The Unethical Monetization of Business Schools (and What We Can Do About It)

Abstract

We may take for granted that the business school context promotes and rewards ethical research, teaching, and service. I provide an alternative perspective, describing how the context, especially at midlevel tier schools, can offer the opportunity, motivation, and rationalization for significant (in depth and breadth) unethical monetization schemes. I list such schemes, describe possible solutions, and appeal to those handling oversight and misdeeds to act.