Mastering Morals

Facts of Life

Business schools across the country are placing more emphasis on ethics, nonprofit work and “corporate social responsibility” than at any other time in memory. “Our data suggest that [master's in business administration] students are more interested in thinking about the role of business in society … and as a generation are saying, ‘We want to do a better job,’” said Nancy McGaw, deputy director of the Aspen Institute's Business and Society Program, which has been tracking the trend.

Source: The Associated Press, April 16.

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