When a new crop of future business leaders graduates from the Harvard Business School next week, many of them will be taking a new oath that says, in effect, greed is not good.<\/p>\n
Nearly 20 percent of the graduating class have signed \u201cThe M.B.A. Oath,\u201d\u009d a voluntary student-led pledge that the goal of a business manager is to \u201cserve the greater good.\u201d\u009d It promises that Harvard M.B.A.\u2019s will act responsibly, ethically and refrain from advancing their \u201cown narrow ambitions\u201d\u009d at the expense of others.<\/p>\n
What happened to making money?<\/p>\n
That, of course, is still at the heart of the Harvard curriculum. But at Harvard and other top business schools, there has been an explosion of interest in ethics courses and in student activities \u201d\u201d clubs, lectures, conferences \u201d\u201d about personal and corporate responsibility and on how to view business as more than a money-making enterprise, but part of a large social community.<\/p>\n
I much prefer “the common good,” yet appreciate the effort. Read it all<\/a>.<\/i><\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" When a new crop of future business leaders graduates from the Harvard Business School next week, many of them will be taking a new oath that says, in effect, greed is not good. Nearly 20 percent of the graduating class…<\/span><\/p>\n