More emphasis on ethics at Jersey business schools

http://www.nj.com/news/times/regional/index.ssf?/base/news-16/123912393832530.xml&coll=5

Article Summary: Business schools in New Jersey are taking strong measures to provide students with more ethics courses in order to “ensure they don’t produce the next Bernie Madoff.” The schools are doing this in response to the corporate greed and lack of ethics that brought down Wall Street. As a result, schools are introducing new courses such as “Professional, Legal, and Ethical Obligations of Business Managers.” According to the article, this course will "explore the reasons why executives crossed the line on their most important obligations to employees and investors.” By doing so, schools hope that their students will become ethical decision-makers in the future.

Discussion Question: Do you believe that by offering more ethics courses in school, students will be more inclined to becoming ethical decision-makers? Should students be required to take these courses or should they be offered as electives?