Management Education must provide global leaders:Dr.Shafik Dharamsi

Management Education must provide global leaders:Dr.Shafik Dharamsi

Mangalore Today News Network

Mangalore, Aug 18, 2012:A talk on corporate ethics was delivered on St.Aloysius college campus (AIMIT),on Aug 17 by Dr Shafik Dharamsi, Faculty Fellow in Residence, Liu Institute for Global Issues, Global Health Network, British Columbia in Canada.

Dr Safik highlighted the importance of teaching of ethics in Management Education and said that the goal of Management education should turn out ethical leaders. Citing many global examples where greed by some CEOs has led to the collapse of many global enterprises; he told the students that education should promote right type of leaders for tomorrow. He appreciated the Jesuit Education which puts emphasis on ethics in corporate world.

He stated that 50 per cent of Canadian students and 70 per cent of US students had indulged in cheating for their exams. He showed how very little of the tax money is needed to eradicate the real causes in the world like basic education, poverty and food; whereas people spent $48 million in cosmetics and the governments invested $780 million on military.

He suggested to students to read the two books, ‘The cheating Culture’ by David Callahan and ‘The Moral Conscience’ by Fredrick Bruce Bird. He spoke about the social and ethical responsibility of a professional and said that as future professionals they should be able to think technically, ethically and responsibly.

At the end he mentioned how a visit to refugee camp during his medical profession had triggered a change in his life.

Jaswin Joseph, a student of II MBA proposed vote of thanks. Fr. Oswald Mascrenhas S J presented a memento.