About the Competition
Previous Winners: 2024 / 2023 / 2022 / 2021 / 2020
Click on the 2025 video above or view the 2025 Ethics in Action video winners here!
Goal of Video Competition
The CPT is focused on helping individuals identify and respond to ethical dilemmas in their careers. To support this goal, we’re challenging students to create videos that demonstrate the types of challenging ethical dilemmas people could face in their careers.
Videos can end with a thought provoking question that challenges viewers to think about the best solution –OR- videos can showcase the solution they believe would be most appropriate.
Judging Criteria
- Originality: Videos should use original content, not excerpts from existing shows, songs, movies, etc.
- Clarity: Video and audio should be easy to see and hear.
- Relevance: Video addresses an ethical dilemma that is relevant to young business professionals
- Critical Thinking: Videos should display complex ethical dilemmas that require viewers to use critical thinking skills to determine the best solutions. This is in contrast to videos that display ethical issues that have clear right or wrong solutions.
Sample Video Topics
- Conflicts of Interest
- Legal, but Unethical Behavior/Decisions
- Misguided Loyalty
- Gender or Ethnic Group Inequality
- Professional Skepticism
- Competing Values
- Ethical Diversity
- Accountability
- Transparency
Promotion of Video Competition
Instructors! StudentCPT members! If you would like to help spread the word about the Ethics in Action Video Competition, please check out the promo tool kit below.
How to Win
Category 1: Short Film (1-3 Minutes)
- 1st Place Grand Prize: $1,000*
- Runner Up: $500*
- Viewers’ Choice 1st Place: $700*
- Viewers’ Choice Runner Up: $300*
Category 2: Commercials (30-59 Seconds)
- 1st Place Grand Prize: $800*
- Runner Up: $400*
- Viewers’ Choice 1st Place: $500*
- Viewers’ Choice Runner Up: $200*
*Prizes will be distributed in the form of Amazon Electronic Gift Cards.
Entry
This competition is open to undergraduate and graduate students at colleges, junior colleges and universities in the United States and its territories.
Rules and Restrictions
Participants may not use photo, video or audio clips from movies, television shows, songs, soundtracks or any other works that were produced and/or published by other companies or individuals, unless you are using royalty-free stock photo, video and audio clips that you purchased and/or obtained the rights/permission to use. Naturally, there are additional rules you must read, accept and follow in order to participate. Click here to read the rules.