INTERESTED IN AN ETHICAL CAREER? HEAD TO BUSINESS SCHOOL! If you’re
looking for an ethical career, going to
business school may be the first thing you think of, but it could be time to think again!
Business schools suffer
from the perception that they churn out lots of pin- striped men and women eager to go wherever they can make the biggest bucks, whether that happens to be at an investment bank or an arms manufacturer.
This is true up to a point, but for several years now business schools have been emphasising the role of business in the wider world, and using business expertise to tackle all manner of social and environmental problems.
Over the last couple of years, these 20
programs have come into their own and many of them are worth a second look.
With links to the world’s biggest companies – where efforts to incorporate sustainability and ethical concerns into risk analysis and decision-making can have a big impact – and to third sector organisations, business schools are a great place to get your “ethical” career on track.
Nearly all business schools offer the chance to work on real-life projects in this area as part of their MBA (Master in Business Administration) or Masters degree programs.
They’re much, more jobs-oriented than other graduate programs, and
you’ll probably also get the chance to have a go at setting up your own ethical business or to intern at one of the growing number of ethically- focused social enterprises set up by recent alumni (it’s quite a trend at the moment…).
The MBA is the flagship program offered at most business schools. Admission usually requires three to five years of work experience, so it’s something to build into your medium-term plans.
Probably the most radical MBA along sustainable lines is at the UK’s University of Exeter Business School. In September 2011 it launched its “One Planet MBA”, which integrates traditional aspects of business management
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