To date, the Harvard MBA Ethics Oath has been adopted (voluntarily) by hundreds of schools around the globe more than 1,700 students have signed it so far, and the list continues to grow every day. And as news of this movement spread, business students all over the world began to take up the cause. In the end, however, not 100, but 900 students put their names to the oath – over half of the graduating class. The oath included statements such as, “I will manage my enterprise in good faith,” “I will understand and uphold, both in letter and in sprit, the laws and contracts governing my … enterprise,” and “I will be accountable to my peers.” Their goal was a modest one: To get just 100 members of their class to sign the oath. During the spring semester, class members put together a simple eight-point oath of ethics that could be applied in any sector in the world of business. Instead, let’s call these The High Points In Chivalry of 2009:ĥ) The Harvard MBA Oath - Having seen too many unsavory management practices, several members of the 2009 graduating class of the Harvard Business School felt the time had come to show there were still decent people in the business world. But chivalrous people don’t follow their ideals to get trophies or make speeches – they simply do what needs to be done, and set the examples that need to be set, in order to make the world a better place. If there was such a thing as the Chivalry Awards, perhaps the following would be this year’s winners. This isn’t the kind of chivalry that is demonstrated by opening a door or bringing flowers to a date, however … it’s real chivalry, the kind that involves the integrity to do the right thing, the confidence to make personal sacrifices for the benefit of others, and the fortitude to display dignity and honor, even under the most adverse conditions. Plenty of examples of chivalry made headlines in 2009. Anyone who thinks “chivalry is dead” hasn’t been paying much attention to the news.
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