Justice, Equity, Diversity, Inclusion (JEDI) Case Competition

The College of Business will notify teams selected to participate by email on or before Mar 8. Teams must accept the invitation to participate by noon on Mar 10. Competitors will be emailed the case on Mar 13. Teams must deliver their 15- 20-minute presentations at the final competition on Apr 12. 

Student participants who are immediate family members of College of Business employees or live in the same household as an employee, whether or not they related, are eligible to participate but ineligible for a monetary award. 

The competition is subject to all applicable federal, state and local laws. Team members who are under the age of 18 should have their parent or legal guardian’s permission to enter.  

The Diversity Case Committee is composed of seven to 10 committee members and chaired by the Director, Social & Cultural Inclusion. The committee will oversee the program until the final presentation Apr 12. Judges will take on the supervision from there. A panel of judges comprised of College of Business faculty, staff, donors and New Belgium Brewing Company’s senior leadership will select winning teams using predetermined competition evaluation criteria. Judges will select the first-place, second-place and third-place winners based upon the evaluation criteria including, but not limited to, the following: strategic decision making; collaboration and teamwork; effective communication; practical learning. Judges reserve the right not to award prizes should they deem that submissions do not meet the competition criteria. The decisions of the judges are final and binding.  

Winning teams will be notified verbally at the conclusion of the presentations on Apr 12.  If any winning team member is under 18 years old, then their pro rata portion of the award will be awarded to their parent or legal guardian who will be required to fulfill all requirements imposed on winners set forth herein. If a team or team member chooses to decline an award for any reason or fails to abide by these Official Rules, then the prize may be forfeited. If any potential winner fails to comply with all the requirements set forth in these Official Rules, Sponsor reserves the right to disqualify such potential winner. By accepting an award, each winner grants to the College of Business, to Sponsor and to their designee(s) the right to use his or her name, likeness, biographical information, university attended and presentation for purposes of advertising and promotional purposes in any and all media now or hereafter known throughout the world in perpetuity without further notice, permission or compensation, except where prohibited by law. 

By submitting an application, each team and each team member agrees that sponsors shall own the presentation (including all rights embodied therein) and that its designees may edit, publish, use, adapt, modify or dispose of any presentation or portion therein, online, in print, or in any other media now or hereafter known for advertising, promotional, or other purposes throughout the world, in perpetuity, without additional compensation or notification to or permission of the team or team members except as prohibited by law. 

By submitting an application, teams and team members agree to release and hold harmless the College of Business and Colorado State University and its donors/partners and any of their respective affiliates, subsidiaries, advertising and promotion agencies and all others associated with the development and execution of this competition and their respective officers, directors, shareholders, agents and employees (collectively the “Released Parties”) from any and all claims, injuries, damages or losses to the person or property and/or liabilities of any nature that in any way arise from participation in this competition or acceptance or use of a prize. In the event that the competition is compromised by non-authorized human intervention, bugs, virus or other causes beyond the control of the College of Business or Colorado State University which corrupts or impairs the administration, security, fairness or proper play of the competition, College of Business or Colorado State University reserves the right in its sole discretion to modify, suspend or terminate the competition or any portion thereof and/or terminate the participation of any team or team member whose conduct potentially compromises the Competition.