Oh boy, tomorrow is my first test of morality in my MBA program

So far I have done very well at juggling my very liberal beliefs (Among other things I taught for 6 years and was a member of one of the most powerful unions in the country--our dean went off on unions during our acceptance dinner.) with the rather corporate mindset of my MBA program.

However, tomorrow we have a test in finance that includes an essay question on "Should a company do everything to maximize shareholder earnings or simply earn a satisfactory profit." Basically, do we go all in for the shareholders if we run the company or do we take a more Costco-esque approach towards making some returns and keeping the employees happy. Now, there is a "right" (defined solely in the theoretical stance--most new MBA programs do not say this is the ideal in real world conditions) answer to this question, which is shareholder maximization, which, of course, I disagree with.

The decision is do I write the essay that will get me an easy A, or do I actually write what I believe and hope he gives credit for arguing the point. Yay moral quandries!

Those are the hard decisions. Do what's expected, or do what you think is right.

You could flip a coin. :P

Good Luck!

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