Management can never be a profession
(September, 2010). Richard Barker, a former MBA Director at Cambridge University’s Judge Business School, argues that since management is not a profession and cannot become one, trying to make business schools into professional schools, particularly by creating a code of ethics for MBAs who are more accountable to society, is perpetuating a false analogy.
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The Case Against the Case Against Corporate Social Responsibility
(September, 2010). In response to the August Wall Street Journal article by Aneel Karnani, Professor of Strategy at the University of Michigan's Stephen M. Ross School of Business, Tim Mohin, Director of Corporate Responsibility at AMD opines that CSR is not only a good idea but necessary.
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Net Impact Releases 2010 Business as UNusual Guide
(August, 2010). Net Impact's annual Business as UNusual guide gives copious information on what business programs are doing to prepare students for careers that make a positive impact on the world, including program curricula, activities, career services, and more.
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Promises Aren't Enough: Business Schools Need to Do a Better Job Teaching Students Values
(August, 2010). Yale School of Management professors Rodrigo Canales, B. Cade Massey, and Amy Wrzesniewski argue that the MBA Oath, while inspiring, is insufficient to ensure the ethical behavior of MBA graduates. Instead, business schools should ensure their graduates are prepared for ethical "moments of truth."
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The Case Against Corporate Social Responsibility
(August, 2010). Aneel Karnani, Professor of Strategy at the University of Michigan's Stephen M. Ross School of Business, argues that the idea that companies have a responsibility to act in the public interest and will profit from doing so is fundamentally flawed.
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The Accreditation Agencies' Role in “Creating Globally Responsible Leaders”
(August, 2010) In part two of Giselle Weybrecht's look into ensuring the next generation of globally responsible leaders, the London Business School MBA graduate takes a look into the input that official bodies have on shaping the future of sustainability in MBA programs.
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A Green Project in Lebanon
(August, 2010). Brooke Anderson of the Chronicle of Higher Education discusses the American University of Beirut's environmental efforts, a rare example of sustainability in the region.
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New Voluntary Code of Research Integrity to Promote Academic Honesty
(August, 2010) New international guidelines and a voluntary code on research integrity are being drawn up as a result of consultations at the Second World Conference on Scientific Integrity held in Singapore on 21–24 July.
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Hippocratic Oaths for Academe
t (August, 2010) An expert on university management has proposed two "Hippocratic oaths" for higher education—one for faculty members and one for managers—which he says could help negotiations when conflict arises.
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