IESE Dean Defends Business Schools in Oct. 22 Letter, Citing Ethics and AI Accountability
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Updated · The New York Times · Oct 22
IESE Dean Defends Business Schools in Oct. 22 Letter, Citing Ethics and AI Accountability
1 articles · Updated · The New York Times · Oct 22
Summary
Franz Heukamp used an Oct. 22 letter to reject calls to abolish business schools, arguing the real issue is what kind of leaders they train and how.
Christopher Marquis’s Oct. 18 essay prompted the response; Heukamp said it unfairly blames business schools for broad social and economic harms while overlooking graduates who build companies, products and jobs.
IESE’s dean said his school has long embedded positive impact in its core curriculum and defended the case method as a way to teach human judgment, competing interests and ethical dilemmas.
AI makes that mission more urgent, he argued, because business schools must train leaders to decide when to use the technology, who is accountable when it fails and how to manage disruption.