#similarly this job taught me that engineers are Like That for the exact same reason

[hollowistheworld]

They teach them that. I swear on all that is holy, they straight-up teach them to be ruthless bastards.

I used to work at a university, providing disability support for students with hearing loss or auditory processing issues. I went to a lot of classes in a lot of majors. I followed one student through his entire business degree. They teach them this.

The 'ethics' classes are a fucking joke. You ever see those posts on AITA and the like where there's a ton of people saying they're not the asshole because they're legally in the clear? That's a business major ethics course in a nutshell. If it's legal, you're good. You shouldn't treat your employees like total crap, but that's because they might quit and then you'd have to hire someone else and they might want to be paid MORE 😡😡😡

Actual quote from a business law professor that makes me want to commit violence at least three times a week "If you want to succeed, you need to have a little larceny in your heart." He taught them the most effective way to give someone the runaround while you Google the answer to their problem so you can charge them a gazillion dollars, because you should never ever tell them that isn't your area and recommend them to someone who is an expert on the topic because that'll hurt your bottom line. I could have died of alcohol poisoning and never had to listen to his voice again if I'd taken a shot every time he made fun of homeless people or domestic abuse.

Everything is just numbers on a spreadsheet. People aren't real and if they were it wouldn't matter because you're obviously better than them, that's why you have a business and they don't. They give massive presentations about how employees don't care about wages, they care about being appreciated, and that is why you should always hold dinners and holiday parties and never give them wage increases.

They are taught that poor people are funny. They are taught that anything within the bounds of the law is fair game. They are taught that anyone who really deserves it will win at capitalism. They are taught that they're smarter than whoever they're ripping off because if they didn't want to be conned/stolen from they just wouldn't be.

You're not missing anything. There is no nuance. They're taught to be like this. The business majors who aren't are the ones with a decent enough ethics system going in that it wasn't replaced.

What the fuck is going on in schools of business?

It seems like so many grifters come out of business and marketing.

I think I'm missing something, some nuance, but it seems like there is a very serious lack of accountability and ethics in business and marketing that isn't as prominent in other fields.

I gotta finish up my shift, but man, I wanna look into what ethics are taught in business classes in the U.S.