MBA Program Scores High in Ethics Survey

Mendoza was one of three business schools to earn a top rating for ethics content in its MBA curriculum in a recent survey by the Academy of Management Learning and Education.

All 19 required courses in Mendoza’s MBA program integrate social impact and stewardship; three courses are wholly dedicated to ethics. Stand-alone and integrated courses serve complementary purposes, said Dean Carolyn Woo. “The former sharpens ethical analysis while the latter situates ethics in the midst of decision making, which fosters moral imagination, highlights the tradeoffs embedded in dilemmas and sensitizes students to the ethical dimension of problems,” she added.

Hesburgh Award for Ethics in Business

Starbucks Chairman Howard Schultz’s concern for employee health benefits earned him the 2007 Theodore M. Hesburgh Award, which honors organizational leaders who integrate concerns for ethics and values in their business practices. In 2006, executives Robert B. Catell and Kenny Moore of natural gas distributor Keyspan received the award for their promotion of spirituality in the corporate culture. Recipients deliver the Cahill Lecture at the annual presentation.

Courses Integrate Social Responsibility and Ethics

Mendoza offered ethics courses and more than 40 electives which addressed corporate responsibility. Courses included:

• Business Ethics Field Project
• Marketing Ethics, Globalization and Multinational Corporate Responsibility
• Ethics in Finance and Banking
• Multinational Financial Management
• Values in Decision Making
• Designing Value-Based Systems for B2B Markets

Speakers and Initiatives

• John A. Berges Lecture Series in Business Ethics:
  Lecture series features a faculty debate and senior executives addressing the ethical dimensions of business. Series-opening debates included: “Freedom on the Internet and the Ethical Responsibility of IT Companies in China” (2006); “Business Schools are Partially to Blame for the Corporate Ethics Scandals: Multiple Viewpoints” (2005).
• Workshop in Marketing Ethics
• Ethics Week Speaker Series
• Ethical Dimensions in Business: Reflections from the Business Academic Community
• From Mission to Service: A Program on Mission-Based Leadership and Organization Development (Catholic Charities USA)