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he recent cheating scandal involving students in Duke Universitys MBA program should serve as a clarion call for colleges and universities to wake up, smell the coffee and start emulating the ethics policies of the private sector, according to at least one expert who closely follows ethics-related issues.
Yet, another ethics expert says the universitys response should serve as an example to colleges and corporations alike — in that the institution publicized the infractions and its response to them, thereby reminding everyone that it takes violations of its honor code seriously.
Both agree, however, that the episode illustrates the tendency by students and business people to cut ethical corners when theyre under pressure — a factor HR must be aware of as it seeks to build ethical cultures in their own organizations.
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Last month the media provided extensive coverage of a report that 34 first-year MBA students at Duke University were being expelled or otherwise punished for collaborating on a take-home exam. Some have questioned whether the faculty involved in administering this exam took adequate precautions to discourage such collaboration while the attitude of others has been what would you expect from students in a high-profile, competitive MBA program. A few people have even suggested that what these students did is no big deal.
Whatever your view, research suggests that business students are more willing to engage in academic dishonesty than other
The cheating episode at Duke University may cause academics to conclude the post-Enron emphasis on teaching ethics in graduate business schools is a failure.
Thirty-four first-year masters of business administration students at Dukes Fuqua School of Business were disciplined in the programs largest cheating scandal. Nine students face expulsion for collaborating on a take-home test, violating the professors rules.
Business students are more likely to cut corners than those in any other academic discipline, several studies show. A Rutgers University survey last year found that cheating at business schools is common, even after ethics courses were added following scandals that
Survey finds MBA students most likely to cheat
When it comes to cheating in graduate school, a new study finds that MBA students are the champs.
A survey of 5,331 students at 32 graduate schools in the United States and Canada found an alarming amount of cheating across disciplines, but more among the nations future business leaders. Fifty-six percent of graduate business students admitted they had cheated at least once in the last year, compared with 47 percent of non-business students.
The students, who were surveyed between 2002 and 2004, told researchers from Pennsylvania State,
An investigation is underway into alleged online cheating by prospective and current MBA students. Thousands are accused of looking at current questions on their entrance exams. The publisher of the test has shut down the domain and is looking into who used it to cheat. Those scores could be thrown out. A federal judge in Alexandria, Virginia, ordered Scoretop.com to pay the Graduate Management Admission Council 2.35 million dollars and to turn over a computer hard drive containing payment information and user IDs. The council has sued Scoretop's operator for copyright infringement. It alleges the site offered current questions from
Stroppel to serve on MBA
Travis H. Stroppel, branch manager, Bank Midwest, N.A., Moberly, has been appointed to serve on the Bank Leadership Committee of the Missouri Bankers Association. The committee plans an annual seminar that focuses on training for bankers.
The Missouri Bankers Association is a statewide trade and professional organization headquartered in Jefferson City that represents the interests of 369 banks and savings and loans in Missouri. Association members have more than 30,000 employees who work in 1,913 locations throughout the state.
Source : moberlymonitor.com
Would-be MBA students getting ready to take the GMAT might be in for a little surprise when they show up at the testing center. In addition to all the usual security measures—including video monitoring and the computer adaptive test itself—test takers will soon be asked to submit to a new one: a biometric device that uses an infared light to capture the test-taker’s unique “palm vein pattern.”
Pearson VUE, the company that administers the GMAT for the Graduate Management Admission Council, plans to announce the new security effort tomorrow, but BusinessWeek got a sneak peak at it today.
The Fujitsu “PalmSecure” device
Entrepreneur magazines fifth-annual ranking of entrepreneurship programs places Wake Forest Universitys Babcock Graduate School of Management among the nations top graduate business schools.
Entrepreneur and its research partner The Princeton Review recognized Babcock as a stellar standout on its honorable mention list along with Harvard University, Stanford University, the University of Pennsylvania and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, among others.
More than 900 undergraduate and graduate schools were surveyed about their offerings in entrepreneurship. The questions used in the ranking covered three basic areas: academics and requirements, students and faculty, and outside the classroom. Visit www.entrepreneur.com for the full story.
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Mumbai, May 17 - The training required by some countries of the mega-sized call centers are so large that educational institutions, pushing package of services specific customer for the new chance.
At least two required training - NIIT Ltd and the Centre for Management Excellence, research and development of Mumbai-South India Education Society (Sies) - have signed a memorandum of understanding with Reliance Infocomm for Call Center Training . A portion of training for the immediate needs of Reliance Infocomm, but it seems that training for primary Corporate Call Center for future subcontracting and outsourcing activities.
"This means that for managing call
Hong Kong team wins WFU elevator competition
Students from the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology took top honors in Wake Forest University's annual MBA Elevator Competition for their plan for a device that distinguishes between acute bacterial or viral infections.
The Hong Kong team is the first international competitor to enter the seven-year-old event, during which budding entrepreneurs pitch their business ideas to judges in a two-minute elevator ride meant to simulate the need to be clear and concise when dealing with investors.
A team from Wake Forest University also made the finals with its pitch for AudioFusion, which
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