The case for including Ethics in Economic Science university programs

Author: Elizabeth Ormart, Silvia Fernández, Pablo Esteva
Abstract: In an effort to identify some key constraints
of the current university model, based on the case of the University of Buenos Aires (uba), Argentina, we encounter several shortfalls which become obstacles that need to be bridged in advancing the ethical formation of future professionals in economics in order to promote
addressing real social demands. Professionals
trained in economics should develop this framework and Argentine universities should be responsible for including an ethical perspective of the economy that will benefit oppressed peoples. In highlighting this region, we shall not assume that the rest of the world should not follow suit, rather we acknowledge that in our own country, and particularly in the University
of Buenos Aires, training should be tied to
the country and its needs, rather than to
regional needs.
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