Graduate business students in the United States and Canada are more likely to cheat on their work than their counterparts in other academic fields, the author of a research paper said on Wednesday.Is there no right and wrong in the business world? (Yes, it's profit and no profit.)
The study of 5,300 graduate students in the United States and Canada found that 56 percent of graduate business students admitted to cheating in the past year, with many saying they cheated because they believed it was an accepted practice in business...business school students described cheating as a necessary measure and the sort of practice they'd likely need to succeed in the professional world.
Seriously, when did integrity disappear from American (and Canadian) existence? When did truth and honesty and respect become mere words in a dictionary? Is there no such thing as honor anymore? How can 56% of graduate business students be so lazy and dishonest that they resort to unethical practices, that indeed they believe unethical practices to be acceptable?
I have so many questions, but I have no answers. These students are the future of corporte America, the next generation of those who will try to take the internet from us, who make up or over-diagnose disorders and diseases, who want to employ spies in newsrooms. And the right wonders why people have a problem with corporate America?
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