Business Ethics in the classroom

Is Business Ethics adequately being addressed in our classrooms across the country? I don't know the answer to that for sure seeing that I haven't been in a classroom for almost twenty years. What I am sure of however, is that I am the type of individual that gives back that extra $10.00 to the cashier who thought that I gave her a twenty when it was actually a ten. And yet, I am a convicted felon who went to prison for fraud. My point is this. One wrong turn in life can result in a no turning back situation and the next thing you know, youre smack in the middle of your own tragedy. If this can happen to me, it can happen to many others who never could have imagined it. So many factors come into play and I believe that business students could only do well from hearing a story like mine first hand. I want to make a difference and this is the only way I know how. Please check out my website and invite me into your classroom. The consequences associated with unethical behavior in the business world need to be made real in order to be accepted as reality. A heavy dose of reality is a lesson with impact. www.federalprisoncamps.com Boston, MA

(PRWEB) October 6, 2004 -- Is the subject of business ethics adequately covered in the classroom?

It's not so terribly difficult for me to understand why ethics in the business and corporate world has become such a hot topic. Corporations are about profit and profit is itself, the "I want" attribute in its very basic form; this refers to gain.

How many times have you heard a mother saying to her child "don't be so greedy, share with the others"? The possibility alone of greed being a natural instinct is more than enough to highlight the importance of ethics and morality as topics for the classroom.

We would like to think that a young adult knows the difference from right and wrong and for the most part, I think the assumption is pretty fair. The predicament however lies in the level (or degree) of matured awareness held by an individual, regarding the certainty of societal consequence associated with moral disregard.    

For example, it's a far cry from a high school girl being grounded by her parents for not respecting her curfew to that of a woman being dishonest in her business and sent to prison for 5 years for committing a fraudulent act. They both entail knowing right from wrong and abiding by the rules but the benefit of exposure and experience in the first example, results in a more tangible understanding of the expected consequence and is therefore much easier to conceptualize.

We are all responsible for our own actions however it could only benefit the community and society as a whole by ensuring that the severe consequences faced when failing in our adult responsibilities, are not simply understood in theory by the minds of our youth, but are truly understood and preferably from exposure to teaching not experience.

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