The MBA Oath: a promise
Sunday, June 28, 2009 @ 12:18 PM
Found it very interesting: a similar one for lawyers would be necessary.
http://mbaoath.org/
The oath is a voluntary pledge for graduating MBAs to “create value responsibly and ethically.” Our goal is to begin a widespread movement of MBAs who aim to lead in the interests of the greater good and who have committed to living out the principles articulated in the oath.
Our initial near-term goal was to get at least 100 graduating Harvard Business School students to sign the oath. We’ve now got more than 50% of the class of 900. Now we hope to expand to other business schools to get MBAs from the class of 2009 around the world to sign.
We hope this will a) make a difference in the lives of the students who take the oath b) challenge other classmates to work with a higher professional standard, whether they sign the oath or not and c) create a public conversation in the press about professionalizing and improving management.
Our long-term goal is to transform the field of management into a true profession, one in which MBAs are respected for their integrity, professionalism, and leadership. We hope to see hundreds of thousands of MBAs take the MBA oath, or something like it, as a step towards realizing this vision.
On this website, you can read, download and sign the MBA oath. You can read about us, the history of the MBA degree, and articles about how people think business schools need to change. You can also volunteer to get involved. We hope you do.