Students engaged in forum on corporate social responsibility
工商管理學院舉辦辯論比賽 討論企業社會責任

About 80 students participated in a student debate forum entitled “mindXchange” on 13 April 2011 at Hong Kong Baptist University. “mindXchange” is organised by the School of Business to promote students’ active participation in free exchange of ideas on current issues especially related to the timely topics of sustainability, corporate social responsibility and business ethics. This is the second time that such event was organised.

There were two teams made up of university-wide undergraduates, debating for and against the motion of “CSR practice is a luxury that only large corporations can afford”. Then the floor was given time to pose questions to either team. After that, the audience voted to decide the winning team. The event ended at a climax when the voting result was announced calling upon the winner, who argued FOR the motion.

The one-a-half-hour event was a great success with the audience and panelists fully engaging in debating, posing questions and exchanging of ideas. “mindXchange” endeavours to improve student’s English public speaking through thought-provoking topics and to further enhance student involvement in the Business School.

香港浸會大學於二零一一年四月十三日舉行第二次‘mindXchange’英語辯論比賽，吸引約80位學生參加。‘mindXchange’ 是工商管理學院舉辦的一項活動，目的是鼓勵學生積極參與時事討論，特別是有關可持續發展、企業社會責任及商業倫理方面的議題。

比賽正反兩隊成員由浸大學生組成，隊員來自商學院、傳理學院及理學院，辯論題目為：「只有大企業才能奢談及實踐企業社會責任」。除了雙方激烈的辯論外，觀眾亦在答問環節中向比賽隊伍提出了不少富挑戰性的問題。經過一輪唇槍舌劍後，最後由觀眾投票選出正方為優勝隊伍。

參賽者和觀眾在整個比賽過程中都十分投入，對議題作了多角度的分析和交流。‘mindXchange’活動不但加強了學生的思辯能力及改善了他們的演講技巧，亦幫助學生融入學院多姿多采的生活。