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SQU hosts Pearl Initiative Award ceremony

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MUSCAT: The College of Economics and Political Science (CEPS), Sultan Qaboos University, hosted ‘Peal Initiative Award’ ceremony under the auspices of Dr Saeed bin Mubarak al Muharrami, Member of the State Council, and Associate Professor at the College. Pearl Initiative is a leading independent private sector-led, not-for-profit institution working across the region to influence and improve corporate accountability, transparency and governance. With the support of the Siemens Integrity Initiative, the Pearl Initiative regularly holds case study competitions for business and law students from the leading universities in the Gulf region to do research and submit case studies or corporate good practices.


This year, 35 students from the CEPS participated in the competition along with students from leading universities in the GCC. Speaking on the occasion, Carla Koffel, Executive Director of the Pearl Initiative, expressed her gratitude to SQU’s CEPS for the strong partnership between the two organisations in organising case study opportunities for students. “For the last five years, Pearl Initiative has involved in university students in the research and writing process. So far, more  than 1,000 students from 20 universities in the GCC and 300 companies have participated in this initiative.


“The case studies contain information that the business community across the world, and the region in particular, can benefit from, with adoptable best practices that can be adapted to suit individual corporation’s needs. Regional universities also refer to the report as teaching material,” she said. In his address, Dr Saeed bin Mubarak al Muharrami praised the students from GCC universities who participated in this competition and worked very hard to write good governance case studies about GCC companies.


Students from CEPS, Mariam al Lawati and Rawiya al Harthi, who did their case study about Bank Muscat, came fourth, and Siham al Hadhrami and Zainab al Hinai, who did a case study about PACP, came fifth in the top 10 winners’ list of the GCC wide case study competition.


Damien O’Riordan, Head of Internal Audit, Bank Muscat, gave the keynote address on the occasion.


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