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Why business grads haven't learned ethics.

Women in Higher Education

| March 01, 2003 | Cook, Sarah Gibbard | COPYRIGHT 2003 Women in Higher Education. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

Three female whistle-blowers graced the cover of Time Magazine (December 20) as 2002's "Persons of the Year." Cynthia Cooper, Sherron Watkins and Coleen Rowley risked their careers to reveal mistakes and worse at WorldCom, Enron and the FBI. Their revelations helped spotlight the rotten state of American business ethics.

You'd think business schools would be at the forefront, and indeed a few are paying attention. After all, that's where executives learn their trade. But social responsibility or ethics requirements for a business degree are on the decline. In the current corporate ethics crisis, do universities bear part of the blame?

Suddenly ethics are ...

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