MBA students from College of Management stand up for Oath of ethical values.

On 7 June (Sat) morning graduation ceremony, National Sun-Yat Sen University College of Management  in order to enhance students' awareness of social ethics held an ethical oath taking ceremony before the event with over 50 MBA students participating. Even foreign students participated in the ceremony which goes to show just how much social ethics stands in the hearts of students.

On the Scene, was Mr. Luo Yijiang former vice president of worldwide Philips, who served as the ceremony administer of oaths, witness to this important moment, and through the pen gifting ceremony engraved with words "Do unto others, do not impose on others,", in the hope that in every graduate the concept of business ethics will be deeply imprinted in their minds.

In recent years, the government's public works has frequently appeared tainted by bribery scandal, society is awash with unethical merchandise, filled with the fear of food hygiene and safety. There has also been instances of enterprises discharging waste, even toxic substances that damages the surrounding environment. At this point, we know that Taiwan's society is sick, the spirit of enterprise gradually lost and its ethics gradually receding to the bottom level.

Wary of the fact that the morale standards of students may decline, College of Management MBA Department, Professor Huang uses his course of ‘Business Ethics’ to spread the concept of business ethics. He also pioneered the oath-taking ceremony for graduates of MBA Department, with Mr. Luo Yijiang, former vice president of Phillips who enjoys worldwide recognition as the man to administer the oath-taking ceremony.

In the ceremony, the students shouted out loud together the oath: "I strongly believe in the goal of serving and agree that irrespective of whether management as a science or as an art, it is an effective way for me to serve people" and signed their name in the oath contract. An act of a solemn ceremony done carefully with the expectations that every graduate would become a champion of business ethics, to defend and implement it in workplace and in the community, to take up organizational, social and environmental responsibility, and to enhance social ethical values. Ceremony finally ends with Mr. Luo Yijiang presenting a pen engraved with the words "Do unto others, do not impose on others” to every graduates, so that every graduate will think of the ethical oath they took whenever they pick up the pen.