Philosophy of Sciene (11)

I read some background information about group interviews that we want to conduct as observation strategy for our thematic field "homo oeconomicus". "A focus group interview is an interview with a small group of people on a specific topic. Groups are typically six to eight people who participate in the interview for one-half to two hours (Patton 2002, p.385)." Patton sees the focus interview as a highly efficient qualitative data collection technique. It is not a problem-solving session or decision-making group. The main adavantages are that focus groups interviews are low cost and rich in data, that they stimulate the responders and support them in remembering events, and they can lead beyond the answers of the single interviewee (Flick 2009, p.196).

What can be a "discussion stimulus"?
On the one hand, in the beginning of 2009 a group of Harvard students created a new management oath "to make a real impact on the meaning of the MBA degree and the role people expect business to play in society". http://mbaoath.org/about/the-mba-oath/
On the other hand, we can find almost daily in reality the absolute opposite. There are several scandals or affairs like the one of Bernard Madoff (72) who ran the biggest ponzi scheme ever known and who was sentenced to 150 years prison by an US-judge. Because of Madoff private, corporate and public investors lost approximately 65 billion US-Dollar and even two investors committed suicide after they realized the amount of their financial losses. http://money.cnn.com/2009/06/29/news/economy/madoff_prison_sentence/index.htm?postversion=2009062909
Do managers need an oath like physicians?