The Oath Project
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About The Oath Project
Net Impact is excited to announce our partnership with The Oath Project, a nonprofit organization serving the movement to incorporate an oath into the MBA graduation process. This rite of passage, a tradition for incoming doctors, lawyers, and other professional trades, holds its incoming leaders to the higher standard of integrity and service to society that is the hallmark of a true professional. The Oath Project supports and enhances the efforts of the individuals and organizations pursuing this mission for MBA graduates. Read the Oath.
Other partners involved in The Oath Project include the World Economic Forum's Young Global Leaders, the MBA Oath, the Aspen Institute, the UN Principles for Responsible Management Education, the UN Global Compact, and the Association of Professionals in Business Management.
Why is Net Impact involved in The Oath Project?
Net Impact’s mission of inspiring and equipping individuals to change the world through business fits well with the mission of The Oath Project. Participating in an oath ceremony gives students the opportunity to make a public declaration of their commitment to being responsible business leaders. While The Oath Project understands that taking an oath is not sufficient on its own to ensure business leaders act responsibly, it is an important step in elevating our focus and commitment to this important personal choice. Furthermore, as part of the Oath Project, oath-takers are encouraged to commit themselves to a series of “habits” or activities to live the oath, which make credible the act of taking the oath.
How is Net Impact involved?
As Net Impact members embody and strive for a higher standard of integrity in their actions and decisions as professionals, we hope that our chapters and members will be leaders in this movement to make the oath present on all MBA campuses. Net Impact is encouraging and supporting chapters around the world to bring the oath to their campuses. We will support students interested in organizing an oath ceremony at their school by providing resources and connecting them with students around the world who are engaging in similar efforts. Student leaders will have the opportunity to share best practices through conference calls and online.
Get involved
We are looking for student leaders to help lead the Oath projects at MBA campuses around the world. If you are interested in getting involved or just learning more, please contact us at oathproject@netimpact.org.
Learn more on how to sign the Oath here.
Schools already involved
Over 40 schools are involved in The Oath Project this year. On the following campuses, however, students have taken on the additional responsibiltiy of playing a leadership role in bringing the Oath to their campus. If you'd like to have your school join this list, email oathproject@netimpact.org.
Australian Graduate School of Management
Babson College - Olin School of Business
Baruch College - Zicklin School of Business
Concordia University - John Molson School of Business
Dominican University of California - School of Business and Leadership
ESSEC Business School
European Business School
Fairfield University - Dolan School of Business
Harvard Business School
Hitotsubashi University Graduate School of International Corporate Strategy
IMD Business School
INCAE Business School
London Business School
McGill-HEC Executive MBA
MIT Sloan School of Management
Northern Arizona University - The W.A. Franke College of Business
Rollins College - Crummer School of Business
Thunderbird School of Global Management
UCD - Smurfit Graduate Business School
UCLA - Anderson School of Management
University of Chicago - Booth School of Business
University of Colorado - Leeds School of Business
University of Denver - Daniels College of Business
University of Massachussetts, Amherst - Isenberg School of Management
University of Navarra - IESE Business School
University of Ottawa - Telfer School of Management
University of San Francisco - Masagung School of Management
University of Texas - McCombs School of Business
Vanderbilt University - Owen School of Management
The Ambassador Resource Guide
Ambassadors can access our step by step guide to building support for the Oath and marketing resources here.
The Oath Project Awards
The Oath Project is generously awarding $5,000 in cash prizes for student leaders’ outreach efforts as a way to encourage MBA students to create innovative and effective strategies to bring the MBA Oath to their campuses.
Awards:
- $2,000 awarded to school or designated student group with the most innovative approaches to engage students to sign the MBA Oath, such as outreach strategies and methods to encourage oath-takers to “Live the Oath”. $500 will be given to the runner-up.
- $2,000 awarded to school or designated student group with highest percentage of MBA Oath signatories among their 2010 graduating MBA class. $500 will be given to the runner-up.
Prizes will be awarded in July of 2010 by The Oath Project. Students must submit an application (available below) describing their outreach strategies and/or information about the percentage of signatories by June 15, 2010 to be considered for the competition.
Eligibility: Taking the Oath must be voluntary, rather than made mandatory by the administration, at your school to qualify for the "highest percentage of MBA Oath signatories" award. This prize is only available to schools and formally organized student clubs - individuals are not eligible. Void where prohibited.
Please submit completed applications by June 15, 2010 to oathproject@netimpact.org.
>> Download The Oath Project Award Application
In the news
>> Watch a great satirical piece about the oath on The Daily Show
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