Chapter 9

How Could an Executive MBA Ethics Course Contribute to Humanistic Management?

Gustavo González-Couture

Verónica Durana-Angel

David Schnarch-González

Introduction

Latin American (LA) organizations share universal management principles of efficiency and efficacy in order to endure. However, its complex context challenges managers in ways unusual in developed societies. With the analysis of these challenges in mind, this chapter describes the experience of an Executive MBA ethics course developed in the Universidad de los Andes (Bogotá, Colombia) that contributes to the moral awareness of its participants. The course shows that neither the rules (e.g., corporate ethics codes) nor the goods (e.g., favorable organizational goals) are ...

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