Ethics in OB
In light of recent scandals and excesses by organization managers, the authors of a recent Harvard Business Review article are calling business schools to support making management a profession, governed by codes of conduct that "forge in implicit social contract with society. " One response to their call is a non-profit organization called MBA Oath. Its goal is to create community of graduating MBA students from any university that voluntarily sign an oath that pledges them to "create value responsibly and ethically."
Please assess if professionalizing management can really make a difference in terms of ethical accountability and everyday managerial behavior. Please provide 1-2 examples to support your viewpoints that other learners will be able to assess and debate within our weekly discussion forum.