One group of teachers—and students— that have to come to reckoning with the moral causes of the financial crisis are those at business schools. Some are taking an OATH that tracks their moral obligations.Is this a good idea? Or simply window dressing that distracts from a more fundamental problem?

Cathleen Kaveny is the Darald and Juliet Libby Professor in the Theology Department and Law School at Boston College.

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