Race & Case
Objective
Race & Case challenges graduate business students to apply critical thinking and ethical decision-making to a real-world business case, combined with an alpine ski race, in a premier business ethics case competition.
Description
Overview
Race & Case is a premier graduate business ethics case competition combined with an alpine ski challenge, hosted annually by the Daniels College of Business at the University of Denver. Conceived by Daniels students in 2003 and first held in 2004, it is described as the nation's only competition pairing a business ethics case with a ski race.
Participants
- Open to graduate students; the internal round is for Daniels College of Business graduate students, with the national/international round inviting select schools from around the country.
Team Composition
- Teams of 4 mixed-gender graduate students.
Format
- Teams receive a business case centered on an ethical dilemma prior to the competition.
- Each team presents its recommendations twice, to two separate panels of live judges, in English, typically via PowerPoint.
- The case presentation portion has historically counted for 90% of the final score.
- An alpine ski race, held at a Colorado ski resort (Breckenridge in recent editions), has historically made up the remaining portion of the score.
Notable Details
- Judges are typically senior business professionals from companies partnering with Daniels.
- The event has previously been described as invite-only for select participating schools.
Eligible Schools
American University (Washington DC)
Georgia Tech - Scheller College of Business
Jones Graduate School Of Business - Rice University
Krannert School Of Management - Purdue University
London Business School
Manderson Graduate School Of Business - University Of Alabama
Simon Fraser University
University Of Denver
University Of South Carolina - Darla Moore School Of Business
University of Utah
Vanderbilt Owen Graduate School Of ManagementUniversity of Florida Warrington College of Business, University of Wisconsin, University of South California
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November 01, 2025
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bailee.gardunio@du.edu
University Of Denver
Daniels College of Business, University of Denver
1st Prize: 5,000 $
2nd Prize: 3,000 $
3rd Prize: 2,000 $