FRONTLINES
QUINLAN SCHOOL OF BUSINESS
ETHICS EXPERT AL GINI
‘Ubuntu’— leadership and others
T
he African concept of Ubuntu means that in a very real sense we are only human through the humanity of others.
Ubuntu is the idea that people are empow- ered by other people, that we become our best selves through unselfish interactions with others. Ubuntu implies that leadership means being a custodian of others. Ubuntu means that a leader should not let his own will, his own needs, supersede the will and the needs of the community. Nelson Mandela’s biographer, Richard
Stengel, writes that Mandela demonstrated true Ubuntu leadership when campaigning to be the first president of South Africa. This campaign, Mandela argued, was not about him. It was about the people and the demo- cratic nation that they would create together and for each other. But in the end, says Sten- gel, Mandela’s greatest act of Ubuntu leader- ship was knowing when to quit. Mandela understood the profoundly selfless truth that leadership cannot and should not be a lifelong office. His commitment to Ubuntu included the principle of both empowering others and knowing when to step down and be replaced by others. One year into his first term, he publically announced that he would not stand for a second term. For Mandela, Ubuntu leadership was al-
ways about service to others. He understood that “his footprints would be the first ones in the sand and that others would follow.” In one of his many interviews with Richard Stengel, Mandela succinctly captured the true spirit of Ubuntu in explaining why he chose to leave the public stage: “Men come and men go. I have come and I will go when my time comes.”
AL GINI IS A PROFESSOR OF BUSINESS ETHICS IN THE QUINLAN SCHOOL OF BUSINESS.
Sister Jean Dolores Smith celebrated 75 years as a BVM in Septem- ber 2012. She has been at Loyola since 1961.
Celebrating 75
The cheerful presence of Sister Jean Dolores Schmidt, BVM, is a constant at Loyola. Sept. 8, 2012, marked Sr. Jean’s 75th anniversary with the Sisters of Charity of the Blessed Virgin Mary. Sr. Jean joined the Loyola community in 1961, and ever since has livened up and inspired Loyola’s campuses in many roles, including her current role as chaplain of the men’s basketball team.
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The University held several events to honor Sr. Jean’s commitment to the Sisters of Charity, BVM, and to the Loyola community. Congratulations, Sr. Jean!
Case competi- tion debuts More than 80 students compet-
ed for cash prizes and the chance to show off their business skills at the first-ever Quinlan Case Compe- tition held October 8. Twenty-five alumni served as judges. The students were charged with
taking classroom knowledge and applying it to a real-world business case—in this instance, CEMEX, a Mexican cement company that dedicates a portion of its business (Patrimonio Hoy) to helping lower income families build their homes. The students received the case on October 3 and had only 100 hours to prepare their presentations. The first place prize of $400/
member went to a team of four ju- niors and one senior—Davi Aragao, Steven Koblinski, Austin Nugent, Robert Ruder, and John Schmidt. Their recommendation was to turn Patrimonio Hoy into a not-for- profit entity. Cash prizes were also awarded to the second- and third- place teams. A special distinction— the Lawrence Metzger Award for Excellence, named in honor of the beloved accounting professor who passed away in October—went to the highest scoring team con- sisting of first- and second-year students.
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COMING SOON!
Phase III of reimagine, the campaign to transform student life, will be completed in spring 2013 with the opening of the Arnold J. Damen, S.J., Student Center.
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