Loose Cannon: The Ethical and the Pragmatic

Recently, visitors checking out MBA programs on GradSchools.com were asked about ethics in business. Eighty eight percent of those surveyed by the online graduate school Web site (http://www.gradschools.com) said business ethics should play a larger part in curriculums than they currently do.

Which means that roughly 12% are going to be eagerly sought by corporate recruiters after they graduate.

I suspect in practice ethics will take more of a backseat in business school education than the original 88% profess to want. A business school education differs from other types, in that classes tend to be led by practitioners.

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