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‘Business ethics’…oxymoronic or no? - R. Edward Freeman, director of the Olsson Center for Applied Ethics at Virginia’s Darden School of Business, had a lot to say about the state of business ethics today in Emily Badger’s recent piece for Miller-McCune. “We think the purpose of a business is to make money, that’s all,” says Freeman. “That’s kind of like saying the purpose of my life is to make red blood cells. I need red blood cells to live, but it doesn’t follow that making them is the purpose of my life.”

Chicago Booth to offer executive MBA concentrations - Participants in Chicago Booth’s EMBA program can now earn a concentration in finance, marketing or strategy, the school announced this week. The introduction of concentrations is part of an expanded curriculum that will benefit all EMBA students regardless of what track they choose. This new opportunity is available to students who enter the program beginning this year.