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The MBA That Delivers The part-time MBA landscape is fundamentally changing—location and duration, cost and content. mg challenges in the interconnected realms of development, security, and human rights. I hope that today's students can become aware of these challenges and learn to cope with them accordingly. If you were to address a class of business students, what essential advice would you give them? I would make the case that business success does not rely on financial success as an isolated ideal. Consideration should also be given to environmental and social issues. While market success is important, it is equally important to uphold high ethical standards. The two approaches do not contradict each other but are counterparts. To better understand how a principled approach to doing business can work, I would, of course, encourage students to study the U.N. Global Compact. I also would emphasize that their creativity, energy, and intellect are essential for tackling today's and tomorrow's global challenges. What experiences in your own education and early career most prepared you to be the U.N.'s Secretary- General? As a child of the Korean War, I grew up viewing the United Nations as a savior—it's an organization that helped my country, South Korea, recover and rebuild from a devas- tating conflict. Because of decisions made under the U.N. flag, my country was able to grow and prosper in peace. LEADS THE FIELD in creating innovative solutions for part-time students: BABSON ® Fast Track MBA Portland, OR campus • Nationally ranked MBA taught in 24 months Wellesley, MA campus • Collaborative, team-based learning environment • Unique combination of Web-based and classroom learning Evening MBA Wellesley, MA campus • Nationally ranked MBA taught in 36 months • Team-taught "cluster courses" encourage learning from multiple perspectives • Career Contexts help students design their electives with a career focus The MBA That Delivers® www.babson.edu/mba Ranked #1 in entrepreneurship for 15 consecutive years by U.S.News & World Report. Ranked Top 10 Best Opportunity for Women by The Princeton Review. This prosperity, in turn, helped a boy from rural Korea rise up through his country's diplomatic ranks and eventually become Secretary-General of the United Nations. What do you wish you'd known before you became Secretary-General? I always knew how complicated diplomacy can be and how slowly real progress sometimes comes. But there's nothing you need to know that you don't learn quickly, when required. I can say that I did not fully understand how challenging it can be to move a large multinational bureaucracy. We've talked about the goals of the United Nations. What are your personal goals? What do you most want to accomplish as an individual, during your tenure with the U.N. and after? The challenges we face today are many, and my resolve is strong. I am determined to make progress on the pressing issues of our time, step by step, by building on achieve- ments along the way and by working with member states and civil society. I would like to be remembered as Secretary-General for what I accomplished, as someone who got things done. I am not a philosopher. I am a man of action. I've said many times that I want to promise less and deliver more. I say so again, here. ■ z BizEd JULY/AUGUST 2008 21