On the 28th of March 2010, 239 graduating MBAs from Egypt’s ESLSCA Business School signed the MBA Oath for the first time in the Middle East. ESLSCA, Ecole Supérieure Libre des Sciences Commerciales Appliquées, is one of Europe’s leading business schools. The campus in Egypt runs a masters program in international business (MIBA). We have learned that their entire class of graduating students signed the oath at their graduation at the Four Seasons Nile Plaza Hotel in Cairo. They incorporated the oath into their graduation ceremony. The students recited the Oath while standing up in Arabic and it was displayed on two large screens in English. They all raised their right hands and recited the last line of the Oath in Arabic and English and then they were announced as graduates. Congratulations to the graduates!

During the ceremony, ESLSCA has honored the Pioneers of Management and Information Technology in Egypt. The key note speaker of the event was Mr. Osama Saleh, Chairman of the General Authority for Investments and Free Zones as well the Commencement Address of Dr. Hany Helal, Minister of Higher Education and Scientific Research.  

 

History of the MBA Oath:

In 1908, when the world’s first two-year masters program in management education was borne, it was called a “great, but delicate experiment.” The experiment proposed to turn the occupation of management into a profession, like law or medicine.  Leaders of the business school movement wanted to ensure that large corporations, which were just coming into existence, would be run in the interests of society.  It was an effort to say “We are all in this together.” Many of today’s management graduate schools espouse this goal of educating leaders who make a difference in the world. From the Hippocratic Oath to Thunderbird’s Oath of Honor and the Columbia Business School’s Honor Code, professionals, students, and academics have evoked kindred aspirations. With the MBA Oath are building upon these essential efforts to create a community of MBAs with a high standard for ethical and professional behavior.