Does the free market corrupt moral character?
The Lipscomb University College of Business and the Christian Scholars’ Conference aligned on Saturday, the final day of the conference when business ethics scholars Linda and O.C. Ferrell came to campus as visiting professors in the Professional MBA program, holding on-site classes this weekend. The Ferrells were also two of five professors who gathered at the Christian Scholars’ Conference to discuss the question “Does the free market corrupt moral character?” The session was conducted by Lipscomb’s College of Business Dean Turney Stevens. The Ferrells, based at the University of New Mexico, wrote the go-to textbook for business ethics courses, Business Ethics: Ethical Decision Making and Cases, and have spent three years traveling to 30 colleges of business around the nation. Linda and O.C. Ferrell Professor Reid and Dean Stevens Linda Ferrell blamed the rise in corruption in the free market to changing societal demographics and enhanced technology. She noted statistics announced by
