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To learn more about the MBA Oath, look for me on The Street!
By Lauren | July 23, 2009
Starting today, readers who enjoy this blog can also find me featured in the opinion section of TheStreet.com, a leading financial media company whose network of Web sites serves as the premier online destination for all areas where money and life intersect. I’ll be joining Vince Crew, Brad Hall, and Bob Prosen in a new series called “The Innovators,” where we’ll take turns discussing innovation and leadership in corporate America. Lucky me - I got to go first.
For my first piece on TheStreet, I focused on the MBA Oath that 400 Harvard Business School graduates took the day before they accepted their degrees in which, among other things, they promised to “act with utmost integrity” in their management roles. While some in the media have poo-poo’ed the oath as naive or self-serving, I believe that it may represent a shift in values among America’s future executives. The MBA Oath has quickly gone viral, and has been signed by recent graduates of at least 25 business schools. The graduates who signed on may find it difficult to fulfill all of the oath’s requirements all of the time, but they should be commended for taking such a principled stance (especially when so many on Wall Street have seemingly done anything but). These students hope to turn management from a job to a profession - here’s hoping they succeed.
To learn more about the MBA Oath, visit http://www.thestreet.com/story/10550121/1/mba-oath-could-make-a-difference.html. Enjoy!
Topics: Business Ethics, Professional Ethics, business communications, ethics |