Do major
universities have a morals course for business majors?
If they do, it sure
doesn’t seem to stick with them.
When these future captains
of industry were children, their parents and teachers taught them not to hit
other children; not to be mean; not to steal, and most other ‘not to do’s’ to help them through their
young lives.
It seems that’s
where it ended.
It would appear,
from the outside at least, that Wall Street and the banking business are only
about making money.
When did the moral
part of the equation break down?
Did it disappear when
these young people left home and went to college?
Right after college?
Does it disappear on
the first spreadsheet in business?
There’s probably no
box on a spreadsheet to mark for “moral.”
Maybe it’s the first
business plan, the first year in the corporate world.
Shouldn’t there be a
moral compass beyond what parents can give their kids?
Vince Lombardy said,
“Wining isn’t everything, it’s the only thing.” Or something close to that. He
was celebrated for saying it, and he never cheated, that we know of.
Other coaches took
it to the business level; winning at any cost.
One in particular won
by cheating. I didn’t give a crap; it was football.
But is Gordon Gecko the
business standard?
“Making money isn’t
everything, it’s the only thing.” Is that it?
Whatever happened to
“enlightened self interest?”
I know Gordon said,
“Greed is good,” or something close to that. You get the drift.
The point is; the lack
of morals in business and banking affects more than football fans; it affects
us all.
Sorry, didn’t mean
to be unfunny.
