It happened again the other day. I was reading the NY Times and I came across something so hilarious it had to be some kind of joke. But this was in an obituary. [To keep reading, click here.]
CAN ANYTHING GOOD COME OUT OF HARVARD B-SCHOOL?
My friend Max Anderson (standing, right) says it can! The full story is in the New York Times — click here – and tells of a group of Harvard B-schoolers who have come up with something they’re calling the “MBA Oath“. According to the Times, nearly 20 percent of the graduating class have signed the “voluntary student-led pledge” stating that “the goal of a business manager is to ’serve the greater good.’” What?? The oath even “promises that Harvard M.B.A.’s will act responsibly, ethically and refrain from advancing their ‘own narrow ambitions’ at the expense of others.” Forgive me, but I need a chair. To find out more, visit www.mbaoath.org.
Russ Douthat has a fabulous piece on the back page of this week’s NY Times Book Review. Read it here. The ending is particularly boffo. Don’t miss it.