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executives, drug companies, security and investment traders, auditors, accountants, lawyers, advertising executives, MBAs (they have recently acquired the nickname of "master of the universe” rather than "master of business administration"), spin doctors and loan sharks scam artists. All have had and are still having a field day in looting and cheating the poor, ethical, and unsuspecting ordinary folks. One only has to pay attention to some of the news items in the media to get just a glimpse of the con games these sophisticated thieves play every day. Their modus operandi are extremely sophisticated. In the United States, many of the professional schools, such as schools of business, law, accounting, and advertising turn out graduates (some and not all) with unlimited and sky-high greed and unethical behaviors. The only thing they consider is how to distort, warp, discolor, or hide truth, connive, and cheat people (investors and customers) and line their pockets with unlimited wealth. I honestly feel that in the US, if anyone ever creates a team consisting of MBAs, accountants, lawyers, and advertisers, one would have created the biggest monster imaginable. I blame part of this malaise rests with some of the professional schools for turning out such lousy products that do so much damage to the society. Jains in India run many Business Schools to train MBAs and accountants. I have visited a few of them but in spite of my many pleas, they don't offer courses in Business Ethics. What a pity for we Jains and keepers of ahimsa! The truth is that if a bank robber makes off with millions of dollars, he can expect the full force of the law. So why should big corporations and swindlers be able to evade justice if caught engaging in corruption or other economic crimes? The erosion of trust in business in North America has been little short of catastrophic in recent years. A professor recently analyzed some of the world's big corporations and argued that they possess all of the following attributes: grandiosity, manipulativeness, and the inability to feel remorse. They
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