As you can tell from the title of this blog – we are fans of an ethic based curriculum before and after schooling. Today we will focus on the specific applications of ethics training in business schools.
If you are looking to get an undergraduate or an MBA degree – hopefully you will take a [...]
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The following is an excerpt from Professor Julian Friedland’s article, recently published in the Chronicle of Higher Education. It discusses the challenges of teaching business ethics as an academic discipline:
Students who succeed in my classes learn to apply canonical ethical theory to contemporary business dilemmas, wrestling with their values and reconsidering the proper role of [...]
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Ethics and Integrity in the workplace need not start in college, in the MBA graduate program or on the job. By giving a future workforce a headstart it will be easier to re-inforce business ethics training later in life with courses and programs.
Parents and Primary care educators can begin with “Lemonade Stand Lessons” – give [...]
A recent study by a professor at Kansas State University shows a striking gap between what business students rate as crucial to executives and the behavior they themselves exhibit.
For example among the must-have traits – honesty was rated in the top 5 – however in a separate study conducted by the same professor, the vast [...]
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This week Goldman Sach’s announced it was launching a $500 million dollar initiative to help small businesses as an apology for its part in the financial crisis.
As many smart people have pointed out – its not exactly that large an amount as many of those are loans that will carry interest, much of the money [...]
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