Will wonders never cease?
Just the other day, Babson (Babson Full-Time MBA Profile) announced that it was adopting the Principals for Responsible Management Education, a framework for advancing the cause of corporate social responsibility. It says, among other things, that adherents to the principals will strive to produce grads who generate “sustainable value for business and society” and create curricula that include “effective learning experiences for responsible leadership.”
Now along comes the New York Times, with the news that about 160 graduating MBAs at Harvard Business School (Harvard Full-Time MBA Profile) have signed a pledge to act ethically as managers and “serve the greater good.” The MBA Oath requires signers to “act with utmost integrity and pursue my work in an ethical manner,” and avoid “decisions that advance my own narrow ambitions but harm the enterprise and the societies it serves.”