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Most agree, however, that the new endowment will subject the B-School to widespread scrutiny, especially from rival business schools...
While McArthur has repeatedly declined to be interviewed directly by The Crimson, Assistant Dean Joseph L. Bower recently echoed McArthur's earlier statements, saying that "fundamental" curriculum changes with an aim of focusing on ethics would be implemented at the B-School during the next 10 years. Bower would not elaborate, saying major reforms are still under consideration by the faculty...
Currently only about 60 students are enrolled in the B-School MBA program's lone course devoted to business ethics. An optional course for second year students, "Ethical Aspects of Corporate Policy" is taught by Kenneth E. Goodpaster, an associate professor who will be leaving the B-School after the fall. Goodpaster's colleagues said he was advised by McArthur that his chances of tenure would be slim if he made a bid for a lifetime post...
Some say the B-School's widely praised case-study method of instruction also makes the teaching of ethics extremely difficult...
While acknowledging that instituting a comprehensive ethics program will be a gradual process, the B-School Dean said at the New York gala that important initiatives are already underway. McArthur points to Bok's University-wide ethics program, which is aimed at versing teachers in ethical issues in the various professions, and a B-School research project focused on competitiveness, ethics and leadership as examples of this effort...