Robert Giacalone uttered a prophetic voice from the wilderness to those who work in business schools. As one of those people, I feel his article in the Academy of Management Learning & Education (6:4) entitled Taking a red pill to disempower unethical students: Creating ethical sentinels in business school convicting and true. Here is the highlight:
"At the turn of this century, the choices confronting business educators are no less daunting and the consequences are no less severe . . . We are focused solely on the noble goals of serving our students and their organizations by giving students skills that impress potential employers . . . We are following the implicit "orders" of powerful interests and shaping student worldviews to fit those who control the resources . . . We are supplying organizations with the tools of their destruction-unethical students credentialed with our degrees who help to ruin organizations and the lives of countless stakeholders . . We have taken the easiest path, socializing and educating students cued to the organizationally desired profile.
While this approach makes organizational executives smile, it relieves us of our role as experts and leaders. Experts should not tell their clients what they want to hear, unquestioningly give clients what they want to buy, or automatically deliver what clients think they need. Experts inform, educate, and enlarge the worldview of those with whom they collaborate; they do not appease" (Giacalone, 2007:534-535).
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