Irvine Chamber Holds Ethics Forum at Local Middle School

IRVINE, Calif., Oct. 13, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- For the past five years, the Irvine Chamber of Commerce's Education Committee has joined with local Irvine high schools to present an Ethics Forum and Workshop for students.  This event brings together the Irvine business and education communities in a unique and interesting way, introducing students to the world of business and the importance of ethical decision-making throughout everyday life.

This year the annual Ethics Forum is being expanded and brought to the middle school level. "We feel ethical decision making is important throughout life and the lessons learned during these forums would be valuable starting earlier in a student's life," said Tallia Hart, President and CEO of the Irvine Chamber of Commerce.

The next Ethics Forum will be held at the Southlake Middle School located at 655 West Yale Loop Irvine, CA 92614 on Tuesday, November 8, 2011.  Media representatives are invited to join the Irvine Chamber of Commerce as it teams up in full support with volunteer business facilitators, Irvine Chamber members, the school administration, their teachers as well as the students that morning at 7:30 a.m.-9 a.m. 

The event will be set up to facilitate several round-table discussions as the entire group works through a curriculum packet designed specifically for this school.  This packet will cover two different ethical dilemmas.  Each table of six students, facilitated by a local businessperson, will come up with a response to the dilemmas and selected tables will share their response with the group. 

For more information on the program, please contact: Victor DiCarlo Tel: 949.660.9112 ext. 128.

About Irvine Chamber

The Irvine Chamber of Commerce represents just under 1,000 local companies and is a premier business member organization dedicated to serving as advocates for pertinent issues affecting the local business community, while serving as a vehicle to promote business and community development in Irvine. For more information about the Irvine Chamber of Commerce, please call 949-660-9112, or visit www.irvinechamber.com.

SOURCE Irvine Chamber of Commerce