Tuck Begins 2007 with a focus on ethics
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE—February 5, 2007
CONTACT: Kim Keating - 603-646-2733
Hanover, N.H.—For the second time this year, students at the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth came together and participated in a fireside chat discussing ethics. "Academic Integrity at Tuck" was the topic of the January 30 chat, which was hosted by the Tuck Judicial Board, MBA Program Office, and Allwin Initiative for Corporate Citizenship. Donald L. McCabe, professor of management and global business at Rutgers Business School and guest of the Dartmouth Ethics Institute, led the conversation, which was moderated by Rick Shreve, adjunct professor of business ethics at Tuck.
McCabe, an expert on dishonesty in academia, began the chat with a brief presentation of findings from a recent study he conducted that showed that MBA students cheat more than students in other graduate programs. This initiated a conversation among students and faculty attendees about the survey and its findings, and led to a dialog about the honor code at Tuck.
Presented to students during orientation week of their first year and reinforced throughout the MBA experience, the Tuck School Academic Honor Principle says:
Integrity and honesty in the performance of academic activities, both in the classroom and outside, are essential to the educational experience for which the Tuck School has always stood. Each member of the Tuck community accepts the personal responsibility to uphold and defend high ethical standards in all academic endeavors, and to promote an atmosphere in which honest and imaginative academic work may flourish.
"Fireside chats are one component of our continuing effort to maintain the unique culture we are privileged to have inherited at Tuck—a culture which is characterized by mutual respect, strong personal relationships among the faculty and students, and a commitment to personal and academic integrity," said Shreve. "The evening with Professor McCabe was an opportunity for the community to gather and talk candidly and openly about the Tuck Honor Principle and academic integrity at Tuck. We talked about what works and what we might do to strengthen the culture. In response to the strong student interest we will be continuing the dialog in smaller group meetings."
Earlier this year a fireside chat focused on how information-service agencies collect and process consumer data and the privacy issues that arise from this practice. Previous chats have addressed topics including white collar crime, the value of economic growth, and the practical and ethical challenges that tobacco executives face.
More information about the Allwin Initiative for Corporate Citizenship and Tuck's approach to teaching ethics can be found online.
Founded in 1900, Tuck is the first graduate school of management and ranks consistently among the top business schools worldwide. Tuck remains distinctive among the world's great business schools by combining human scale with global reach, rigorous coursework with experiences requiring teamwork, and valued traditions with innovation.
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