Ethical Dilemmas in Management

What is it about?

The purpose of the chapter is to examine ethical dilemmas and to explain why they are likely to be more common in the future. Managerial decisions take place in a context where there is widespread conflict over the nature and mission of business schools and the universities of which they are part. To understand how business school managers deal with particular ethical dilemmas, we must explore the contextual factors which give rise to them and shape their outcome.

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Why is it important?

It is argued that when business schools come to be seen first and foremost as businesses themselves, rather than academic departments or teaching institutions, there are strong incentives for heads of those schools to accept endowments and enter partnerships with corporations, especially when their funding from the public purse is being squeezed. As the pressure to generate revenue from the private sector grows, those managing business schools will face difficult decisions about where to draw the line.