56% of students in graduate business programs reported cheating last year. Other graduate students don't do much better, but at least they stayed below the 50% threshold. They do it because "everyone does it." Lead researcher Linda Trevino suggested that students who were drawn to business school were "more self-interested or bottom-line-oriented." Moreover, business schools' "emphasis on the free market and maximization of shareholder value, changes student attitudes." Business school breeds cheaters.
Good to see that the lessons of Enron are sinking in.
Sigh.
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I think a business school student might see the lessons of Enron as being, "Don't cheat poorly, or you might get caught."
Do you think business students are worse now than they used to be? I am disinclined to think so, though I don't have any evidence.
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