The MBA Oath team is in the process of developing a framework for addressing violations of the oath. Like the Hippocratic Oath, the MBA Oath is not intended to be a formally adjudicated group. Over time, we would like to see MBAs become part of a professional association with formal membership and infrastructure for enforcing membership requirements. A committee of the MBA Oath leadership will make decisions about reported violations of the oath in the meantime. While it is not the organization’s intent to take on the role of oath enforcement police, our goal is to uphold the integrity of the oath and to honor ethical value creation. Once a formal policy is established, breaches of the ethical code of conduct articulated by the oath may result in suspension from the MBA oath list. Grounds for suspension may include criminal offenses such as money laundering and accounting fraud. The MBA oath founding team welcomes suggestions on how to enforce the tenets of the oath.
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- Learn about starting an MBA Oath chapter on your campus and take a look at our new chapter kit.
Recent News
- An interview with Peter Escher on the Wealth Channel regarding the MBA Oath book is now online!
- A great interview with the MBA Oath's own Peter Escher on NPR was just posted!
- The Economist highlights both the MBA Oath and The Haas School of Business' work in creating "path-bending, innovative leaders"
- Congratulations to Nitin Nohria, new dean of Harvard Business School and MBA Oath catalyst. Here's to hoping the MBA degree grows in esteem with new leadership.
- MBA alumnus and author of The Compromise Trap Eliabeth Doty has a very interesting take on misconceptions about compromise at work and how the MBA Oath helps address them.
- Take a look at our recent guest editorial in the Washington Post (Feb 10).
- Two differing points of view on the MBA Oath featured in Businessweek.
- Thunderbird dean Angel Cabrera is scheduled to chair a panel on business ethics at the World Economic Forum in Davos on January 28th.
- Financial Times editorial calls for support of the MBA Oath and initiatives like it.
- MBA Oath was named one of the GOOD 100 "top 100 people, ideas, and projects that are changing the world"!
- We are completing a book on the MBA Oath. Thank you to everyone who participated via their essays and reflections.
- A relevant mention in The Economist.
- Take a look at our November mention in the Wharton Journal.
- MBA Oath Executive Director Peter Escher was recently interviewed by TrustedAdvisor.
- A menion in Germany from Karriere.de!
- Two INSEAD professors offer intriguing views on the Oath.
- The MBA Oath held a Fall Leadership Summit in New York City on November 6. Students came from: Columbia, Duke Fuqua, Harvard, MIT Sloan, NYU Stern, Rensselaer Lally, Thunderbird, UNC Kenan-Flager and Yale. Thank you to all who participated. We look forward to another Summit in the spring.