"As recently as the mid-1990s, articles in such major publications as
The Wall Street Journal, the
Harvard Business Review, and
U.S. News and World Report questioned the legitimacy and value of teaching classes in business ethics," explains Hartman and Desjardins in Business Ethics: Decision-Making for Personal Integrity and Social Responsibility. That was then, this is now:
The Wall Street Journal reports ethics is "a centerpiece of Harvard's recent curriculum overhaul" and
U.S. News and World Report states, "business schools increasingly require students to study ethics." Another gauge of the times: between my Kindle and Angry Birds, business ethics apps!