Initial learning, then the morale.

The global economic crisis can also BWL faculties not cold. So does the University of Mannheim, the moral consciousness of their students sharpen. But economists find that in their tightly organized study on time? A visit with students and professors.

 

In the corridors of the renowned Mannheim Fakultät für Betriebswirtschaftslehre there shortly before the exam time rush hours, the sun shines through the windows. Wherever manager for economic elite will now respond to the louder social criticism that the management staff of insufficient moral principles.

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Castle with the University of Mannheim: "The wind is already turning"

The Faculty of Business Administration has been trying for some time, with services outside the regular curriculum, aspects of ethics to be considered. Now even a professorship to be established.

But many students is the topic of strangers. Heiko, 22, is Business Administration student in the sixth semester at the Mannheim "elite school for future managers and sits slightly pulled back in front of a stack of leaves. Sure, he also believes the allegations against managers and bankers for partially right, however, would address the issue in student circles hardly discussed. "The course here is pretty exhausting. For those who want to get through his material, may not even voluntary courses, even if it would make sense," he says.

"The anger against bankers and managers has something threatening"

Even Linda, 25, does not believe that the initiative is the extent that the fellow in the scarce free time on
Morality and ethics in discussing the economy, "it would be useful if we're right in the seminars focus on the theme of social responsibility would be." Otherwise Linda hopes that the poor image of the manager with time is relative: "At least, if the economic crisis is over, the wind is turning."

Hans Bauer, Dean of the Faculty of Business Administration Mannheim, following the current discussion about the consequences of the economic crisis with concern. "The anger, which are currently mainly bankers and managers shall have something threatening," he says, and refers to the demonstrations of recent days. Frankfurt, Berlin, London - was always next to the political articulation of the increasing aggression against the entire industry has been noticeable.

This, says the dean, the faculty put anything on a purely commercial value of knowledge, but gives also the cultural and social values: "We want to finally not economic technocrats trained." Thus, in addition to the regular seminars of the Bachelor's and Master's studies also numerous extras on the program - "there are theater groups, literature circles, including the economy and environmental protection is our theme."

Hardly time for business ethics

In addition, during the mandatory semester abroad, a seminar on business ethics and should be the social consciousness of the young economists sharpen. If all goes well, then should be a professorship in "Corporate Social Responsibility" the theme of economic and morale continue to focus. The Faculty of Arts is also planning a professor of business ethics, leading to a lively exchange of both departments should lead.

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Whether the students make use of these things, but it is another question. Nicholas and David, both 21, hope that by the end of their studies, the mood of the population has improved. "As a business student you are anyway not very high on the popularity scale," says Nicholas. From the current criticism, he feels as a student still largely spared.

His fellow student David holds it for reasons of time for problems to work intensively with companies to address ethics. "I always get back to hear that students from these courses skillfully pressed," he reports with a view of the ethics seminars abroad. Both he and Nicholas - both in the fourth semester - are of the opinion that the study was far too tightly organized, than that such questions could be discussed more.