Brent wrote:
>
> As part of my program, I took a marketing class in Pitt's business
> school, sitting side-by-side with all the MBAs. I often recount the
> story of speaking up in class one day: We were doing a case study about
> a company that developed a drastically more effective toothbrush, and we
> were discussing how the company could make the most profit from it. I
> said I thought the company had a moral obligation to offer that
> toothbrush at a low cost so more people could afford it... You should
> have seen the dumbfounded look on my classmates' faces. Sacrifice profit
> for "the public good"? I was clearly a space alien masquerading as a
> human or something--what a ridiculous idea! Anyway, that day I was glad
> I hadn't pursued an MBA.
>

Thanks for sharing this delightful (or scary) story. It is so apropos to
the ongoing question of whether people with MBA's make better museum
CEO's than people who come up in the field.  It weighs heavily in favor
of the MPA option.

Lucy

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