Developing Leaders and Responsible Global Citizens
What is GELS
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Global Ethical Leaders Society
GELS is a student-run organization that provides
students the opportunity to become campus and
community leaders as they learn how to be
responsible global citizens
GELS Mission
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To promote ethical leadership on issues ranging
from:
environmental ethics
 economic and social justice
 conflict resolution and humanitarian intervention
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Play an active role in promoting moral progress
internationally
Benefits of being a GELS
member
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Mentoring and resources to develop leadership and moral reasoning
skills
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Screenings and discussions of films with ethical themes
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Guest lectures and panel discussions on topics chosen by the students
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Special access to Inamori Center-sponsored speakers and events
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Potential funding for projects concerning ethical leadership, including
research, study abroad, and experiential learning
Funding for trips to student conferences on leadership and/or ethics
…and additional opportunities and programs designed by GELS
members themselves!
GELS in Action
Trip to El Salvador
GELS members, with funding support from the Inamori Center,
traveled to El Salvador to serve as official election observers
for that country’s first significant, contested Presidential
election in 17 years.
GELS in Action
2009 Inamori Ethics Prize Winner
GELS members had the opportunity to personally meet the
2009 Inamori Ethics Prize winner, The Honorable Mary
Robinson, during a private student reception.
GELS in Action
Research Fellow
GELS member Elizabeth Phillips was the Inamori
Center’s first Research Fellow. She conducted
research on ethical issues in emergency health
care in the U.S., Costa Rica, Japan, and Europe.
GELS in Action
Christmas in Russia
Colleen Hosler, a Case Western Reserve University second-year sociology
major from Pittsburgh, spent her winter holiday working with disabled
orphans in Dmitrov, Russia, during the Russian Orthodox Christmas.
GELS in Action
USNA Leadership Conference
Sponsorship from the Inamori Center provided three GELS members the
opportunity to attend the USNA National Leadership Conference, Leadership
Under Stress: Transforming Crises into Opportunities, at the US Naval Academy
in Maryland. Another GELS student was funded to attend the USAFA National
Character and Leadership Symposium.
GELS in Action
School in Nepal
GELS member Zach Kloos travelled to Nepal to help
support a Nepali non-governmental organization
called the Good Neighbor Service Association
(GONESA) in building a new kindergarten.
GELS in Action
Internships
GELS member Lauren Geisser, with funding
support from the Inamori Center, spent last
summer serving as an intern working on a
global initiative to stop the mistreatment of
women worldwide and encourage
international compliance with the CEDAW
(Convention on the Elimination of all forms of
Discrimination Against Women).
This summer, GELS member,
Monica Schager is interning at
the Woodrow Wilson Center,
and GELS member David Stute
is interning with Ohio Senator
Sherrod Brown.
The Future of GELS
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Possible future competition in the inter-collegiate
Ethics Bowl
Internships with community leaders, corporate ethics
officers, etc.
The chance to host student conferences on global
ethical leadership
GELS chapters all over the world!
Why GELS?
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The distances that used to divide different cultures have
collapsed through the development of modern
transportation, information technology, and
interdependent markets.
Isolationism is no longer possible, nor is it a desirable
strategy.
We need one another to survive and flourish and to
resist shared threats to our environment, health, security,
human rights and the global economy.
We need to be responsible global citizens and lead
others by our example.
The Inamori International Center
for Ethics & Excellence and GELS
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It is the mission of the Inamori International Center
for Ethics and Excellence that inspired the
establishment of GELS to stimulate the growth of
responsible global leaders while facilitating their
experiential learning and giving them the tools they
need for future ethical endeavors.
Upcoming Events at the
Inamori Center
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2010 Inamori Ethics Prize awarded to Stan Brock,
founder of Remote Area Medical
 September
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1, 2010 @ 12:30PM
2010 International Peace & War Summit
 October
26 – 30, 2010
Please visit our website at
http://www.case.edu/provost/inamori