Bloomberg & Beyond: Ethics in Our Economy
Description
Title: Bloomberg & Beyond: Ethics in Our Economy
Date: July 20 - 24, 9 a.m. - 3 p.m.
Instructors: Alicia Rodriguez and Karen Rezach
Location: Bloomberg Lab, Ethics classroom

Description: Economics is the engine that drives our world. This dynamic summer course positions economics as more than just theory—it's the driving force behind every major decision in business, policy, and technology. Students will gain hands-on experience using Bloomberg Terminals, unlocking real-time data to decode market trends and evaluate trade-offs like a Wall Street analyst. Through interactive case studies, talks with industry professionals, and a field trip to the financial district in New York City, students will uncover how economics shapes everything from sustainability to social equity. The course will culminate in a capstone research project where students will leverage cutting-edge Bloomberg analytics to investigate a company's environmental, political, and ethical footprint.

Cost: $1200

Headcount: 12

Instructor Bios:
–Alicia Rodriguez has been teaching mathematics for 20 years and currently serves as the Economics and Finance Coordinator at Kent Place School, where she has taught for the past eight. She was awarded the Princeton Prize for Distinguished Secondary School Teaching in 2022. At Kent Place, she has played a key role in developing the school’s economics and finance curriculum, including the creation and implementation of Portraits of Empowerment, a mission-driven Upper School course integrating ethics, economics, and leadership. She is excited to bring her passion for empowering students through ethical and economic decision-making to this summer program.

–Dr. Karen Rezach joined the Kent Place community in 2000, and is the Founding Director of The Ethics Institute. She has a Master’s in Divinity from Yale University, an EdD from Seton Hall University and is an ordained Episcopal priest. Her doctoral research, Spiritual Leadership as a Model of Effective Leadership in Independent School, explores the ways in which educators can bring values and moral awareness in non-religious ways into a variety of school settings, and was the catalyst for the founding of The Ethics Institute.

Dr. Rezach has over 25 years of experience as an independent school administrator, including Director of the Middle School at Kent Place and Assistant Head of School at St. Philip’s Academy in Newark, NJ. She has been teaching and facilitating workshops on ethics for more than a decade.
Dates:
7/20/2026 - 7/24/2026
Ages:
Grades 9th - 12th
Cost:
$1,200.00
Availability:
Registration will begin on 12/8/2025.