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...improvement.”LURED TO FINANCESeated in her office beside HMC’s expansive main trading floor, Mendillo says that her current post represents “the pinnacle of the career path” that she has pursued for the past 25 years. But her early interests were not always tied to the esoteric world of university investment management that she has come to love.Jane Lisa Mendillo was born in 1959 in New Britain, Conn. Her father served as an executive for a medical technology company while her mother stayed home to care for Mendillo...
...Above all, global health and energy and environment are critical areas for the education of our undergraduates and graduate and professional students. The problems of global health and of energy and environment are of interest to many students because they represent some of the paramount problems facing the world today. In consonance with the stated goals of the new General Education curriculum, they connect a liberal education with the problems of the real world that students will engage after graduation. Harvard recognizes the importance of such endeavors. Even today, we must continue to gain strength...
...Fortunately, there may not be such a real trade-off between self-interest and an ethical life. Recently, empirical studies have helped us better understand the important relationship between living an ethical life and living a happy life. And while it may be easy enough to believe that unethical behavior—defined by egoism and greed—could be a clear path to happiness, recent research suggests otherwise...
...There can also be a gap between our ambitions and our achievements. Problems arise when our aspirations grow faster than our accomplishments. As we gain wealth at some rate, our aspirations may grow at an even quicker rate, leaving us constantly unsatisfied. People who, out of self-interest or greed, put their own aspirations above the needs of others, may again be taking the wrong approach to happiness...
...MBAs is not to frame “acting in an ethical manner” as a sacrifice—in which wealth is exchanged for virtue—but rather as an opportunity for gain through happiness. Ethical behavior (just like unethical behavior) can be born of self-interest. For everyone’s benefit, publicizing these findings from positive psychology might be just as important as oaths...