Ethical? IIM Ahmedabad MBA Earns A+ on Project Using ChatGPT

Economic Times: “When Yugantar Gupta, an MBA student at IIM Ahmedabad, took to LinkedIn to share how he aced a marketing project using ChatGPT, he probably didn’t expect his post to ignite a philosophical debate on education, effort, and ethics. But the post, which detailed how Gupta earned an A+ grade for a report generated largely by AI, has done just that—prompting applause, scepticism, and a deeper reckoning with what learning truly means in the age of artificial intelligence.

Gupta’s now-viral story begins with a confession: “I wrote my entire project using ChatGPT. It got an A+.” At an institution where top grades are scarce and usually awarded to the crème de la crème, his admission raised more than a few eyebrows.

Unlike his peers slogging through late-night group meetings, Gupta decided to take a different route for his assignment on the cosmetics market. Armed with curiosity and a smartphone, he visited eight retail stores, posed as a customer shopping for a gift, and meticulously recorded every shopper interaction and sales pitch he witnessed. These raw field notes, dictated as voice memos, were then transcribed and handed over to ChatGPT.”

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Chicago Booth Receives $5 Million Gift to Support Family Office Initiative

University of Chicago: “The University of Chicago Booth School of Business today announced that the Anthony Pritzker Family Foundation has made a $5 million gift in support of the school’s Family Office Initiative (FOI). In recognition of this commitment, the FOI faculty director will be named the Anthony Pritzker Family Foundation – Family Office Initiative Director. The foundation has also made a philanthropic commitment to the UChicago Private Markets Program (PMP) in the College. Tony Pritzker, who established the foundation, received his MBA in finance in 1987 from Chicago Booth.

“The Anthony Pritzker Family Foundation’s generosity will help the Family Office Initiative jumpstart its mission to educate, connect, and support family office leaders globally. Support from alumni helps Booth maintain its position at the leading edge of business education and scholarship,” said Madhav Rajan, dean and George Pratt Shultz Professor of Accounting.”

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Toronto Rotman Appoints Two Executives-In-Residence

University of Toronto: “Two senior business leaders with substantial experience in human capital and leadership have been appointed as Executives-in-Residence at the University of Toronto’s Rotman School of Management.

Ismat Duckson Aziz is a human capital and c-suite professional with over 25 years of experience leading global human capital strategy across multiple sectors at Fortune 500 companies. She brings a wealth of expertise in human capital and has been recognized as an insurance industry leader and innovator, with significant expertise in operating model redesign, deep financial and business acumen in technology investments, and technological resets including specific expertise in leveraging artificial intelligence. She currently serves as a senior advisor at McKinsey & Company in the global Transformation Office. Previously she was the Chief Administrative Officer at Kemper Corporation, where she reported to the President and CEO.  From 2020 to 2024, she also served as the Chief Human Resources Officer of Kemper in addition to her CAO role. Prior to joining Kemper, she was an officer of U.S. Bancorp, serving as Chief Advocacy Officer, and as the Chief Human Resources Officer where she was responsible for human capital strategy including the Office of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion.”

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Ole Miss Business Dean Announces Retirement

Oxford Eagle: “After 21 years as a faculty member at the UM School of Business Administration, and 17 of those years serving at the helm as dean, Ken Cyree will retire in December 2025.

Cyree, who came to Ole Miss from Texas Tech in 2004 as an associate professor of finance, is the school’s 11th dean and the second-longest serving dean in the school’s history, except for James Warsaw Bell, the school’s founding dean in 1917. He is also the longest serving current dean of a business school in the Southeastern Conference.

“I have enjoyed a relatively long career at Ole Miss, and especially as dean,” Cyree said when asked about his decision to retire. “I am proud of what we have been able to accomplish together.”

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University of Portland Removes Business School Namesake Over Fraud Admission

Willamette Week: “The University of Portland’s Pamplin School of Business has a new name—it’s now just the University of Portland School of Business.

The university made the change a few months after its alumnus and sometime benefactor, Dr. Robert Pamplin Jr., admitted to allegations by the U.S. Department of Labor that he’d violated federal laws by selling or transferring more than 100 parcels of property from the R.B. Pamplin Corp. to an affiliated pension fund.

The university did not provide details about the name change in a brief statement that a spokesman provided May 2.

“The association of Dr. Pamplin’s name with the University of Portland School of Business was subject to an agreement that has concluded,” the statement said. The Oregonian first reported the name change.”

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