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...support of voluntary paycuts among faculty. “This is one of those circumstances.” “We are a community here at Harvard—or at least we should be—and now is the time for all of us to act like it,” McCarthy added. —Staff writer Esther I. Yi can be reached at estheryi@fas.harvard.edu. —Staff writer Peter F. Zhu can be reached at pzhu@fas.harvard.edu...
...their responsibilities to society?” So asks the introduction to the MBA Oath, a code of conduct written and publicized by a group of second-year students at Harvard Business School this spring. By becoming a signatory, MBAs pledge, among other noble things, to “act with utmost integrity and pursue [their] work in an ethical manner.” As of yesterday, about 40 percent of the approximately 900 members in the HBS Class of 2009 had signed the online oath. But must MBAs really chose between greed and virtue...
...Republicans to recognize this when we’re in the political wilderness. Here’s hoping that we remember it next time we’re in power. And here’s hoping that in the meantime, sober-thinking Democrats learn the lesson of history and act humbly with the powers they’ve been given...
...issues that affect Harvard. Indeed, as I stopped to think about it, I realized that nearly all of us have been silent for years on issues that go to the heart of the University. It’s a reticence that stands in stark contrast to how we act when expressing our views on politics or society, and it’s one that affects professors just as much as students...
...agent took notes, but only to file them away. An FBI agent needs solid, actionable information - solid enough to arrest people, convict them in a court of law and put them behind bars. In this case, the FBI needed an address, a phone number, a license plate - anything to act on. On the other hand, the CIA is conditioned to steal anything that looks like a secret, even a suspect one, letting analysts in Washington sort out the truth from fiction. The FBI and CIA cultures couldn't be more different...