Watch this video about an ethics oath for MBA students.
| The Daily Show With Jon Stewart | Mon - Thurs 11p / 10c | |||
| MBA Ethics Oath | ||||
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Now this was a funny video, but I think it brings up a good point. Why were these students concerned about signing the oath? Integrity and not being able to live up to that standard. Maybe this is the type of thought process we need to have in our fraternities.
So many times an oath becomes a procedure and requirement rather than a thoughtful consideration of future actions and implications. Could we be in our fraternities and other organizations without excepting an oath? No. So when we want to get in we just say yes no matter what it is.
I like what the students in this video have done. They know that they will not be able to hold their oath so they didn't take it. Does it sound shady of them considering the context of the story, yes. But taken out of context it is actually how things should be done.
If you can't live up to the standard of an oath you shouldn't take it. You also shouldn't be able to a position associated with the oath. I guess what I am getting at is there is no accountability for our oaths and a majority of the ones that we take. That fact that the students looked at the consequences before not signing shows that they are giving thoughtful consideration to their future actions and what that means for their integrity.
This is exactly what needs to happen within our fraternities. A more thoughtful consideration of what an oath means, if you can carry it out for a lifetime, and accountability if you can't.
solid. straight to the point. forrealll.
ReplyDeleteI miss the old post. Anyway, I agree that there is a general lack of accountability with the oaths we take in our chapters. Everyone has to take the oath, so we forget what we are committing ourselves to. Good point.
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