Core Values in Action

Teamwork Excellence Leadership Integrity Community

Teamwork

We create at UNC Kenan-Flagler a unique atmosphere of collaboration, mutual support and genuine interest in each other's success. Our diverse mix of cultures, races and experiences provides a variety of perspectives and talents that, when united through teamwork, strengthens our ability to achieve our goals.

• UNC Kenan-Flagler Curriculum: Designed to integrate and cross disciplines, our curriculum is based on teamwork and uses a number of pedagogical methods, including case study, lecture, simulations and integrative exercises.
• Diversity at UNC Kenan-Flagler

Excellence

We, the members of the UNC Kenan-Flagler community, strive for the very highest standards in everything that we do. We challenge each other to produce important new knowledge at the leading edge of our disciplines, to create an intellectually rigorous learning environment and to show uncompromising dedication to those we serve.

• Case Competition Success: In November 2007 a group of students won $20,000 for first place in the Global Innovation Case Competition at Darden School of Business.
• MBA Program Rankings: UNC Kenan-Flagler is consistently ranked as one of the top business schools across the major ranking publications.

Leadership

In the 18th century, the people of North Carolina founded UNC, the first state university in the nation. In the 20th century, UNC created one of the nation's first schools of business. In the 21st century, we will build on our heritage by providing innovative leadership in education and research and by inspiring and developing the leaders of the future.

• The Leadership Initiative: Complementing our existing leadership course offerings, we offer a series of activities designed to accelerate our students’ development of leadership skills.
• UNC Kenan-Flagler Faculty: Our faculty are extremely accessible and renowned for their rigorous research.

Integrity

We cultivate an environment of honesty, sincerity and trust in which we hold ourselves to the highest ethical standards. We believe integrity is the foundation of all moral character and is an essential trait for truly successful professional and personal lives.

• Required Ethics Course: While other schools offer Ethics courses as an elective, all UNC Kenan-Flagler MBAs take Ethics during their first year as part of the core curriculum.
• Graduate Honor Court: The business school joins the graduate and professional programs of law, dentistry, pharmacy and medicine with its own student-run honor court.

Community

From its earliest days, UNC Chapel Hill has honored and cherished its special responsibility to serve the people of North Carolina. We at UNC Kenan-Flagler extend this notion of responsibility to include service to the nation and the world through research, teaching and community leadership.

• Kenan-Flagler Habitat for Humanity Project: This project brings together students, faculty and staff from across the School and all its programs, to work together in service to the community.
• Durham Scholars Program: The Durham Scholars program pairs Durham, North Carolina’s poorest children with MBA students as after-school mentors and provided college scholarships.