be communicated via their corresponding channels (including during the day of the event).
