ST. GEORGE - Dixie State College's business department will have its final bi-monthly noontime Business and Ethics Forum of the 2007 fall semester Thursday with a presentation on business ethics in health care and human resources by Vicki Wilson, director of human resources at Dixie Regional Medical Center.



The forum will be in the Boeing Auditorium, Room 121, of the DSC Udvar-Hazy Business Building. The public is invited to attend this free event.

Wilson is a graduate of Dixie State College and the University of Utah, where she earned a bachelor's degree in communications. She completed her master's of business administration in health care administration at the University of Colorado.

She has worked for Intermountain Healthcare for 17 years in various human resource leadership roles. Since 2000, Wilson has worked at Dixie Regional Medical Center and has additional human resource responsibilities at two other hospitals in the Southwest Region, including Valley View Medical Center in Cedar City and Garfield Memorial Hospital in Panguitch.

In addition to her HR responsibilities, Wilson oversees Employee Health, Education Department and Volunteer Services at DRMC and serves as vice-chairperson on the DSC Board of Trustees.

The Business and Ethics Forum will be conducted every other Thursday throughout the fall and spring semesters, with each guest lecturer speaking on business matters in their respective professions and how to integrate ethics into the discussion.

The forums will return to its regular bi-monthly schedule during the first week of DSC's spring semester on Jan. 9 with a special evening presentation by Walt Pavlo, director of business development at the Young Entrepreneurs Alliance, a non-profit organization in Maynard, Mass.

The bi-monthly forum, along with campus' Institute for Business Integrity, was created by former DSC President Robert Huddleston. Last year, Dixie State's business program sought initial accreditation with the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business. To become accredited with the AACSB, ethics were required to be integrated into the college's business curriculum. As a result, each business class on the DSC campus now includes an ethics component.

The Dixie State College Institute for Business Integrity is a partnership between the Udvar-Hazy School of Business at Dixie State College, the Small Business Development Center, the Washington County Economic Development Council and the St. George Area Chamber of Commerce.

For questions regarding the DSC Institute for Business Integrity forums, call 652-7740.