Should MBAs Support Occupy Wall Street?

Posted by: Louis Lavelle on October 13, 2011

With lower Manhattan overrun by the Occupy Wall Street gang, we thought it would be interesting to explore what current and would-be B-schoolers thought of the phenomenon.

So a few days ago we put the following question to our Twitter following and Facebook friends: Should #MBAs support @OccupyWallSt? Why or why not? Here’s what they had to say:

@ZachSmith0307: MBAs should urge corporations to maximize stakeholder value instead of shareholder value, but #Occupy goes too far beyond that.

@B_Bowles: Should not. Being arrested doesn’t look good on a resume. And it doesn’t count as research either.

@AnitaM86: As an MBA student, if you share those beliefs, I don’t see why not. If the financial system continues to drain itself, MBAs won’t have anything in Wall Street.

@skalifowitz: yes #MBAs shd support #OWS. Many know what debt+no job feels like. Maybe they will b better mgrs than the last generation

@SteelDawg1985: No! They don’t even know what they do & don’t support. Plus @THEHermanCain had it right. DC dysfunction is the problem, not WS!

@barefeetwater: #MBAs may support if the result has positive NPV [net present value]

@RyanMcGx: get off your asses and go earn it yourself. Quit looking for handouts.

@_susiana_: yes, 1) it's a great cause 2) justice 3) they're also part of the 99%

@SinoTranslator: #MBAs should support @OccupyWallSt - future corporate leaders should be pro-corporate-accountability.

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