Business Schools Now Teaching #MeToo, N.F.L. Protests and Trump
The Stanford Graduate School of Business’s ethics class — taught by two political scientists, one an expert in behavior
and the other in game theory — sounds more like a course in human nature than in finance.
The foundation has developed a tool kit for men, with tips like choosing a name such as “ally” or “liaison” to denote a sense of partnership, or using
role-playing scenarios about sensitive situations, like what to do if a colleague says, “She only got the promotion because she’s a woman.”
Two dozen schools have started groups based on the program, including groups called the Manbassadors, for
men committed to gender equity in business, at the business schools at Columbia, Dartmouth and Harvard.
“I would be kidding you if I told you there wasn’t a different vibe in the classroom.”
This fall, Professor Soule assigned coursework covering sexual harassment at Uber, how companies
like Amazon respond when attacked by Mr. Trump and the social justice protests by N. F.L.
“I’ve never taught a class where I’ve had students talking about gay rights or drug addiction.”
At Vanderbilt, Professor Vogus solicited ideas from the class about how Uber might change its ways.
“It can get pretty controversial,” said Aaron Chatterji, an associate professor at the Duke University
Fuqua School of Business who is starting a class about activism among chief executives.
