Business ethics always seems to be a topic in the news. Unfortunately, it seems to be because ethics rarely seem to be a factor in business decision making. The current economic downturn seems to have been precipitated by questionable decision-making at large companies like AIG and Bear Stearns.
It seems like business ethics start and ends with "greed is good."
OK, so I'll give the cynicism a bit of rest. One area that I'm interested in hearing about is communicating ethical standards to business managers and balancing ethics and the bottom line.
As a Graduate Admissions Counselor, I pay attention to issues in the online education industry. It my job and the job of my department to enroll qualified students into Bellevue's graduate program. The adjective "qualified" is very important. One of our competitors has run into some trouble with that. You can read about that here.
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Ah, it is sad but true. When did education become big business?
ReplyDeleteHi Pat:
ReplyDeleteJust taking a look at the blog again after our latest assignment and saw your comment. One issue that I see with all businesses is the insatiable appetite to grow. If you didn't make more money this year than you did last year than you had a bad year.
-Dan