An important set of core values underlying balanced excellence are professionalism and high ethical standards, as embodied in our Standards of Professional Behavior and Ethical Standards. As a community of scholars and business professionals, we strive to embody the characteristics of responsibility, honesty, trust, respect, and fairness in our professional and personal lives.
A key component of our core values is excellence in instruction and the resultant enhanced student learning that takes place. We endeavor to be the first choice college of business among public universities in Illinois for high-achieving, motivated students who seek an individualized educational experience with the resources of a large university. The College of Business supports the Illinois State University tradition of excellence in teaching. We attempt to provide a holistic approach to learning, relying on excellent classroom teaching but reaching beyond to provide mechanisms for students to engage faculty, industry and each other through experiential learning and individualized attention.
Another important key component of our core values is a dedication to knowledge creation. Intellectual contributions and the intellectual discipline required of high quality scholarship are directly related to excellence in the classroom and in our service activities. Most of the efforts of the faculty will fall in the area of discipline-based scholarship as currently defined, but we also value intellectual contributions in the areas of interdisciplinary research, learning and pedagogy, and contributions to practice.
A final component of our core values is a commitment to citizenship in and service to our institution, state, and nation. Our commitment to a dynamic global business environment demands that we take an active role, both as individuals and as a college of business, in the institutional and public processes related to our disciplines. We operate in an environment of shared government and we commit ourselves to an active role in campus share government processes.
Goal I. To develop professionals who can provide leadership and contribute to business and society;
Goal II. To be a demographically and intellectually diverse community promoting excellence; and
Goal III. To enhance positive recognition of the College.