Buncombe County


Junior Achievement hold ethics luncheon


The Junior Achievement (JA)


of Western North Carolina’s 2010 Business Ethics Luncheon, was held March 19 at Grove Park Inn and hosted 160 area students from 20 high schools and over 250 business and community leaders. North Buncombe High


School’s Dr. Sandy Anderson has attended the event with her students the past five years and participated this year with eight of her DECA students. The event is designed to help


foster ethical practices and awareness among students and professionals and encourage open dialogue about critical, often morally-challenging issues. Junior Achievement chooses a


different ethical focus each year. For this year, it has addressed medical ethics and biotechnol- ogy. Renowned biotechnology and health care expert Dr. Ar- thur Caplan served as keynote


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Students engage in a discussion about genetically modified food during a recent Junior Achievement luncheon.


speaker and provided insight into the captivating world of biotech- nology and challenged students and business leaders to delve into topics that impact human life. While advances in biotechnol-


ogy often are seen as beneficial, the ethical issues that accompany these strides encourage great de- bate, including whether there is a difference between the use of cognitive enhancements in ath- letics and academics. Meredith Stone Switzer, execu-


tive director of Junior Achieve- ment of WNC, is appreciative of the tremendous support demon- strated for the event by the com-


munity. “We had our largest luncheon


to date, with 415 attendees. This speaks to the importance that our educators and business com- munity are placing on ethics and the development of our future leaders.


Junior Achievement is


committed to helping our young people become successful in a global economy, but it absolutely must start on a local level,” she said. For more about Junior Achieve-


ment programs, go to jacarolinas. org or call 252-5842.


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