More cheating at U.S. business schools

Another entry in the "cheater nation" file. Notice how many of these stories happen at U.S. business schools, you know, those prepping grounds for our future business leaders, who are mythologized as the smartest and ablest among us. Yeah, right.  

Then these business whizzes go on to do great things like muni fraud, securities fraud, loan fraud, selective amnesia, and made-up LIBOR rates.

"Cheaters prosper," that's today's lesson.

Tulane University Sent False Information To U.S. News & World Report For College Rankings

January 2, 2013 | Huffington Post

URL: http://huff.to/S4VorX

Cheater nation: 'The world is going to hell'

But no, it's not going to hell for the reasons people usually cite, like gays getting married, abortion, or Here Comes Honey Boo Boo.  

We know America is going to hell because one eccentric researcher has been keeping track, and counting all the little ways in which we all cheat and steal, from disregarding the 10-item limit in the express checkout lane to rolling through stop signs to taking candles at church without paying.  And we're getting worse, demonstrably so.

He is business professor John Trinkaus and you can find some of his work here.

I have a few ideas about why America is becoming a nation of cheaters and scammers.  I doubt it has to do with our turning away from worshiping God, as many conservatives complain.  Nay, I think it has to do with our increasing worship of wealth and success (often by those very same values-preaching conservatives), and our culture's contempt for "losers."  The absolute worst thing in America is to be labelled a loser.  (But logically, how could everybody possibly be a winner?)  

Meanwhile, how you win isn't important, nobody seems to care, it's only the outcome that matters.  And if cheating is OK when it comes to the big things, then it's doubly permissible when it comes to the small things.  Hence Prof. Trinkaus's noticing our increasingly frequent fibs, fudges and infractions.

Learning From the Things That Annoy Us

By Flora Lichtman

October 19, 2012 | NPR

URL: http://n.pr/T35GC3

Cheater nation: Exhibit F

I live in a place where buying and selling papers, theses, and even purchasing official diplomas is common practice.

Now the U.S. is following suit.  (OK, I realize this site is based in Montreal; but credit cards know no borders).   

It's just one more example how we're becoming a nation of cheaters and scammers.  Our richest people are the biggest cheaters.  And rich people are the best.  That's what we're taught.  So forget about ethics; Americans don't mess with success.  

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Cheaters DO prosper, that's why kids imitate them

In the U.S., cheating is normal, and it's contagious.  That's what we now know for certain. 

It's too bad our holier-than-thou conservatives don't talk about rampant cheating and corruption in business and higher education, especially in business schools where future conservative leaders are ostensibly bred.

It seems that to them all the immoral acts in America go on in bedrooms, not boardrooms or classrooms.

P.S. - Add bullies to the list of bad people who excel in adult life.  

Kids Cheat Just Like Their Business Role Models Do

By Susan Antilla

July 13, 2012 | Huffington Post

URL:  http://huff.to/MrrXqs